Stair spot · Seattle metro
0.08 mi · 171 ft up (0.1 km · 50 m up)
0.4 effort mi (0.7 effort km)
Climbing is what makes a hike hard, and flat miles hide it. So every 500 feet of climbing counts as one extra mile (in kilometres: about 95 m of climbing per extra km).
A flat 6-mile (9.7 km) walk is 6.0 effort miles (9.7 effort km). Little Si — 3.7 miles, 1,300 ft up (6.0 km, 395 m) — is 6.3 (10.1). Your legs already knew those two are about the same amount of work.
How the numbers work — the rules behind your plan.
These numbers are estimates. We haven't walked this one ourselves to check them yet.
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Capitol Hill / Eastlake
Source: 293 steps (approx, not yet counted - devlog outing); gain = steps x 7in/12; coords from SDOT Stairways layer via the stairways table (STW-052 + adjacent E Blaine St segment), matched Aug 26 2026 [SDOT measured 293 risers vs 293 estimated here]