Day 1 — Arrive & the Spinc
- Arrive Glendalough by 11am. Check in at your accommodation, lace up.
- The Spinc loop, 9 km, 4 hours, as your warm-up.
- Dinner at the Wicklow Heather. Stout. Early night.
3 nights · Challenging
Three Days for Thrill-Seekers
Lugnaquilla, Djouce and the Spinc, one per day. Three summits, three big descents, thirty-five kilometres of mountain walking, and three evenings of extremely earned pints. For experienced hillwalkers only.
35 km
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3 nights
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The plan
Day 2 — Lugnaquilla (the hard day)
- Up at 6am. Drive one hour to the Fenton's Gap car park in Glen of Imaal. Check the Irish Defence Forces range firing schedule before setting off — non-negotiable.
- Lugnaquilla summit: 12 km, 5-6 hours, 700m of height gain.
- Descent and recovery pint at Fitzpatrick's of Donard.
- Drive back to Glendalough. Large dinner. Sleep.
Day 3 — Djouce & home
- Gentler finale. Drive 45 minutes to the JB Malone car park.
- Djouce summit loop: 10 km, 3.5 hours. Detour past the Lough Tay viewpoint on the drive home.
- Lunch at Byrne & Woods in Roundwood. Done.
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