Sheep's Head - Glounaclohy Walk (Drimoleague)
Loop Walk · Cork
400
XP
about 2 h 41 min walking
440 m
287 m
134 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
364 m
Drop
361 m
Highest
419 m
Lowest
141 m
Which way round
Clockwise: Climbs 14% for 350 m early on, comes down 14% for 500 m midway.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 14% for 500 m midway, comes down 14% for 350 m near the end.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main climb: km 0.6–4.0, from 144 m to 418 m.
How the 10.4 km splits
Flat
2.0 km
Climbing
3.4 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.4 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.5 km
Descending
3.0 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.9 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.3 km
Link it with other walks
Sheep's Head - Castledonovan Loop
Shares 7.5 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 5.1, 5.4…10.8 km
Sheep's Head - St. Finbarr's Way (Drimoleague)
Shares 7.5 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 5.1, 5.5…39.7 km
Sheep's Head Way
Shares 5.5 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.5, 1.2…171.8 km
Sheep's Head - Deelish Cascades Walk (Drimoleague)
Starts here too · Crosses at km 0.0, 10.23.1 km