I've got to disagree with some of the other "easy" comments for a 6"/1' pitch roof. Maybe somebody's has some magic anti-gravity tricks I'm not privy to - but I've worked on many steel and coppper roofs over the past 40 years. With a warm dry steel or copper roof, and wearing soft-sole sneakers - a 5"/1' pitch is about the safe "easy" limit. A 5.5"/1' pitch gets slippery, and a 6"/1' pitch almost impossible to walk safely and carefree. I just finished a steel roof this week that is all 5.5"/1' pitch and it was not easy and sure walking. When the sun came out and the steel was warm and dry, I could walk it, for the most part, with just a few slips and slides, now and then. When cold in the morning, or damp - I had to have something to hang to with hands for insurance. I'll add this was an exposed fastener job, so I had the raised screw-heads to help me get traction. With no exposed fasteners, it's even worse.
Asphalt of course is different. The old farm house I just did, was all alphalt at first with the 5.5"/1' pitch. No problem walking except when the occasional shingle broke to pieces, But, once the steel was on - no way was it an "easy walk."
I also recently finished a steel roof in the Adirondacks. 6"/12' pitch. Absolutely, no way could it be walked saftey without using ropes for hand-hold safety. I throw a rope over the roof and fasten somewhere on the other side. Then keep it tied to my belt or wrapped around my arm.
One comment. I'm only 5'9" and weight 150lbs. and have pretty good balance. Been working roofs and climbing trees much of my life. I'm not a huge guy that might be a bit more unstabile.
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