Tarmac percentages on the VdlP

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Moniq

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Camino de Portugues

• Yesterday at 2:55 PM

• #1

Hi all, I have difficult feet and found two pairs that I like, one is more road oriented the other more trail with more agressive lugs. Can any give me a tough guess what percentage of the VdlP/Sanabres is tarmac or pavement?

 

Josefus

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2012 Lemovicensis + Francés;
2016 Podiensis + CdN + Fisterra;
2018 VdlP + Sanabrés + Muxia/Fisterra

• Yesterday at 3:02 PM

• #2

Roughly estimated: 50%

 

Donna Sch

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VdLP-Sanabres-Fisterra '15; Levante-Invierno '19

• Yesterday at 3:08 PM

• #3

There is very little road where you cannot walk off to the side on real dirt. I'd get the trail version of the shoes.

 

Robo

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VdlP 23, Invierno 23, Fisterra 23

• Yesterday at 10:36 PM

• #4

I have only walked from Sevilla to Astorga on the VdlP, so cannot comment on the Sanabres section to Santiago. But it "seems" a lot less tarmac that the Frances for example.

One of the aspects I loved on the VdlP was the walking surfaces.

Lots of graded dirt/fine gravel country roads and farm tracks.

As for shoes and "lugs", not as a recommendation as it's very personal choice, but I wore Hoka Stinson ATR6 and they worked well on that route.