Gougane Barra - Sli Sleitbhe
Loop Walk · Cork
300
XP
about 1 h 3 min walking
390 m
295 m
200 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.
Steep walk
Some very steep ground — marked on the map.
Climb
213 m
Drop
208 m
Highest
377 m
Lowest
204 m
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Climbs 13% for 600 m early on, comes down 23% for 480 m midway.
Clockwise: Climbs 23% for 480 m midway, comes down 13% for 600 m midway.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (0.9 km at 10%+, 0.9 km of it 15%+) and come down 1 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 2.0–3.5, from 375 m to 211 m.
How the 3.5 km splits
Flat
0.3 km
Climbing
0.4 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.9 km
Descending
1.0 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.6 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.4 km