Vee Valley Loop
Loop Walk · Tipperary
350
XP
about 2 h 11 min walking
325 m
211 m
97 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
210 m
Drop
210 m
Highest
298 m
Lowest
106 m
Which way round
Clockwise: Easy first 3.0 km, climbs 18% for 550 m midway, comes down 11% for 300 m near the end.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 11% for 300 m early on, comes down 18% for 550 m midway.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (0.5 km at 10%+, 0.5 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 3.0–5.0, from 136 m to 296 m.
How the 9.1 km splits
Flat
2.6 km
Climbing
2.4 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.5 km
Descending
3.3 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.3 km
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