Calheta breach and climb up almost a km to the forest top and loop back
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 12.18 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,963 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Difficult
- Elevation loss
- 2,963 ft
- Max elevation
- 2,746 ft
- TrailRank
- 57
- Min elevation
- 42 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Moving time
- 5 hours 2 minutes
- Time
- 8 hours 13 minutes
- Coordinates
- 3370
- Uploaded
- September 21, 2018
- Recorded
- September 2018
near Calheta, Madeira (Portugal)
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Itinerary description
lGood steep climb up typical SE Madeira lanes with footpaths passing through huge variety of garden crops, up the arête of lombarbo do detour, then west along the lavada Calheta-prazeres, then up above the tree line into the Forrest before returning via pub and beach restaurants. Loads of places to park anywhere on the lower part of the route. It’s up and down do almost impossible to get lost. Can be cool at the top if there is cloud. Loads of places to refill water.
Waypoints
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817 ft
Lavada path
By Turing right a short while ago, you pass through many back gardens with a glorious variety of home grown produce. It somrset to the valley with the hotel saccrum on the coast
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2,493 ft
Now at the tree line so it’s a forest walk. The red earth can be muddy if it’s rained recently
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1,381 ft
Bar saint (Sao) John (joao) Wi-fi code barsjoao
3.50/pint They game me the plate of chicken neck, really good
Panorama
827 ft
A prettier way is an earlier left turn but this goes through bananas and is just different
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