The 30 nearest, easy-to-follow, circular walks, routes & maps to UK Postcode CA21

The thirty nearest, easy-to-follow, circular walks, routes & maps to UK Postcode CA21 in Walk Grade Order

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Walk c311 Ponsonby Fell from Gosforth
Quiet & gentle lakeland hills

Vital Statistics:

Length: 11 miles (17.5 km)

Ascent: 1,418ft (432m)

Time: 5½ hrs

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Gosforth - Rowend Bridge - River Bleng - Bleng Bridge - Hall Bolton - Bolton Head - Low Thistleton Farm - High Thistleton Farm - Guards Head Farm - Hollow Moor - Brown Edge - Blengdale Forest - River Bleng - Scalderskew Beck - Ponsonby Fell - Scargreen Farm - Gidd Hall Farm - Ponsonby Old Hall - Middle Boonwood - Gosforth

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Walk c403 Lank Rigg and Whoap from Friar Well
Quiet and lonely - marvellous

Vital Statistics:

Length: 8.75 miles (14 km)

Ascent: 1,854ft (565m)

Time: 5 hrs

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Route Summary:

Friar Well - Friar Gill - River Calder - Tongue How - Town Bank - Lank Rigg - Whoap - Whoap Beck - Stinking Gill - Lankrigg Moss - Latterbrow Moss - Latterbrow Beck - Friar Well

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Walk c103 St Bees Head Lighthouse andd Sandwith from St Bees
The start of Wainwright's Coast to Coast path

Vital Statistics:

Length: 8.25 miles (13 km)

Ascent: 1,549ft (472m)

Time: 4½ hrs

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St Bees Beach - Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk - Pattering Holes - South Head - Tomlin - St Bees Head - Fleswick - Cloven Barth - St Bees Lighthouse - North Head - Sandwith - Townhead - Demesne Farm - Bell House - Stanley - Pow Beck - Abbey Wood - St Bees - St Bees Beach

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Walk c410 Dent (Long Barrow) and Flat Fell from Wath Bridge, Cleator Moor
Superb views

Vital Statistics:

Length: 6.25 miles (10 km)

Ascent: 1,523ft (464m)

Time: 3.75hrs

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Route Summary:

Wath Bridge - Cleator Moor - River Ehen - Ramsgill Wood - Old Wood - Black How - Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk - Blackhow Wood - Weather Slacks - Dent (Long Barrow) - Uldale Plantation - Kirk Beck - Uldale - Nannycatch Gate - Flat Fell - Brown Bank - Wath Bridge

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Walk c340 Grike, Crag Fell and Lank Rigg from Scaly Moss
Less visited fells with stunning views

Vital Statistics:

Length: 7.75 miles (12.5 km)

Ascent: 2,028ft (618m)

Time: 5½ hrs

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Scaly Moss - Blackely Moss - Heckbarley Wood - Red Moss - Grike - Crag Fell - Black Pots - Whoap - Lank Rigg - Whoap Beck - Lankrigg Moss - Stinking Gill - Blackeley Raise - Whorl Gill - Scaly Moss

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Walk c267 Haycock, Iron Crag, Lank Rigg and Grike from Ennerdale Water
Excellent high level well away from the crowds

Vital Statistics:

Length: 15.25 miles (24.5 km)

Ascent: 4,125ft (1,257m)

Time: 9.75hrs

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Route Summary:

Ennerdale Weir - Ennerdale Water - Silver Cove Beck - Woundell Beck - Little Gowder Crag - Haycock - Caw Fell - Silver Cove - Iron Crag - Whoap - Lank Rigg - Crag Fell - Grike - Ennerdale Weir

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Walk c199 Iron Crag and Grike from Ennerdale Water
Superb high level route away from the crowds

Vital Statistics:

Length: 11.75 miles (19 km)

Ascent: 2,970ft (905m)

Time: 7½ hrs

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Route Summary:

