Fastnet Trails - Gortdubh Loop Walk
Loop Walk · Cork
400
XP
about 3 h 14 min walking
346 m
173 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.
Hilly walk
2 steep stretches — marked on the map.
Climb
284 m
Drop
279 m
Highest
179 m
Lowest
5 m
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Easy first 8.2 km, climbs 13% for 420 m midway, no steep descents.
Clockwise: No steep climbing, comes down 13% for 420 m midway.
Better anticlockwise: you climb the steeper side (0.6 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 8.2–10.2, from 13 m to 176 m.
How the 13.8 km splits
Flat
3.6 km
Climbing
4.2 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.6 km
Descending
5.4 km
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