Petrin-Macchabé Trail-Black River Gorges-Black River-Parakeet Trail 24 Oct 2010
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 7.94 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,142 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Difficult
- Elevation loss
- 2,005 ft
- Max elevation
- 2,435 ft
- TrailRank
-
29
5
- Min elevation
- 396 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 4 hours 8 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1843
- Uploaded
- October 24, 2010
- Recorded
- October 2010
near Le Marres, Savanne (Mauritius)
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Itinerary description
The trail that start from Petrin is quite smooth till the Macchabé viewpoint. Then start a steep path to join the Colophane trail which leads to the bottom of the Black River Gorge (River/Kiosk). At the kiosk, take left to the Parakeet trail. Geocache on the way. River crossing, then starts the terrible climb (147m altitude) of the Parakeet trail which ends up at the telecommunication antenna(741m).
Waypoints
Alpine Climbing
483 ft
Climbing starts here
Geocache
0 ft
Geocache - Traditional Cache - Black River Treasure
Black River Gorges National Park
Panorama
1,869 ft
Macchabé viewpoint
Hiking
424 ft
Parakeet Trail
Waypoint
433 ft
Radier-Black River
Waypoint
465 ft
River crossing
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Scenery
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Es una ruta muy bien señalizada sin posibilidad ninguna de perderse. Entorno fantástico.