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Sendero El Gallo Loop—Celaque National Park

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Trail stats

Distance
6.8 mi
Elevation gain
3,691 ft
Technical difficulty
Difficult
Elevation loss
3,691 ft
Max elevation
7,733 ft
TrailRank 
41
Min elevation
4,568 ft
Trail type
Loop
Moving time
2 hours 36 minutes
Time
6 hours 13 minutes
Coordinates
1797
Uploaded
January 28, 2019
Recorded
January 2019
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near Villa Verde, Lempira (Honduras)

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Itinerary description

Loop trail at Celaque National Park with first part on Al Cielo trail for the ascent and El Gallo for the return. Only 7 miles but took us 6 hours as it was steep ascending and descending. Entry fee is $5 per person for foreigners. The road to park headquarters is new and easy to drive in regular car. Trails are well marked and signed. We were the only visitors to the park on a Monday in January. The park says the loop is 9.2 km but my GPS showed 11 km. Over 1,100 meters cumulative ascent.

Waypoints

PictographPhoto Altitude 5,240 ft
Photo ofBenches after first climb.

Benches after first climb.

Descanso 1.

PictographPhoto Altitude 5,702 ft
Photo ofSign

Sign

Leave no trace.

PictographPhoto Altitude 5,909 ft
Photo ofTrail split.

Trail split.

Left for Gallo.

PictographPhoto Altitude 6,207 ft
Photo ofView of city.

View of city.

Gracias.

PictographPhoto Altitude 6,480 ft
Photo ofDon Tomas

Don Tomas

First campsite.

PictographPhoto Altitude 6,850 ft
Photo ofSign

Sign

Turn for El Gallo.

PictographPhoto Altitude 6,837 ft
Photo ofTrail intersection.

Trail intersection.

Downhill now!

PictographPhoto Altitude 6,900 ft
Photo ofWarning.

Warning.

It was in places.

PictographPhoto Altitude 6,194 ft
Photo ofBig fern.

Big fern.

Fern.

PictographPhoto Altitude 4,862 ft
Photo ofSign.

Sign.

Almost done.

PictographPhoto Altitude 4,626 ft
Photo ofStart

Start

Finish.

Comments  (1)

  • Olvin Hernandez Feb 6, 2024

    Excelente ver esta ruta, próximamente haré este recorrido. Me ayuda mucha este mapa ya que puedo analizar mi recorrido, quisiera saber si todo el sendero del gallo está bien marcado, si no hay lugar para perderse, si hay puntos de descanso donde hacer fuego para cocinar.

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