The 15-kilometre 5-6 hour Glenmalure Loop is described as the most scenic circuit to Lugnaquilla. It starts in the Baravore car park () at the head of the Glenmalure valley and summits Lugnaquilla via the cliff-fringed hanging valley, Fraughan Rock Glen (the Glen is entered via the path at the Glenmalure Hostel); but returning via Cloghernagh , and down to the scenic Arts Lough , described as one of the region's most beautiful sights, before descending back to the start of the Fraughan Rock Glen (or descending via Kelly's Lough and the glen of the Carrawaystick River).