Sheep's Head - Caher Loop
Loop Walk · Cork
350
XP
about 2 h 14 min walking
231 m
116 m
2 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.
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Climb
245 m
Drop
247 m
Highest
188 m
Lowest
16 m
Which way round
Clockwise: Climbs 16% for 420 m early on, no steep descents.
Anticlockwise: Easy first 5.7 km, no steep climbing, comes down 16% for 420 m near the end.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (1.2 km at 10%+, 0.4 km of it 15%+) and come down no steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 1.4–3.5, from 171 m to 62 m.
How the 9.2 km splits
Flat
2.3 km
Climbing
1.3 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.8 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.4 km
Descending
4.2 km
Link it with other walks
Sheep's Head - Cahergal Loop
Starts here too · Shares 1.9 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 5.3, 8.78.6 km
Sheep's Head - Peakeen Ridge Linear Walk
Shares 1.5 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 5.5, 8.95.7 km
The Sheep's Head Looped Cycle
Shares 1.1 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 2.9, 5.3…60.8 km
Sheep's Head Way
Shares 0.6 km of path · meets at km 3.9, 4.2, 4.4…171.8 km
Sheep's Head - Peakeen Ridge Loop
Crosses at km 1.411.1 km