3 km · ↑ 1200 m
2 h 36 min
Time up · moderate
3 km, 1200 m up — 2 h 36 min
3 km on the flat plus 1200 m of climb comes to 2 h 36 min. The average slope is 21.8°, and it costs what walking 13 km on the flat would.
On the steep side · 21.8°
- Distance on foot
- 3 km
- Total climb
- 1200 m
- Time up
- 2 h 36 min
- Time down
- 1 h 16 min
- There and back
- 3 h 52 min
- Average slope
- 21.8°
- As flat distance
- 13 km
- Average speed up
- 1.15 km/h
- How hard it is
- moderate
Coming down turns at 12 degrees
A gentle descent speeds you up: take off ten minutes for every 300 m down. A steep one does the opposite — you brake, you place your feet, and it adds those same ten minutes per 300 m. The line between them is an average slope of 12 degrees. That correction is Langmuir’s, laid on top of Naismith.
Nearby cells
Same distance, other climbs
Same climb, other distances
1km · ↑1200m
2 h 12 min
2km · ↑1200m
2 h 24 min
3km · ↑1200m
2 h 36 min
4km · ↑1200m
2 h 48 min
5km · ↑1200m
3 h
6km · ↑1200m
3 h 12 min
7km · ↑1200m
3 h 24 min
8km · ↑1200m
3 h 36 min
10km · ↑1200m
4 h
12km · ↑1200m
4 h 24 min
14km · ↑1200m
4 h 48 min
16km · ↑1200m
5 h 12 min
18km · ↑1200m
5 h 36 min
20km · ↑1200m
6 h
25km · ↑1200m
7 h
How to read this
- Going up: an hour per 5 km on the flat, plus an hour per 600 m of climb.
- Coming down assumes the same path back, adding or subtracting ten minutes per 300 m depending on the slope.
- Breaks are not included. Even five minutes an hour adds up to more than half an hour over a day.
- Total climb means every metre gained, including the ups after the downs. A map app will tell you.
Frequently asked questions
Q. How long is 3 km with 1200 m of climb?
2 h 36 min up, 1 h 16 min down, 3 h 52 min there and back.
Q. How steep is it on average?
21.8°, which counts as the steep side. It is the climb divided by the distance.
Q. What is it as a flat walk?
13 km, counting each metre of climb as 8.33 metres on the flat.
Q. How fast is that going up?
1.15 km/h — compare it with the 5 km/h a flat path allows.