Ennerdale Weir - Ennerdale Water - Silver Cove Beck - Woundell Beck - Caw Fell - Silver Cove - Iron Crag - Crag Fell - Grike - Ennerdale Weir

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Walk c328 The Greendale Horseshoe
Superb views from lonely fells

Vital Statistics:

Length: 6 miles (9.5 km)

Ascent: 2,504ft (763m)

Time: 4.75hrs

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Route Summary:

Greendale Farm - Gill Farm - Gill Beck - Buckbarrow - Glade How - Cat Bields - Nether Wasdale Common - Seatallan - Pots of Ashness - Windscale Hows - Middle Fell (Wasdale) - Greendale Gill - Greendale Farm

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Walk c133 The Netherbeck Round from Greendale
Superb mountain walk on less crowded fells

Vital Statistics:

Length: 11.25 miles (18 km)

Ascent: 5,100ft (1,554m)

Time: 9.25hrs

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Route Summary:

Greendale Farm - Middle Fell (Wasdale) - Seatallan - Pots of Ashness - Gowder Crag - Haycock - Great Scoat Fell - Steeple - Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell) - Red Pike (Wasdale) - Dore Head - Yewbarrow (North Top) - Yewbarrow - Bell Rib - Dropping Crag - Overbeck Bridge - Wast Water - Greendale Farm

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Walk c364 Seatallan and Haycock from Wast Water
Superb views from little visited fells

Vital Statistics:

Length: 9.75 miles (15.5 km)

Ascent: 3,236ft (986m)

Time: 6.75hrs

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Route Summary:

Greendale Farm - Gill Farm - Buckbarrow - Seatallan - Pots of Ashness - Gowder Crag - Haycock - Little Lad Crag - Nether Beck - Wast Water - Wasdale - Greendale Farm

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Walk c120 The Ennerdale Horseshoe
Strenuous, high level route worth every step - if you have the energy!

Vital Statistics:

Length: 18.75 miles (30 km)

Ascent: 7,309ft (2,408m)

Time: 14.75hrs

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Route Summary:

Bowness Knott Car Park Ennerdale - Low Gillerthwaite Field Centre - High Gillerthwaite Yourth Hostel - Red Pike (Buttermere) - High Stile - High Crag (Buttermere) - Seat (Buttermere) - Scarth Gap - Hay Stacks (Haystacks) - Innominate Tarn - Blackbeck Tarn - Black Beck - Green Crag (Buttermere) - Great Round How - Brandreth - Gillercomb Head - Green Gable - Windy Gap - Great Gable - Westmorland Cairn - Beck Head - Beckhead Tarn - Kirk Fell (East Top) - Kirk Fell - Black Sail Pass - Looking Stead (Pillar) - High Level Route - Robinson's Cairn - Pillar - Wind Gap - Black Crag (Pillar) - High Beck - Low Beck - Ennerdale.

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Walk c130 Haycock and Steeple from Ennerdale Water
High fell walk on less popular paths

Vital Statistics:

Length: 11.25 miles (18 km)

Ascent: 3,275ft (998m)

Time: 7½ hrs

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Route Summary:

Bowness Knott Car Park Ennerdale Water - Char Dub - Silver Cove Beck - Woundell Beck - Caw Fell - Little Gowder Crag - Haycock - Great Scoat Fell - Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell) - Steeple - Long Crag - Moss Dub - Lingmell Plantation - Bowness Knott Car Park Ennerdale Water.

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Walk c250 A Circuit of Ennerdale Water
Delightful lakeside stroll

Vital Statistics:

Length: 7.25 miles (11.5 km)

Ascent: 683ft (208m)

Time: 3.25hrs

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Route Summary:

Bowness Knott Car Park - Bowness Plantations - River Liza - Ennerdale Water - Coast To Coast Path - Robin Hood's Chair - Anglers' Crag - Ennerdale Weir - River Ehen - Ennerdale Water - Bowness Knott Car Park

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Walk c440 Whin Rigg, Illgill Head and Boat How from Miterdale Bridge
Superb views of Wast Water, the Scafell Massif and the southern fells

