geraldkelly
Active Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Camino Francés, Vía de la Plata / Camino Sanabrés, Camino del Baztán, Camino Aragonés, Chemin du Puy
"The Vía de la Plata is fairly flat"
I've seen people say this and similar several times and since I have all the GPS data at my disposal I decided to calculate it and to do a comparison to the Camino Francés.Starting altitude in Seville is 9m. Finishing altitude in Santiago is 256m. (256 - 9 = 247)
Total accumulated ascent and descent along the whole route is: ascent +17,116m, descent -16,869m. (17116 - 16869 = 247)
Over a distance of 979km that means an average ascent per km of 17.5m, and an average descent per km of 17.2m.
By way of comparison, the same calculations for the Camino Francés reveal the following:
Total accumulated ascent and descent along the whole route is: ascent +13,331m, descent -13,246m. (13331 - 13246 = 85)
Over a distance of 768km that means an average ascent per km of 17.3m, and an average descent per km of 17.2m.
So actually the difference is very small.
Vía de la Plata - the Free Guide to the Vía de la Plata
Vía de la Plata - the Free Guide to the Vía de la Plata
www.viadelaplataguide.net