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Walk Grading
System
The North West Walking Club use a walk grading
or rating system devised by the Club. All walks are given
a grading by the walk leader. This allows
visitors and club
members to gauge the suitability of the walk to their abilities. It
is the prerogative of the walk leader to accept or reject any potential
walker for a particular walk based on the leaders assessment of their
suitability of the walk.
Walks
are graded from 1 to 6, Grade 1 being the easiest. There
are many factors to be considered in walk grading and are a combination of time,
distance and terrain. As a very general rule
the following apply.
| Grade
1: |
Relatively
easy terrain with mainly on track or beach walking.
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| Grade
2: |
Relatively
easy terrain with mainly on track walking at mid level altitude.
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| Grade
3: |
Mid
level altitude and may involve some time spent through trackless open
bushland. Reasonable level of fitness required.
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| Grade
4: |
Mountain
track and may include scrub, steep uphill walking and /or rockhopping.
Good level of fitness required.
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| Grade
5: |
Mountain
off track, similar to Grade 4 with longer distances, or steeper uphill
walking, or other conditions adding
to walking difficulty. Suitable for fit people with extensive walking
experience.
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| Grade
6: |
Strenuous
walking covering longer distances and /or very difficult terrain. Suitable
only for very fit walkers with extensive
experience.
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