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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 10–17 °C (50–63 °F)
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- F7°3°86
- M9°4°92
- A10°5°80
- M13°8°89
- J15°11°78
- J17°13°69
- A17°13°84
- S15°11°87
- O13°9°125
- N10°6°126
- D8°4°123
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)
- 4.3 km · 2.7 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 4.5 km · 2.8 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Great Sugar Loaf (mountain, 501 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Wicklow Mountains (Northwest European Highlands; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- At Kilmacanoge (Wicklow, Leinster) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Country
- Ireland
- Region
- Wicklow
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- SLW
- Operator (OSM)
- Wicklow Uplands Council
- From / to
- Kilmacanogue → Great Sugar Loaf (Red Lane car park)
- Route centre
- 53.1563, -6.1482
- Route start
- 53.1680, -6.1372
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 8285515
- Official info
- wicklowuplands.ie/the-sugar-loaf-way-3/
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.