12 O'Clock Hills Looped Walks - Blue Route

Loop Walk · Clare

400

XP

about 2 h 37 min walking

Strenuous

7.7 km

Loop

2 hours 30 minutes

Dogs welcome

314 m

175 m

37 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

336 m

Drop

343 m

Highest

295 m

Lowest

43 m

Which way round

Anticlockwise: Climbs 17% for 650 m early on, comes down 14% for 800 m near the end.

Clockwise: Easy first 1.4 km, climbs 14% for 800 m early on, comes down 17% for 650 m midway.

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

Main descent: km 4.2–6.7, from 295 m to 106 m.

How the 10.3 km splits

Flat

1.6 km

Climbing

3.4 km

Steep climbing (10–15%)

0.2 km

Very steep climbing (15%+)

0.6 km

Descending

3.5 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

1.0 km

Link it with other walks

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