Loch Eck Loop
Loop Walk
700
XP
about 7 h 53 min walking
600 m
300 m
0 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
646 m
Drop
648 m
Highest
292 m
Lowest
16 m
Walking time
about 7 h 53 min
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Climbs 15% for 480 m early on, comes down 16% for 230 m midway.
Clockwise: Easy first 15.4 km, climbs 16% for 230 m midway, comes down 15% for 480 m near the end.
Better anticlockwise: you climb the steeper side (1 km at 10%+) and come down 0.4 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 15.2–18.6, from 287 m to 36 m.
How the 34.0 km splits
Flat
14.5 km
Climbing
9.2 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
1.0 km
Descending
8.9 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.2 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.2 km
Link it with other walks
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Glenshellish Loop Diversion
Shares 0.5 km of path · meets at km 18.610.57 km
Glenshellish loop
Shares 0.5 km of path · meets at km 18.618.71 km
Glenshellish Loop
Shares 0.4 km of path · meets at km 18.89.69 km
Black Gates Trail
Starts here too · Crosses at km 0.0, 33.04.85 km
Benmore to Pucks Glen
Starts here too · Crosses at km 0.0, 33.01.79 km
Big Tree Trail (Blue)
Starts here too · Crosses at km 0.0, 33.02.06 km
Glen Eck (green)
Crosses at km 18.73.2 km
Glen Eck Walk (Green)
Crosses at km 18.73.2 km
Broadleaves Walk
Crosses at km 18.71.62 km