page_title: Line of greatest slope
section_title: Mountain climbing
hierarchical_section_title: Line of greatest slope / Applications / Mountain climbing
caption_attribution_description: English: Contour map with an example fall line. Contour lines of constant elevation are blue, and one example fall line is red.
context_page_description: In topography, the line of greatest slope is a curve following the steepest slope. In mountain biking and skiing, the line of greatest slope is sometimes called the fall line.
context_section_description: In mountain climbing, the line of greatest slope defines the fall line, which is the path a climber will take to gain the most elevation with the shortest possible path.
caption: The line of greatest slope defines the path (red) a climber will take to gain the most elevation with the shortest possible path.
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