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A Hillwalking Resource for Ireland Over 800 contributors have built this site so everyone can learn and talk about walking in the hills and mountains. For a pittance of an investment, Mweelrea gives you endless returns. A strolling start with a continuously ascending incline to a “wicked drop” to Dubhlough. In a mirky morning, these are the kind of crags that smoulder, that boil and rumble like coals in a giant’s grate. Then, the contrast of a long trail across nothingness, and suddenly beneath the mist, what everything from now until then is about, the glittering golden edge of Tir na nOg.... Comments stimulate. Photos illustrate. Members track their climbs Height mapping. MountainViews Site layout. Other features include a monthly newsletter, Ordnance Survey mapping, eight complementary lists for summiteers, personalised reports on where you have been, general forum, GPS data service, etc.  Mountain Views facilitates information on Irish mountains by search engines. The MountainViews community organises walks for members and friends. Credits: The abbreviated comment top left about Mweelrea is by "Bleck Cra", the picture is of the Carrauntoohil Teeth by "lewvalton".  The Mountain Views social network site  is published by Simon Stewart (www.simonstewart.ie) with organisational assistance from an interim committee (as of Oct 2010).

Summit Comment Claragh Mountain: A quick loop with fine views. thomas_g an hour ago. Park at W274884 at a wide gateway (room for 4 cars). Follow the Duhallow way NW past an old ruined manor house soon reaching a wood. Follow the trail markers for Claragh loop which brings you to e...		Forum: General Upgrade to trails around Fairie Castle brenno 3 hours ago. See Coillte planning to do an "upgrade" of the trails around Fairie Castle in the Dublin Mountains - their tender document refers to 1.2km of upgrade including 200m of boardwalk at the summit. N...		Forum: General MountainViews survey ends today wicklore 5 hours ago. Thanks to everyone who has participated in our first ever MountainViews survey of members. We have had an amazing response from hundreds of members with suggestions, ideas and opinions. We are als...	Forum: General Conor74 jackill 9 hours ago. You could also try the area around Mahon Falls in the Comeraghs near Lemybrien(on main road to Waterford from Dungarvan). Its possible to do a circular route on quiet tarmac roads with a short tra...
Forum: General Shepherds Purse- for better or worse wicklore 9 hours ago. Thanks scapania - your expert knowledge proves useful once again! I somehow managed to persuade one of the winning team members to swap their portion of the first place prize with my portion of th...		Forum: General Wood Anemone? fingalscave 19 hours ago. I took this photo of what I think is A. nemerosa, the native Wood Anemone in May 2010. Normally seen in clumps in deciduous woodland and meadows, this one was a solitary specimen growing at 750m ...		Forum: General Slievenamon fingalscave 22 hours ago. Hi Conor. Slievenamon is approx 45 mins driving from waterford, so yes, you might be better staying closer to the city.	Summit Comment Cnoc Ramhar: Bearberry. fingalscave 22 hours ago. Thanks for that Scapania, I hadn't come across it before though its a beauty. If it had berries on it I might still have mistaken it, though the fruits wouldn't be as closely attached to the stem...
Summit Comment Cnoc Ramhar: Re: invasive alien - Fingalscave scapania a day ago. Not to worry, that's not an alien Cotoneaster, but the native Bearberry, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi. It is an Arctic-montane species, which you occasionally find in exposed patches of montane heath, ...		Forum: General Thanks Fingalscave... Conor74 a day ago. How far, in terms of driving time, is Slievenamon? Looking out at the Reeks today, I see a new issue - Reeks covered in snow! Not sure about running up to 700m in this weather! Staying at W...		Summit Comment Cnoc Ramhar: Invasive Alien? fingalscave a day ago. January 2012. Some 500m before Cnoc Ramhar at alt. 340m, I came upon a patch of what I believe to be Cotoneaster integrifolius. This shrubby non-native plant is apparantly spread by birds eating...	Forum: General Shepherd's purse - is it a flower? scapania a day ago. You're on tricky ground there Wicklore, terminology is the bane of every botanist's life! Technically, you couldn't describe it as a 'flower', but if they were accepting 'wild flower' as an answer...

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