Alma Walk

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 17.36 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 6h 05 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 379 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 379 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 416 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 189 m
  • ⚐
    District: Ripponden 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 53.663721° / W 1.965906°
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Description

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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 195 m - Start on
  2. 2 : km 0.31 - alt. 200 m - Turn right
  3. 3 : km 1.46 - alt. 274 m - Keep right
  4. 4 : km 1.63 - alt. 268 m - Turn sharp right
  5. 5 : km 1.74 - alt. 259 m - Turn left
  6. 6 : km 2.44 - alt. 259 m - Turn right onto Baitings Viaduct
  7. 7 : km 2.73 - alt. 276 m - Turn left onto Rochdale Road, A58
  8. 8 : km 2.9 - alt. 273 m - Turn right
  9. 9 : km 5.68 - alt. 370 m - Turn right
  10. 10 : km 6.32 - alt. 360 m - Turn slight left
  11. 11 : km 6.98 - alt. 313 m - Turn sharp right
  12. 12 : km 8.11 - alt. 324 m - Turn left onto Clattering Stones Road
  13. 13 : km 8.78 - alt. 354 m - Turn sharp left
  14. 14 : km 8.81 - alt. 355 m - Turn sharp right
  15. 15 : km 8.89 - alt. 355 m - Turn right
  16. 16 : km 10 - alt. 350 m - Keep left onto Water Stalls Road
  17. 17 : km 10.09 - alt. 344 m - Turn sharp right
  18. 18 : km 10.17 - alt. 350 m - Turn left
  19. 19 : km 11.18 - alt. 314 m - Turn sharp right onto Shaws Lane
  20. 20 : km 11.24 - alt. 311 m - Turn sharp left onto Toot Hill Lane
  21. 21 : km 11.49 - alt. 301 m - Keep right onto Parkin Hall Lane
  22. 22 : km 11.69 - alt. 281 m - Turn right onto Clough Bank Lane
  23. 23 : km 11.82 - alt. 277 m - Turn left onto Clough Bank Lane
  24. 24 : km 12.23 - alt. 240 m - Turn left
  25. 25 : km 12.55 - alt. 218 m - Turn sharp right
  26. 26 : km 12.66 - alt. 209 m - Turn left
  27. 27 : km 12.95 - alt. 189 m - Turn sharp right onto Alma Lane
  28. 28 : km 13.18 - alt. 212 m - Turn left onto Clay Pits Lane
  29. 29 : km 14.09 - alt. 235 m - Keep left onto Blackshaw Clough Road
  30. 30 : km 14.48 - alt. 211 m - Turn sharp left
  31. 31 : km 14.63 - alt. 220 m - Turn right
  32. 32 : km 14.72 - alt. 220 m - Turn left
  33. 33 : km 14.87 - alt. 211 m - Turn slight left onto Blackshaw Clough Road
  34. 34 : km 15.04 - alt. 228 m - Turn right onto Causeway Head Lane
  35. 35 : km 15.32 - alt. 252 m - Turn sharp left onto Blue Ball Road
  36. 36 : km 15.37 - alt. 252 m - Turn sharp right onto Green Lane
  37. 37 : km 16.03 - alt. 276 m - Turn right onto Ripponden Old Lane
  38. 38 : km 16.04 - alt. 277 m - Turn left onto Great House Lane
  39. 39 : km 16.33 - alt. 265 m - Turn left
  40. 40 : km 16.4 - alt. 258 m - Turn slight left onto Smithy Clough Lane
  41. 41 : km 16.62 - alt. 250 m - Keep right onto Smithy Clough Lane
  42. S/E : km 17.36 - alt. 195 m

Useful Information

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