Hærvejen — Skodborg → Jels

The Hærvejen — the army road, or the ox road — runs the length of Jutland along the watershed, the line drovers took because it crossed no rivers. Soldiers, traders and pilgrims used it for a thousand years, and it is walked today as Denmark's Camino. This stage goes from Skodborg to Jels. [Route details] Start: Skodborg · End: Jels 12.47 km · 23 m to 65 m · climb 88 m [Good to know] - One of the 40 official walking stages. haervej.dk gives about 280 km from Padborg to Viborg, 475 km on to Frederikshavn and 500 km on to Hirtshals; the 39 stages assembled here come to 641 km. - Elevation is sampled from a terrain model at 300 m spacing, not recorded on the ground. No official ascent figure is published for this trail to check it against.