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Comeragh Mountains Area Printable format Maximum height for area: 792 metres Summits in area: 17 OS Map(s): 74, 75, 82 for all tops Set Area Map On     Coumfea West Top Mountain Waterford County Srón Chom Fia A name in Irish (Language) (Ir. Srón Chom Fia [PND*], 'nose of the hollow of the deer') Height: 711 metres OS 1/50k Mapsheet: 75 for top Grid Ref: S28112 09487 Latitude: 52.236888 Longitude: -7.589248 ITM: 628055 609540 Prominence: 16m   Isolation: 1.4km Srón Chom Fhiaidh is the form given by Power. Other hills in the same townland (Lyre) are: Cnoc Bán, 'white hill', Cnoc a' Ghirrfhéidh, 'hill of the hare' and Cnoc a' Chrocaire, 'hill of the hangman' (PND). Coumfea West Top is the 102nd highest summit in Ireland. Our data has reached 70% of the goal for this summit. (Details)     COMMENTS for Coumfea West Top Page 1 of 1 Picture: Lough Coumfea Expand pics.   by jackill  28 Feb 2006 From the Nire Valley car park lace up the boots and walk back the road towards Ballymacarbery for about 500 meters. You'll come to a gate on your left with a muddy track leading down the slope towards the river. Cross the river over a makeshift bridge the farmer has constructed and follow the rising track towards the mountains. After passing a ruined farmhouse the track leads through a galvanised gate and out across the bog. The track actually goes much further than shown on the map and although in places it is indistinct, you can follow it all the way to S28313 11290 (Point A) with little difficulty. Take a few minutes rest among the scattered moraine boulders of the Coumalocha , also known as Lough Coumstillogemore and |Lough Coumstillogebeg on older maps, before tackling the very steep ascent to Coumfea West Top. This looks quite tricky from below and certainly as you near the top there is a stretch of 20-30 meters of very exposed almost knife-edge to negotiate. As you skirt the cliff edges views of the Galtys, the Knockmealdowns ,Slievenamon and the sea at Dungarvan open up around you. Puzzle for a while over where the summits of Coumfea and Coumfea North Top actually are (see if you can spot the meagre piles of stones). Then head down the hillside to rejoin the track you walked in on and, after a welcome cuppa in the shelter on the scattered rocks at the track end,back to the car and home to a hot bath and a beer. 12.5 kms and 5 hours ambling. The photo is of Lough Coumfea from the steep side of Coumfea West Top Point A: S28313 11290 (turn area map On) (Comment Rating 4.00) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Expand pics. by sinbadw  21 Oct 2004 This was the first hill we took in the circuit of the Nire Valley. We parked at the lay-by and walked down the road aways before turning left onto a track, over a bridge (of sorts) and thence over some stepping stones, followed by a sharp left to get out onto the mountain. You can see from the track that we then made our way pretty much straight on up to Coumfea West Top, skirting along the edge of the corrie to get some fantastic views of the lakes below. A small cairn maked the summit. The accompanying visualisation shows our path (roughly, forgive the section where we appear to walk on thin air, we were checking out the "sean bhean ag caitheabh tobac"). This was generated from Nasa SRTM data, a satelite image without colour correction and the gps log of our walk. (Comment Rating 3.83) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Picture: View of Coumfea W. Top from the East Expand pics.   by john_desmond  18 Apr 2005 The summit of Coumfea West Top is the highest point of a spur that goes West from the Comeraghs. At 711 mtrs, it is debatable whether it is the required 15 mtrs higher than the nearest saddle to be listed on this site. The photo shows the summit from a viewing point to the East. As you can see, the spur is pretty flat. Leaving that aside, it still is a very nice area to walk on with some stunning views into the valley below. There is a very small stone cairn on the summit. I measured this at S 2812 0948 (Point B). Easiest access to this mountain is from the car park in the Nire Valley (S 277 128 (Point C)) Point B: S2812 0948 Point C: S277 128 (turn area map On) (Comment Rating 3.75) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Picture: Small lakes near Coumfea. Expand pics. by simon3  11 Jul 2005 This top is called Coumfea in some accounts. It can be walked as part of a circuit of the Nire Valley or as I did in 2005 by coming north from Seefin. The summit is adorned with a very small pile of stones. As you walk from it towards Coumfea you circle round a huge, steep sided coum facing just east of north and over 1k wide. The views down from this includes a number of small lakes such as these two. (Comment Rating 3.00) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Picture: Glenastuckaun stream on the western slopes of Coumfea West Top Expand pics.   by csd  5 Apr 2010 I approached Coumfea West Top from the west, heading up Tooreen Mountain via Glenastuckaun stream after first climbing Milk Hill and Bleantasour. Parking in the woods at Tooreen East (see Milk Hill comment), these three summits can be done in four to five hours if you don't hang about. One of the pleasures of approaching from this side is Glenastuckaun Stream, which cleaves a deep channel through Foill Cam. (Comment Rating 3.00) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Picture: Coumalocha. Expand pics. by csd  5 Apr 2010 As Simon noted, the summit itself consists of a very small and very unremarkable pile of stones. The true star is the corrie, or coum immediately northeast of the summit. This shot shows two of the tarns lying at Coumfea's feet. (Comment Rating 2.00) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average (End of comment section for Coumfea West Top. Recent comments about other mountains below.) RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS Page 1 2 3 4 5 .. 41 Next page >> Summit Comment Sugarloaf Hill: A short sharp shock... exaisle 7 hours ago. I thought this was a short but punishing climb although I'm not as fit as I should be. There is just one short respite but as soon as one leaves the road, it's tough from the word go....well, ...    Forum: General Suggestion for West Cork walk exaisle 7 hours ago. If the hangover is bad, you might consider the spin up Mount Gabriel. There is an access road about a mile or so outside Schull...it's tarmac all the way up and the views are excellent. Of cou... Summit Comment Mount Gabriel: Does driving up count? exaisle 7 hours ago. 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