Galans-Maadchopfweg
A short, very steep climb above Mels in St. Gallen. The hardest 500 metres average 27.4% and come almost at once, before your legs have settled. Expect 15 to 25 minutes. At 5.5 TEP it sits around the middle of the catalogue. Northwest-facing, so it stays cool and holds snow late. The path is graded easy hiking: the effort is in your lungs, not your footing. The nearest named summit, Madchopf at 2,236 m, is 504 m away.
- TEP
- 5.5
- Climb
- +230 m
- Distance
- 1.1 km
- Average grade
- 20.5%
- Time
- 15 to 25 min
Climbs nearby
- Mels NE climb, 1.8 km at 18.0%, St. Gallen (same start)
- Mels NE climb, 1.1 km at 21.5%, St. Gallen (0.2 km away)
- Flums NW climb, 1.0 km at 23.5%, St. Gallen (1.7 km away)
- Weisstannen S climb, 748 m at 30.0%, St. Gallen (1.7 km away)
- Mels NE climb, 772 m at 16.7%, St. Gallen (2.1 km away)
- Weisstannen E climb, 2.0 km at 14.3%, St. Gallen (2.4 km away)
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