Derrybawn Woodland Trail - Glendalough
Loop Walk · Wicklow
300
XP
about 1 h 43 min walking
307 m
217 m
126 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
159 m
Drop
167 m
Highest
290 m
Lowest
132 m
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Climbs 18% for 400 m early on, comes down 15% for 200 m midway.
Clockwise: Easy first 2.0 km, climbs 15% for 200 m midway, comes down 18% for 400 m near the end.
Better anticlockwise: you climb the steeper side (0.4 km at 10%+, 0.4 km of it 15%+) and come down 0.2 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 2.5–5.2, from 287 m to 133 m.
How the 7.2 km splits
Flat
2.0 km
Climbing
2.0 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.4 km
Descending
2.6 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.2 km
Wicklow Way
Shares 2.4 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.6, 5.6…128.1 km
Spinc & Wicklow Way - Glendalough
Starts here too · Shares 1.3 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 7.110.4 km
Green Road Walk - Glendalough
Starts here too · Shares 1.3 km of path · meets at km 5.82.7 km
Poulanass - Glendalough
Starts here too · Shares 0.7 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.7, 7.01.6 km
Spinc & Glenealo Valley - Glendalough
Starts here too · Shares 0.5 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 7.18.8 km
Spinc - Short Route - Glendalough
Starts here too · Shares 0.5 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 7.14.3 km
Poulanass & St Kevins Cell - Glendalough
Starts here too · Shares 0.3 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 7.10.9 km
Woodland Road - Glendalough
Starts here too4.6 km
Miners Road Walk - Glendalough
Starts here too2.6 km