Nire Valley Trails - Coumlara Loop

Loop Walk · Waterford

350

XP

about 1 h 45 min walking

Strenuous

6.6 km

Loop

3 hours 30 minutes

509 m

390 m

272 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.

Navigate to the start

Weather at the start

Steep walk

Some very steep ground — marked on the map.

Climb

249 m

Drop

250 m

Highest

493 m

Lowest

277 m

Which way round

Clockwise: Climbs 20% for 700 m early on, comes down 16% for 950 m midway.

Anticlockwise: Climbs 16% for 950 m early on, comes down 20% for 700 m near the end.

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

Main descent: km 4.1–6.7, from 493 m to 277 m.

How the 6.7 km splits

Flat

1.2 km

Climbing

1.7 km

Steep climbing (10–15%)

0.3 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

0.7 km

Descending

1.9 km

Very steep descending (15%+)

1.0 km

Link it with other walks

Nire Valley Trails - Coumduala Loop

Starts here too · Shares 4.5 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 2.5

8 km

Nire Valley Trails - Gap Walk

Starts here too · Shares 2.6 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 6.5

6 km

Nire Valley Trails - Sgilloges Walk

Starts here too · Shares 2.3 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 4.3

7 km

Campsites near the start

Powers The Pot Camping & Caravan Park

7.1 km from the start · 4.3★ (138)

The Getaway

14.9 km from the start · 4.7★ (185)