Hærvejen — Viborg → Skelhøje

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 Viborg to Skelhøje. [Route details] Start: Viborg · End: Skelhøje 17.90 km · 17 m to 84 m · climb 212 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.