[pct-l] just added elevations to the

[Postholer]

You're absoutley right Shepard! More climbing means it takes longer.

The intent of the information is to give you a ballpark idea of how long it 
will take, not a precise time based on terrain and the abilities of every 
unique hiker. I did consider adjusting the time based on the elevation 
loss/gain, but again that time is based on the individuals abilities. It 
would be rather straight forward to add this, but it would target a narrow 
group of hikers. That's why it shows times to hike at different miles per 
day.

the average thru-hiker has no problem doing 15-20 miles a day. If the tool 
says 2 days at 15 miles per day, figure +/- 2 days depending on terrain and 
a whole other slew of factors.

If you're scratching your head, the tool we're discussing  lets you click 
twice on the blue trail trace and the second click shows the distance 
between those 2 points and the time it takes to hike it at different speeds. 
Give it a try:

http://postholer.com/gmap/gmap.php?trail_id=1

-postholer

> As we all know, the trail is seldom flat, it is up and down,
> over and over again, for different distances and at different
> degrees of slope.  Yes, I guess one might average 10, 15
> or 20 mph over a given distance, but  it would be more
> helpful if these variations were taken into account when
> calculating the distances covered.
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