I’m pretty sure this is known way to quickly compare hiking trails, but I like to think I recently came up with it independently. The X-axis is the trail’s round trip and the Y-axis is the total elevation.
I know some of these tails and what they felt like, so can kind of imagine what else I might be able to do with similar effort. Of course it does not capture trails that may climb suddenly, or have a rough path, or lack of water, etc.
A further enhancement might be to put in a slider to filter hikes distance from my location.
Many thanks to the various sites that provide this information, Hike Oregon, Oregon Hikers, All Trails, Washington Trails Association, Earth Trekkers, Oregon and US government.
