Cape Clear - Glen Loop
Loop Walk · Cork
350
XP
about 2 h 12 min walking
209 m
105 m
0 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
319 m
Drop
317 m
Highest
110 m
Lowest
4 m
Which way round
Clockwise: Climbs 19% for 450 m near the end, comes down 13% for 220 m near the end.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 13% for 220 m early on, comes down 19% for 450 m early on.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (1.1 km at 10%+, 0.7 km of it 15%+) and come down 0.4 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main climb: km 0.0–1.0, from 9 m to 108 m.
How the 8.4 km splits
Flat
1.1 km
Climbing
2.4 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.4 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.7 km
Descending
3.3 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.4 km
Cape Clear - Little Hills Loop
Starts here too · Shares 3.3 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 4.2, 5.4…3.1 km
Cape Clear - Ring Loop
Starts here too · Shares 2.5 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 1.7, 4.2…4.2 km
Cape Clear - New Line Loop
Starts here too · Shares 1.0 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 4.6, 5.1…1.2 km
Cape Clear - Crows Loop
Starts here too · Crosses at km 0.0, 4.7, 8.00.8 km