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Glenbarrow - Eco Walk

Loop Walk · Laois

300

XP

about 2 h 6 min walking

Strenuous
8.3 km
Loop
3 hours
Dogs welcome
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392 m

283 m

173 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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Hilly walk

2 steep stretches — marked on the map.

Climb

207 m

Drop

210 m

Highest

351 m

Lowest

187 m

Which way round

Clockwise: Climbs 11% for 220 m midway, comes down 12% for 280 m midway.

Anticlockwise: Climbs 12% for 280 m midway, comes down 11% for 220 m midway.

Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.

Main climb: km 3.2–4.6, from 241 m to 350 m.

How the 8.8 km splits

Flat

2.1 km

Climbing

3.0 km

Steep climbing (10–15%)

0.2 km

Descending

3.2 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

0.3 km

Link it with other walks

Glenbarrow - Old Mill Loop

Starts here too · Shares 6.9 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 4.5, 5.8…

10.2 km

Slieve Bloom Way

Starts here too · Shares 3.6 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.1, 0.4…

71.4 km

Glenbarrow - Waterfall Loop

Starts here too · Shares 2.5 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 6.9

4.2 km

Ridge of Capard - Capard Loop

Shares 0.4 km of path · meets at km 4.5, 5.1

1.3 km

Ridge of Capard - Glenbarrow Loop

Shares 0.4 km of path · meets at km 4.5, 5.1

3.9 km

Ridge of Capard - Viewing Platform Loop

Shares 0.2 km of path · meets at km 4.9

0.3 km

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