Three Rock Summer 9km – The classical route taking in Three-Rock and a loop around Fairy Castle mountain
Difficult Terrain, 200M – 500M ascent, 6Km – 10Km
Route is an anticlockwise loop going up a to the upper car park and then using a brand new trail through some felled forest to meet the Kilmashogue fire road. It then ascends a short section of the Wicklow Way before crossing on a trail below the Fairy Castle summit and follows the broken fence line and track to pass close to the summit of 2 Rock mountain. You then descend on a steep and rough trail along the forest edge before turning left at the "Yellow Man" walking sign taking fire road back to the crossprads at the top of the tarmac road. From there you then descend for 400m on the rocky "Boneshaker" track with the forest on your left before turning left and Carefully Crossing the new MTB tracks and descending to the finish which will utilize a new 4 WD track parallel to the walking track (same as you will use at the start) before the short forest descent and tarmac section to the slightly uphill finish close to the entrance barrier.
Race sign on will open at 18.30 at Ticknock forest close to the main entrance You should aim to be at the start location 20 mins before your allocated start time which will be published here a few days before the race. Please do not DO NOT PARK ON ROAD OUTSIDE TICKNOCK Forest Entrance – double yellow ines and gardaí are ticketing cars! The first start will be at 19.00 from Ticknock Forest close to the main entrance. Please Car Pool from Lidl/ Centra at Grange Road just opposite Marley Park plus there are some spaces at Taylors Three Rock Pub and Lamb Doyles Pub. Only cars with a minimum of 4 on board will be allowed into the forest – please park in lay-by areas not on roads.
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