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Snail trail hike (section 3) Through the mountain passes.

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Trail stats

Distance
6.62 mi
Elevation gain
2,238 ft
Technical difficulty
Moderate
Elevation loss
492 ft
Max elevation
3,656 ft
TrailRank 
39
Min elevation
1,885 ft
Trail type
One Way
Moving time
2 hours 44 minutes
Time
4 hours 5 minutes
Coordinates
1790
Uploaded
December 23, 2020
Recorded
December 2020
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near Rodeo, San José (Republic of Costa Rica)

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Photo ofSnail trail hike (section 3) Through the mountain passes. Photo ofSnail trail hike (section 3) Through the mountain passes. Photo ofSnail trail hike (section 3) Through the mountain passes.

Itinerary description

Up from the mid-mountains into the mountain passes. Over 700 meters in cumulative climbing. Now the landslide wiping out the road has put a crimp in our plans.

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PictographPhoto Altitude 1,860 ft
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PictographPhoto Altitude 1,959 ft
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PictographPhoto Altitude 1,959 ft
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PictographPhoto Altitude 1,909 ft
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One of the last of the Pacific

PictographPhoto Altitude 2,175 ft
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PictographPhoto Altitude 2,638 ft
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Higher and higher

PictographPhoto Altitude 2,628 ft
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PictographPhoto Altitude 2,720 ft
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PictographPhoto Altitude 2,871 ft
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The first coffee plantation

PictographPhoto Altitude 2,743 ft
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PictographPhoto Altitude 2,680 ft
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PictographPhoto Altitude 2,549 ft
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Can still see the Pacific occasionally

PictographPhoto Altitude 2,877 ft
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PictographPhoto Altitude 3,688 ft
Photo ofAt the end of of our hike today we come up to this, heavy machinery working to clear a major landslide.

At the end of of our hike today we come up to this, heavy machinery working to clear a major landslide.

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The workmen tell us that it is not passable by automobile yet and maybe not tomorrow.

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Hundreds (thousands) of tons of clay and stone of hill came down on the road. And is still actually coming down in trickles of rocks.

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