Lough Derg Way

Waymarked Way · Clare

1,500

XP

a 3-day route

Moderate

68.9 km

Linear

3 days

600 m

300 m

0 m

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Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.

Navigate to the start

Weather at the start

Steep walk

Some very steep ground — marked on the map.

Climb

809 m

Drop

835 m

Highest

454 m

Lowest

3 m

A 3-day route, walked in stages. 1,500 XP for the whole route, claimed with a photo from it.

Which way round

As mapped: Easy first 28.2 km, climbs 12% for 300 m midway, comes down 22% for 880 m midway.

Reversed: Easy first 25.5 km, climbs 22% for 880 m midway, comes down 12% for 300 m midway.

Better reversed: you climb the steeper side (2 km at 10%+, 2 km of it 15%+) and come down 0.9 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.

Main descent: km 32.8–39.7, from 444 m to 44 m.

How the 67.9 km splits

Flat

45.5 km

Climbing

7.9 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

2.0 km

Descending

11.6 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

0.9 km