 As the entire "White Route" loop is on paths (either stone/sand paths or boarded railway sleepers), it can be completed in running shoes and does not require climbing footwear; the entire 9-kilometre loop of the "White Route", starting and ending at the upper lake car-park, takes circa 2–3 hours.The Wicklow Way, a long distance waymarked walking trail, also passes through Glendalough.The 30-kilometre medieval pilgrimage tail, Saint Kevin's Way, starts in Hollywood, and ends in Glendalough.