Question

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Starting from the peak, if you wanted to choose the path (shown by the red lines) that would give you the most gradual hike down to the 7600 ft elevation, which path would you choose? (Think about the distance between contour lines to visualize this.)

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Answer 1

I would have chosen path A.

Explanation : The contours in path B and path C are very closely spaced indicating a very steep slope whereas the contours in the route of Path A indicates a relatively gentle slope which makes path A safer and much easier to hike down to 7600 ft elevation from the peak.