Cailleach Beara Loop - Bonane Beara
Loop Walk · Kerry
500
XP
about 4 h 22 min walking
473 m
272 m
70 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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Climb
685 m
Drop
684 m
Highest
413 m
Lowest
89 m
Which way round
Clockwise: Easy first 1.7 km, climbs 24% for 900 m midway, comes down 21% for 800 m midway.
Anticlockwise: Easy first 2.1 km, climbs 21% for 800 m early on, comes down 24% for 900 m early on.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main climb: km 1.7–4.5, from 92 m to 377 m.
How the 16.1 km splits
Flat
3.8 km
Climbing
3.6 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.2 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
2.2 km
Descending
4.4 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.4 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
1.6 km
Link it with other walks
Fionn MacCool Loop - Bonane Beara
Starts here too · Shares 4.9 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 8.1, 10.1…5.2 km
Druid's Loop - Bonane Beara
Starts here too · Shares 2.5 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 9.3, 15.34.5 km
Beara Way
Shares 1.4 km of path · meets at km 1.7, 2.4, 2.6…241.8 km
Beara Way Cycling Route
Shares 0.6 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.8, 1.0…165.4 km