Tain Way
Waymarked Way · Louth
1,000
XP
a 2-day route
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
1166 m
Drop
1165 m
Highest
426 m
Lowest
4 m
A 2-day route, walked in stages. 1,000 XP for the whole route, claimed with a photo from it.
Which way round
Clockwise: Climbs 14% for 980 m early on, comes down 16% for 340 m near the end.
Anticlockwise: Climbs 16% for 340 m early on, comes down 14% for 980 m near the end.
Better clockwise: you climb the steeper side (2.3 km at 10%+, 0.4 km of it 15%+) and come down 0.7 km of steep ground. Steep descents are where people slip, and they're harder on knees late in a walk.
Main descent: km 10.5–14.7, from 355 m to 63 m.
How the 40.7 km splits
Flat
12.8 km
Climbing
11.0 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
1.9 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.4 km
Descending
13.9 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.4 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.3 km
Link it with other walks
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Slieve Foye Loop
Starts here too · Shares 6.4 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 35.49.8 km
Commons Loop
Starts here too · Shares 2.6 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 38.83.2 km
Carlingford Greenway Cycling Trail
Shares 1.1 km of path · meets at km 32.3, 39.47.7 km
Carlingford Greenway Walking Trail
Shares 1.1 km of path · meets at km 32.3, 39.47.7 km