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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)
- J8°2°90
- F8°2°66
- M10°3°74
- A12°4°64
- M15°7°69
- J18°10°69
- J19°12°64
- A19°12°78
- S16°10°78
- O13°7°102
- N10°4°94
- D8°3°92
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
- Mapped length
- 19 km · 12 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- At Bagenalstown (County Carlow, Leinster) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Country
- Ireland
- Region
- Carlow
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- International route
- From / to
- Bangor
- Route centre
- 52.7766, -6.9552
- Route start
- 52.7021, -6.9560
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 19215390
- Wikidata
- Q134719967
- Official info
- thecolumbanway.org/en/home/
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.