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Newfoundland and Labrador trails · East Coast Trail - Motion Path

East Coast Trail - Motion Path

A 6.5-mile out-and-back in Newfoundland and Labrador, with 450 ft of climbing. Reaches Lower Cove Head and other lake/summit destinations.

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Length
6.5 mi
Elevation gain
450 ft
Difficulty
Hard
Max grade
28%
Steepest mile
+441 ft
Tread at ≥10% grade
1.5 mi
Shape
out-and-back
Surface
Ground

Elevation profile

11 – 458 ft123456

The climbing leans toward the first third: 49% of the ascent falls between mile 0.0 and mile 2.2. It gives back about 1,057 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.

3-D terrain

3-D terrain view of East Coast Trail - Motion Path

NRCAN MRDEM ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5

Reaches

Heads up

Stream ford: expect at least one unbridged crossing.
Terrain graded T2 (SAC scale).

Getting there

East Coast Trail - Motion Path access. 47.46286, -52.70489 · directions

Daylight at the trailhead

On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:46 a.m., the sun rises at 7:17 a.m. and sets at 6:15 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:46 p.m. (NDT) — 10 h 58 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 13.1-mile round trip takes roughly 5 h 18 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 12:35 p.m. — 5 h 40 min before sunset.

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