Gap of Dunloe
Category 310.8 km
Distance
305 m
Elevation Gain
2.8%
Average Gradient
12%
Max Gradient
The Gap of Dunloe is simultaneously one of Ireland's most dramatic cycling experiences and its most logistically complicated. The 11km gap cuts between Purple Mountain and the MacGillycuddy's Reeks through a glacially carved valley of exceptional wildness: tarns, bare rock, waterfalls, and mountain...
Pro Tip
The Gap is one-way for motor vehicles (north to south, Kate Kearney's Cottage toward Black Valley) and cycling is permitted in both directions but the experience is best northbound — ascending from Bl...
Part of
Cycling in Ring of Kerry