Ballyhoura - Slieve Reagh Loop
Loop Walk · Limerick
400
XP
about 3 h 33 min walking
487 m
302 m
116 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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1 steep stretch — marked on the map.
Climb
354 m
Drop
354 m
Highest
403 m
Lowest
144 m
Which way round
Clockwise: Easy first 2.3 km, climbs 14% for 430 m midway, no steep descents.
Anticlockwise: Easy first 2.2 km, no steep climbing, comes down 14% for 430 m midway.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (0.4 km at 10%+) and come down no steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main climb: km 2.3–6.1, from 165 m to 402 m.
How the 14.8 km splits
Flat
3.3 km
Climbing
5.0 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.4 km
Descending
6.2 km
Link it with other walks
Ballyhoura Way
Shares 10.5 km of path · meets at km 0.3, 2.3, 2.9…89 km
Ballyhoura - Ballinvreena Loop
Shares 2.5 km of path · meets at km 3.4, 10.46.7 km
Kilmallock Cycle Hub Loop 2
Shares 1.2 km of path · meets at km 0.1, 0.4, 13.7…141.5 km
Kilmallock Cycle Hub Loop 4
Shares 0.6 km of path · meets at km 0.8, 13.747.8 km