Vital Statistics:

Length: 8.75 miles (14 km)

Ascent: 2,347ft (715m)

Time: 5½ hrs

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Route Summary:

Miterdale Bridge - Porterthwaite - Miterdale Forest - Irton Fell - Greathall Gill - Whin Rigg - Illgill Head - Burnmoor Tarn - Burnmoor Lodge - Eskdale Moor - Ellerhow Moss - Boat How - Low Longrigg - River Mite - Low Place Farm - Miterdale Bridge

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Walk c373 Stainton Pike, Whitfell and Buck Barrow from Broad Oak
Good navigation skills needed in thick weather

Vital Statistics:

Length: 10.25 miles (16.5 km)

Ascent: 2,198ft (670m)

Time: 6 hrs

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Route Summary:

Broad Oak - Whitrow Beck - Waberthwaite Fell - Rowantree Falls - Stainton Pike - Whitfell (Whit Fell) - Burn Moor - Buck Barrow - Kinmont Buck Barrow - Whitrow Beck - Broad Oak

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Walk c205 Green Crag (Ulpha Fell) and Great Worm Crag from Stanley Force NT Car Park, Eskdale
Difficult route finding on the tops

Vital Statistics:

Length: 8.5 miles (13.5 km)

Ascent: 1,953ft (595m)

Time: 5 hrs

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Route Summary:

Stanley Force NT Car Park - Eskdale - Boot - River Esk - Low Birker - Crook Crag - Green Crag (Ulpha Fell) - Great Worm Crag - Brown Rigg - Sike Moss - Birkerthwaite - Low Ground Cottages - Stanley Force - River Esk - Stanley Force NT Car Park - Eskdale

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Walk c187 Eskdale Valley from Boot, Eskdale
Pleasant valley stroll

Vital Statistics:

Length: 6.25 miles (10 km)

Ascent: 601ft (183m)

Time: 3 hrs

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Route Summary:

Eskdale - Boot - Dalegarth Station - River Esk - Doctor Bridge - Jubilee Bridge - Hardknott Pass - Brotherilkeld - Taw House Farm - Boot - Eskdale

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Walk c233 Sca Fell and Scafell Pike from Wasdale Head, Wast Water
England's 2 highest mountains

Vital Statistics:

Length: 7.5 miles (12 km)

Ascent: 4,195ft (1,279m)

Time: 7 hrs

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Route Summary:

Wasdale Head - (National Trust Campsite) - Wast Water - Lingmell - Corridor Route - Scafell Pike - Mickledore - Foxes Tarn - Symonds Knott - Sca Fell - Lingmell Gill - Wasdale Head - Wast Water.

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Walk c453 The Scafell Mountains from Wasdale Head, Wast Water
Testing route up England's highest mountains

Vital Statistics:

Length: 11 miles (17.5 km)

Ascent: 5,409ft (1,648m)

Time: 9½ hrs

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Route Summary:

Wasdale Head - (National Trust Campsite) - Wast Water - Lingmell - Corridor Route - Great End - Ill Crag - Broad Crag - Scafell Pike - Mickledore - Foxes Tarn - Symonds Knott - Sca Fell - Slight Side - Broad Tongue - Hardrigg Gill - Wasdale Head - Wast Water.

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Walk c116 Illgill Head and Whin Rigg from Wasdale Head, Wast Water
Superb ridge walk above Lakeland's deepest lake

Vital Statistics:

Length: 9 miles (14.5 km)

Ascent: 2,402ft (732m)

Time: 5.75hrs

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Route Summary:

Wasdale Head - (National Trust Campsite) - Wast Water - Lingmell Gill - Illgill Head - Whin Rigg - Greathall Gill - Wasdale Hall Youth Hostel - Wast Water - Wasdale Head

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Walk c423 The Wast Water Round from Wasdale Head, Wast Water
Testing hike around Lakeland's deepest lake

Vital Statistics:

Length: 15.25 miles (24.5 km)

Ascent: 4,841ft (1,475m)

