Knockmealdowns Trails - Knockmealdown Lakes Loop
Loop Walk · Tipperary
300
XP
about 2 h 7 min walking
335 m
208 m
80 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
237 m
Drop
235 m
Highest
318 m
Lowest
86 m
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Climbs 12% for 350 m early on, comes down 15% for 330 m near the end.
Clockwise: Climbs 15% for 330 m early on, comes down 12% for 350 m near the end.
Better anticlockwise: you climb the steeper side (0.7 km at 10%+, 0.3 km of it 15%+) and come down 0.3 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main climb: km 0.0–3.5, from 86 m to 310 m.
How the 8.6 km splits
Flat
1.6 km
Climbing
2.6 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.4 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.3 km
Descending
3.5 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.3 km
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