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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 12–19 °C (54–66 °F)
- J7°2°90
- F8°2°66
- M10°3°74
- A12°4°66
- M15°7°72
- J17°10°73
- J19°12°72
- A19°12°85
- S16°10°78
- O13°7°103
- N9°4°93
- D7°3°95
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 120 km · 75 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 116 km · 72 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Country
- Ireland
- Region
- Laois
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- National route
- Ref
- BW
- Operator (OSM)
- Irish National Waymarked Trails
- Route centre
- 52.8807, -6.9555
- Route start
- 53.2708, -6.8168
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 1330012
- Wikidata
- Q4863907
- Official info
- sportireland.ie/redirect/trail/2
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.