I've used Google Earth for many years to calculate the elevation and provide a profile for my hikes.
I've used Google Earth for many years to calculate the elevation and provide a profile for my hikes.
Last but not least, the steepest 1 mile AT segments.
Overall:
South of Glencliff, NH:
Rank AT Mile State Elev. Change (ft) Grade (%) Location 1 1805.4 NH 1562 29.6 SOBO ascent of Mt Moosilauke 2 1870.8 NH 1534 29.1 SOBO ascent of Mt Madison 3 2194.0 ME 1515 28.7 Ascending Mt Katahdin 4 1882.8 NH 1370 26.0 NOBO ascent from Carter Notch 5 1922.6 ME 1302 24.7 NOBO ascent of Mahoosuc Arm 6 1836.1 NH 1298 24.6 NOBO ascent of South Twin Mtn 7 (tie) 1824.9 NH 1266 24.0 NOBO ascent from Franconia Notch 7 (tie) 1893.5 NH 1266 24.0 SOBO ascent of Mt Moriah 9 1878.1 NH 1234 23.4 NOBO ascent from Pinkham Notch 10 1945.7 ME 1229 23.3 SOBO ascent from Sawyer Notch 11 1946.9 ME 1223 23.2 NOBO ascent from Sawyer Notch 12 1933.2 ME 1171 22.2 SOBO ascent of Baldplate East Peak 13 1998.3 ME 1168 22.1 SOBO ascent of Sugarloaf Mtn 14 2000.8 ME 1167 22.1 NOBO ascent of South Crocker Mtn 15 2016.6 ME 1142 21.6 SOBO ascent of Bigelow East Peak 16 1979.9 ME 1117 21.2 NOBO ascent of Saddleback Mtn 17 (tie) 1801.0 NH 1113 21.1 NOBO ascent of Mt Moosilauke 17 (tie) 1830.1 NH 1113 21.1 SOBO ascent of Mt Lafayette 17 (tie) 1881.8 NH 1113 21.1 SOBO ascent from Carter Notch 20 1817.9 NH 1096 20.8 SOBO ascent to North Kinsman Mtn 21 1949.5 ME 1090 20.7 NOBO ascent from South Arm Rd 22 1842.3 NH 1069 20.3 SOBO ascent from Zealand Falls Hut 23 1815.7 NH 1061 20.1 NOBO ascent of South Kinsman Mtn 24 1851.5 NH 1049 19.9 NOBO ascent of Webster Cliffs 25 1596.2 MA 1038 19.7 SOBO ascent from North Adams
By State:
Rank AT Mile State Elev. Change (ft) Grade (%) Location 1 1596.2 MA 1038 19.7 SOBO ascent from North Adams 2 1713.3 VT 1037 19.6 NOBO ascent of Quimby Mtn 3 1768.9 NH 966 18.3 NOBO ascent of Holt's Ledge 4 1784.5 NH 959 18.2 SOBO ascent of Mt Cube 5 1766.5 NH 939 17.8 SOBO ascent of Moose Mtn 6 1681.7 VT 923 17.5 SOBO ascent to Greenwall Shelter 7 674.3 VA 919 17.4 SOBO ascent of Kelly Knob 8 1261.0 PA 918 17.4 NOBO ascent from Lehigh Gap 9 1259.5 PA 912 17.3 SOBO ascent from Lehigh Gap 10 1218.7 PA 902 17.1 SOBO ascent from Port Clinton 11 633.9 VA 885 16.8 SOBO ascent from Pearisburg 12 (tie) 288.6 NC/TN 884 16.7 SOBO ascent from Allen Gap 12 (tie) 671.8 VA 884 16.7 NOBO ascent of Kelly Knob 14 1776.4 NH 874 16.6 NOBO ascent of Smarts Mtn 15 (tie) 52.6 GA 863 16.4 NOBO ascent from Unicoi Gap 15 (tie) 659.6 VA 863 16.4 NOBO ascent to Bailey Gap Shelter 17 1773.6 NH 859 16.3 NOBO ascent from Lyme-Dorchester Rd 18 758.8 VA 855 16.2 NOBO ascent from Jennings Creek 19 800.5 VA 854 16.2 SOBO ascent from Pedlar River 20 830.4 VA 843 16.0 SOBO ascent of The Priest
State AT Mile Elev. Change (ft) Grade (%) Location GA 52.6 863 16.4 NOBO ascent from Unicoi Gap NC 141.5 835 15.8 NOBO ascent from the NOC NC/TN 288.6 880 16.7 SOBO ascent from Allen Gap TN 423.0 818 15.5 NOBO ascent of Pond Mtn VA/WV 674.3 919 17.4 SOBO ascent of Kelly Knob MD 1030.2 606 11.5 NOBO ascent from Weverton Rd PA 1261.0 918 17.4 NOBO ascent from Lehigh Gap NJ 1360.8 786 14.9 NOBO ascent of Wawayanda Mtn NY 1406.6 791 15.0 SOBO ascent of Bear Mtn CT 1471.6 766 14.5 SOBO ascent from Kent/Rt 341 MA 1596.2 1038 19.7 SOBO ascent from North Adams VT 1713.3 1037 19.6 NOBO ascent of Quimby Mtn NH 1805.4 1562 29.6 SOBO ascent of Mt Moosilauke ME 2194.0 1515 28.7 Ascending Mt Katahdin
On my Oct/Nov sobo from Bennington > DWG, I was surprised to see so many straight up rock walls to climb, almost a few in every state, most were not long, but they were technical and a fun challenge!!
Take Time to Watch the Trees Dance with The Wind........Then Join In........
I love that you have done this! Where can I get the elevations along the AT in excel along with the mileage numbers so I can crunch some data too!
I'd like to do something like this:
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Rock Gap 105.8 3732 0 3732 USFS 67 (Rock Gap) 105.9 3738 6 3738 Wallace Gap 106.5 3727 11 3749 Winding Stair Gap 109.6 3690 37 3786 Moore Creek 110.4 4011 321 4107 Swinging Lick Gap 110.7 4100 89 4196 Panther Gap 111.6 4480 380 4576 Big Stamp 113.1 4350 130 4706 Snowbird Gap Shelter 113.8 4769 419 5125 Siler Bald 114.2 5001 232 1625 5357 8.4
Please send me a link to the raw data - I typed this in myself, I'd like to do it for the whole trip.
Thanks,
Ron
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Try this out: https://bentwells.shinyapps.io/atdata/
Here is a link on that topic. https://www.calculator.net/right-tri...v=&x=Calculate
Also, from having run several “Hustle up the Hancock” races, there is a huge difference between 1 flight of stairs and 90 of them. Yes, Albert Mt, St John Ledges and the Agony Grind are tough, but at the top you huff and puff for a few minutes and move on. Wildcat D or the SOBO climb out of NOC, you take a longer breather and you sleep pretty hard that night.
[QUOTE=Deadeye;2304057]you're correctly measuring the grade in degrees, but the OP measured the grade as a percentage. a 7" rise on 11" run expressed in percent is (7/11)x100 or 63.6%[/QUOTE}
Deadeye you have correctly IMO calculated the grade using the horizontal run. The last time I checked the OP calculated using the angled run of trail not the horizontal run. (However this seems to be more popular.) For the staircase example this would be the length of hypotenuse, The angled run would equal the sqrt( (7x7) + (11x11)) =13.0 rather than 11. Y'all can do the rest.