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La Cloche Silhouette Day 7

Contributed by

Hiker Dude

Length: 14.73 km
Elevation gain: 766 m
Time: 8.1 hr
Date completed: June 7, 2026
Difficulty: Expert
Type: Point to point

Calorie estimate

Based on the Pandolf load-carriage equation applied to the trail’s actual uphill and downhill segments, with a small age-related walking-economy adjustment. Numbers update as you adjust the inputs.

Body weight (kg) Pack weight (kg) Pace (km/h) Age (years) Terrain

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kcal total

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Uphill segments use Pandolf at the GPX-derived average uphill grade. Downhill is treated as level walking — Pandolf’s negative-grade output is unrealistically symmetric for hikers, so we don’t subtract calories on the way down. A walking-economy multiplier (~0.5% per year past 30, capped at +30%) accounts for the gradual decline in VO₂max with age. Estimate only — actual burn varies with fitness, weather, pack distribution, and terrain.

Meal planner

Pick the foods, recipes, or a saved pack you’ll bring on this trail. Running totals update live. The default calorie target is computed from the same Pandolf defaults used by the calculator above.

Calorie target kcal

Long Day and very hot at the end. The Crack was actually quite disappointing but that was probably because of everything else we had gone through before getting there. LOL

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