buddy
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Map software pitch calculations for Trap Dike
I'm planning a hike up the Trap Dike on Colden this Sept. As I was calculating the pitch of the slabs above the exit, it occurred to me that I didn't know if the distances given by the route finder represented horizontal distance(a leg of the triangle) or distance actually traveled(hypotinose of the triangle). Either way the average pitch looks to be about 35 deg. Does that sound about right for those slabs? I thought on average that they were much steeper. Buddy
I'm planning a hike up the Trap Dike on Colden this Sept. As I was calculating the pitch of the slabs above the exit, it occurred to me that I didn't know if the distances given by the route finder represented horizontal distance(a leg of the triangle) or distance actually traveled(hypotinose of the triangle). Either way the average pitch looks to be about 35 deg. Does that sound about right for those slabs? I thought on average that they were much steeper. Buddy
