Cape Clear - Ring Loop
Loop Walk · Cork
250
XP
about 1 h 5 min walking
131 m
67 m
3 m
Move along the chart to follow it on the map
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.
Google Maps
Apple Maps
WazeSteep walk
Some very steep ground — marked on the map.
Climb
145 m
Drop
147 m
Highest
122 m
Lowest
6 m
Which way round
Clockwise: Climbs 19% for 280 m early on, comes down 17% for 220 m midway.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 17% for 220 m midway, comes down 19% for 280 m near the end.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (0.5 km at 10%+, 0.3 km of it 15%+) and come down 0.2 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 2.2–3.7, from 120 m to 13 m.
How the 4.2 km splits
Flat
0.5 km
Climbing
1.3 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.2 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.3 km
Descending
1.7 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.2 km
Link it with other walks
Cape Clear - Little Hills Loop
Starts here too · Shares 2.4 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 2.83.1 km
Cape Clear - Glen Loop
Starts here too · Shares 1.7 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 2.8, 3.55 km
Cape Clear - New Line Loop
Starts here too · Shares 0.7 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 3.91.2 km
Cape Clear - Crows Loop
Starts here too · Crosses at km 0.0, 4.00.8 km