Glencolmcille - Tower Loop
Loop Walk · Donegal
500
XP
about 3 h 26 min walking
328 m
164 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.
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Some very steep ground — marked on the map.
Climb
486 m
Drop
487 m
Highest
261 m
Lowest
1 m
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Easy first 1.1 km, climbs 14% for 1630 m early on, comes down 13% for 880 m midway.
Clockwise: Easy first 1.6 km, climbs 13% for 880 m midway, comes down 14% for 1630 m near the end.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main descent: km 3.5–6.0, from 261 m to 1 m.
How the 13.1 km splits
Flat
3.1 km
Climbing
2.3 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
1.6 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.5 km
Descending
3.0 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
2.5 km