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Guide To Grading Of Walks

All of our walks are graded by the use of 3 indicators. Distance, Terrain and Fitness.

Distance
    S - short, under 10 km
    M - medium, 10-15 km
    L - long, 15-20 km
    X - extra-long, more than 20 km per day

Terrain
    1 to 3 - Graded or open terrain, no scrub
    4 to 6 - Minor Scrub, Rainforest, rock hopping, scrambling
    7 to 9 - Thick scrub, rock scrambling, using hands or ropes

Fitness
    1 to 3 - Easy, suitable for beginners
    4 to 6 - Medium, reasonable fitness required
    7 to 9 - Hard, strenuous fit walkers only


Eg   a walk of 12 km return through sparse scrub with some rock hopping on the return and requiring reasonable fitness could be graded as M45