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Spinc - Short Route - Glendalough

Loop Walk · Wicklow

350

XP

about 1 h 23 min walking

Strenuous
4.3 km
Loop
2 hours
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420 m

276 m

132 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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Steep walk

Some very steep ground — marked on the map.

Climb

252 m

Drop

259 m

Highest

400 m

Lowest

139 m

Which way round

Anticlockwise: Climbs 25% for 430 m early on, comes down 25% for 500 m near the end.

Clockwise: Climbs 25% for 500 m early on, comes down 25% for 430 m near the end.

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

Main descent: km 2.4–4.8, from 400 m to 141 m.

How the 4.8 km splits

Flat

0.9 km

Climbing

0.6 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

1.1 km

Descending

1.4 km

Very steep descending (15%+)

0.9 km

Link it with other walks

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Shares 0.7 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 4.5

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Starts here too · Shares 0.6 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 4.4

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