Carntogher Way - Slí an Chairn
Loop Walk · Londonderry
350
XP
about 2 h 25 min walking
455 m
309 m
163 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.
Hilly walk
4 steep stretches — marked on the map.
Climb
278 m
Drop
277 m
Highest
435 m
Lowest
170 m
Walking time
about 2 h 25 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Climbs 13% for 650 m early on, comes down 12% for 200 m midway.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 12% for 200 m midway, comes down 13% for 650 m midway.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (1.1 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 climb: km 0.0–3.5, from 170 m to 432 m.
How the 9.8 km splits
Flat
2.0 km
Climbing
2.4 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
1.1 km
Descending
3.8 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.4 km