Time: 10½ hrs

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Route Summary:

Wasdale Head - (National Trust Campsite) - Wast Water - Lingmell Gill - Illgill Head - Whin Rigg - Greathall Gill - Low Wood - Lund Bridge - Woodhow Farm - Woodhow Tarn - Scale Farm - Tosh Tarn - Gill Farm - Gill Beck - Buckbarrow - Cold Well - Nether Wasdale Common - Seatallan - Windscale Hows - Middle Fell (Wasdale) - Greendale Farm - Nether Beck - Overbeck Bridge - Wasdale Head - Wast Water.

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Walk c271 The Scafell Massif from Wasdale Head, Wast Water
England's highest & 2nd highest mountains

Vital Statistics:

Length: 9.75 miles (15.5 km)

Ascent: 5,140ft (1,567m)

Time: 8.75hrs

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Route Summary:

Wasdale Head - (National Trust Campsite) - Wast Water - Lingmell - Middleboot Knotts - Round How (Scafell) - Great End - Ill Crag - Broad Crag - Scafell Pike - Mickledore - Foxes Tarn - Symonds Knott - Sca Fell - Wast Water.

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Walk c172 Scafell Pike via The Corridor Route from Wasdale Head, Wast Water
England's Highest Mountain

Vital Statistics:

Length: 7.5 miles (12 km)

Ascent: 3,218ft (981m)

Time: 6 hrs

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Route Summary:

Wasdale Head - Lingmell Gill - Brown Tongue - Hollow Stones - Mickledore - Scafell Pike - The Corridor Route - Sty Head - Lingmell Beck - Gable Beck Bridge - Wasdale Head - Wast Water.

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Walk c386 Yewbarrow from Wasdale Head, Wast Water
Very steep ascent up to Dore Head - pick a nice day

Vital Statistics:

Length: 5.25 miles (8.5 km)

Ascent: 2,123ft (647m)

Time: 4 hrs

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Route Summary:

Wasdale Head - Mosedale Beck - Dore Head - Yewbarrow (North Top) - Yewbarrow - Bell Rib - Dropping Crag - Over Beck - Overbeck Bridge - Wasdale Head - Wast Water.

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Walk c141 Great Gable and Pillar from Wasdale Head, Wast Water
Superb high level route from remote Wasdale

Vital Statistics:

Length: 11.25 miles (18 km)

Ascent: 5,819ft (1,773m)

Time: 10 hrs

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Route Summary:

Wasdale Head - Moses' Trod - Lingmell Beck - Gable Beck Bridge - Sty Head - Great Gable - Westmorland Cairn - Beck Head - Beckhead Tarn - Kirk Fell (East Top) - Kirk Fell - Black Sail Pass - Looking Stead (Pillar) - High Level Route - Robinson's Cairn - Pillar - Wind Gap - Black Crag (Pillar) - Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell) - Steeple - Red Pike (Wasdale) - Dore Head - Mosedale Beck - Wasdale Head - Wast Water.

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Walk c197 Lingmell and Scafell Pike from Wasdale Head, Wast Water
England's highest mountain

Vital Statistics:

Length: 9 miles (14.5 km)

Ascent: 3,696ft (1,126m)

Time: 7 hrs

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Route Summary:

Wasdale Head - Wast Water - Lingmell - Lingmell Col - Scafell Pike - Broad Crag - Ill Crag - Great End - Esk Hause - Sty Head - Lingmell Beck - Gable Beck Bridge - Wasdale Head - Wast Water.

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Walk c101 Pillar and Little Scoat Fell from Wasdale Head, Wast Water
One of Lakeland's finest walks - unmissable

Vital Statistics:

Length: 11 miles (17.5 km)

Ascent: 4,782ft (1,457m)

Time: 8.75hrs

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Route Summary:

Wasdale Head - Mosedale Beck - Black Sail Pass - Looking Stead (Pillar) - High Level Route - Robinson's Cairn - Pillar - Wind Gap - Black Crag (Pillar) - Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell) - Steeple - Red Pike (Wasdale) - Dore Head - Yewbarrow (North Top) - Yewbarrow - Dropping Crag - Bell Rib - Over Beck - Wasdale Head - Wast Water.

