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Steepness

Anonymous Mon 22 Aug 2022 20:30:00 No.2446110 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>2446133 >>2446166 >>2446184 >>2446185 >>2446366

What's /out/'s idea of a steep hiking trail? 1,000 feet gain per mile seems to be the standard but I consider that moderate. 1,500 feet/mile is high-moderate, 2,000 feet/mile is steep, and 2,500+ feet/mile is extreme. What say you?

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Anonymous Mon 22 Aug 2022 21:01:07 No.2446129 Report

Quoted By: >>2446136 >>2446158

Cactus to Clouds in So Cal is 10,000ft climb across 21 Miles and is hardcore as fuck.

There's entire states that barely have summits at 3,000'. So you saying 1k' for every mile is nuts.

Terrains matters too. Rocks and roots fuck you up, steep ascents + hard surfaces jack you up.

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Anonymous Mon 22 Aug 2022 21:06:57 No.2446133 Report

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>>2446110
If I have to scramble up 1m or taller boulders it's steep. Otherwise it's not steep. This changes entirely for a mountaineering trail with bad conditions.

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Anonymous Mon 22 Aug 2022 21:07:57 No.2446136 Report

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>>2446129
>Rocks and roots fuck you up
I like stepping on rocks and roots.

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Anonymous Mon 22 Aug 2022 21:57:47 No.2446158 Report

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>>2446129
That's 21 miles round-trip so the ascent would be 10k feet over 10-11 miles one-way.....so around 1k gain per mile on average. Obviously maintaining that 1k average over 10+ miles is more demanding than doing a shorter trail with the same 1k per mile average. But even shorter routes can feel as strenuous as some of the big climbs when they exceed 2k feet/mile. Around 2.5k feet per mile (> 45 degree slope) is when it starts to feel like real climbing.

Does anyone use this hiking difficulty calculator?
http://www.nwhiker.com/HikeEval.html

And what about Caltopo where you can measure distance and mileage to be able to run these calculations?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 22 Aug 2022 22:16:32 No.2446166 Report

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>>2446110
If you have to actually scramble or climb I consider it steep. I climb so I'm biased. Approach trails to crags often hit 500 or 1000ft over 1/2 mile or less.

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Anonymous Mon 22 Aug 2022 23:12:47 No.2446184 Report

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>>2446110
I think an incline over 30 degress is where i would start calling things steep. 45 degrees probably where you have to start using your hands.

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Anonymous Mon 22 Aug 2022 23:16:53 No.2446185 Report

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>>2446110
Lots of rock scrambling combined with sharp elevation gain in a small distance would make it steep. Just recently hiked a trail like that and it almost killed my feet for a couple days. Well worth the experience though and good way to increase endurance.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 23 Aug 2022 05:04:54 No.2446366 Report

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>>2446110
The closer you get to the top of Mt Fuji the steeper it gets. Gets pretty steep.

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