Alpine Hike — 16 km

Hiking · 16.11 km · 1246 m gain · 6h 30m · 1,900 points · 192 KB

About this route

A 16-kilometre alpine hike on the Grindelwald valley trails, climbing roughly 1,200 metres and back over six and a half hours. The pace is slow and the gradient sustained, which is exactly what the hiking metric set is tuned for. Elevation gain and VAM dominate here rather than speed.

This route follows real roads and paths in Grindelwald valley trails, generated with the BRouter engine over OpenStreetMap data. The timestamps are synthetic, so it is a demonstration file rather than a personal recording. Route geometry © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0.

What this file demonstrates

Hiking auto-detection, large elevation gain, and slow sustained pace.

What's inside

1,900 track points
1 track segment
timestamps (6h 30m)
elevation (1246 m gain, 1246 m loss)
192 KB · GPX 1.1

File preview

First 20 lines of alpine-hike-15km.gpx:

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    <time>2024-06-01T07:00:00Z</time>
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      <trkpt lat="46.623952" lon="8.033846"><ele>1028.2</ele><time>2024-06-01T07:00:06Z</time></trkpt>
      <trkpt lat="46.623892" lon="8.033776"><ele>1026.6</ele><time>2024-06-01T07:00:11Z</time></trkpt>
      <trkpt lat="46.623829" lon="8.033724"><ele>1025.0</ele><time>2024-06-01T07:00:15Z</time></trkpt>
      <trkpt lat="46.623804" lon="8.033804"><ele>1025.5</ele><time>2024-06-01T07:00:25Z</time></trkpt>
      <trkpt lat="46.623789" lon="8.033915"><ele>1026.7</ele><time>2024-06-01T07:00:46Z</time></trkpt>
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Common questions

Why no average speed shown?

Hiking files show pace, gain, gradient and VAM instead of average and maximum speed, which are more useful on foot in steep terrain.

What is VAM?

Vertical ascent metres per hour — a measure of climbing rate derived from elevation gained while ascending.