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Walk c240 Kirk Fell, Pillar and Little Scoat Fell from Wasdale Head, Wast Water
Fantastic high level walk with glorious views

Vital Statistics:

Length: 7.75 miles (12.5 km)

Ascent: 4,808ft (1,465m)

Time: 7.75hrs

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Route Summary:

Wasdale Head - Kirk Fell - Kirk Fell (East Top) - Black Sail Pass - Looking Stead (Pillar) - High Level Route - Robinson's Cairn - Pillar - Wind Gap - Black Crag (Pillar) - Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell) - Steeple - Red Pike (Wasdale) - Dore Head - Mosedale Beck - Wasdale Head - Wast Water.

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Walk c343 Pillar and Red Pike from Wasdale Head, Wast Water
One of Lakeland's finest walks - unmissable

Vital Statistics:

Length: 11 miles (17 km)

Ascent: 4,001ft (1,219m)

Time: 8 hrs

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Route Summary:

Wasdale Head - Mosedale Beck - Black Sail Pass - High Level Route - Robinson's Cairn - Pillar - Wind Gap - Black Crag (Pillar) - Scoat Fell (Little Scoat Fell) - Red Pike (Wasdale) - Dore Head - Over Beck - Wasdale Head - Wast Water.

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Walk c111 Scafell Pike from Wasdale Head, Wast Water
The direct route up and down England's Highest

Vital Statistics:

Length: 6.25 miles (10 km)

Ascent: 3,187ft (971m)

Time: 5½ hrs

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Route Summary:

Wasdale Head - Lingmell Gill - Brown Tongue - Hollow Stones - Mickledore - Scafell Pike - Mickledore - Lingmell Beck - Wasdale Head - Wast Water.

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Length:	11 miles (17.5 km)
Ascent:	1,418ft (432m)
Time:	5½ hrs
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Length:	8.75 miles (14 km)
Ascent:	1,854ft (565m)
Time:	5 hrs
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Length:	8.25 miles (13 km)
Ascent:	1,549ft (472m)
Time:	4½ hrs
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Length:	6.25 miles (10 km)
Ascent:	1,523ft (464m)
Time:	3.75hrs
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Length:	7.75 miles (12.5 km)
Ascent:	2,028ft (618m)
Time:	5½ hrs
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Length:	15.25 miles (24.5 km)
Ascent:	4,125ft (1,257m)
Time:	9.75hrs
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Length:	11.75 miles (19 km)
Ascent:	2,970ft (905m)
Time:	7½ hrs
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Length:	6 miles (9.5 km)
Ascent:	2,504ft (763m)
Time:	4.75hrs
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Length:	11.25 miles (18 km)
Ascent:	5,100ft (1,554m)
Time:	9.25hrs
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Length:	9.75 miles (15.5 km)
Ascent:	3,236ft (986m)
Time:	6.75hrs
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Length:	18.75 miles (30 km)
Ascent:	7,309ft (2,408m)
Time:	14.75hrs
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Length:	7.25 miles (11.5 km)
Ascent:	683ft (208m)
Time:	3.25hrs
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Length:	10.25 miles (16.5 km)
Ascent:	2,198ft (670m)
Time:	6 hrs
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Length:	8.5 miles (13.5 km)
Ascent:	1,953ft (595m)
Time:	5 hrs
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Length:	7.5 miles (12 km)
Ascent:	4,195ft (1,279m)
Time:	7 hrs
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Length:	9 miles (14.5 km)
Ascent:	2,402ft (732m)
Time:	5.75hrs
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Length:	5.25 miles (8.5 km)
Ascent:	2,123ft (647m)
Time:	4 hrs
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Length:	11 miles (17 km)
Ascent:	4,001ft (1,219m)
Time:	8 hrs
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