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Ben Gorm Mountains Area Printable format Maximum height for area: 700 metres Summits in area: 3 OS Map(s): 37 for all tops Set Area Map On     Ben Gorm Mountain Mayo County An Bhinn Ghorm A name in Irish (Language) (Ir. An Bhinn Ghorm [MNIMA*], 'the blue peak') Height: 700 metres OS 1/50k Mapsheet: 37 for top Grid Ref: L86184 65233 Latitude: 53.624693 Longitude: -9.720969 ITM: 486159 765252 Prominence: 670m   Isolation: 0.9km An Bhinn Ghorm is a mountain name which occurs 3 times in Co. Mayo. Ir. gorm is usually translated 'blue', but Breandán S. Mac Aodha suggests that 'iron-grey' is closer to the true meaning in such mountain names (MNIMA, 149). Walks: for a route taking in Ben Gorm and Ben Creggan, see Whilde & Simms, New Irish Walk Guide - West and North, 60-61. Ben Gorm is the highest mountain in the Ben Gorm Mountains area and the 110th highest in Ireland. Ben Gorm is the most southerly summit in the Ben Gorm Mountains area and also the most easterly. Our data has reached 75% of the goal for this summit. (Details)     COMMENTS for Ben Gorm Page 1 2 Next page >> by weedavie  24 Jul 2003 If you follow Lynam’s Irish walks on this one you stand a chance of missing the summit, falling over a huge buttress, missing the best fun on the mountain and traversing a swamp that makes the Dead Marshes look like the turf at Hampden Park. It tells you the cairn doesn’t mark the summit but doesn’t tell you where the summit is (200 metres W, there’s now a cairn). It tells you that you need to be accurate in navigating off but gives you no clues. (the centre ridge is about 700 metres E from the lower cairn.) It omits to mention a good sized minor summit on the way to Ben Creggan (only a couple of hundred feet and it’s obvious on the map but I was careless so I got disappointed.) But worst is the recommendation to go down the ridge and cross the swamp. Returning to Ben Gorm and going down the centre ridge (wonderful, narrow but not steep as described) you can look on the horrors of the swamp. You can also note the very steep reascent to the ridge. The swamp route is described as 300 feet more than the Ben Gorm only route. The truth is nearer 1000 feet (much the same as returning to Ben Gorm). This was a great day out in spite of regular downpours and I do appreciate this is a small aberration in a book which has given me a lot of fun and information. (Comment Rating 4.50) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Expand pics.   by rmilne  13 Oct 2004 I was comfortable all night in my bunk at the Delphi Adventure Centre, but I could hear the wind and rain howling out side. You are a sad hill bagger when you put your gore-tex on indoors and then walk out and up the hill. Crossed the bridge by the Centre and picked a dryish line across the low bogs Feet were soaked in about 3 minutes. I then went more or less straight up the hill. Very windy and heavy rain. The route was surprisingly good with lots of little rock spurs and crags to go around adding interest. Reached the ridge and the wind speed reached 40+mph, so used by GPS to lead me to the summit cairn (L86174 65239 (Point A)). 40mph wind driven rain, no view, even forgot to take a photo. 1 hour up, 1hr 45min rt. Totally soaked. But I should have done the hill the evening before after Mweelrea, since the summit was then clear, see photo of the NW end of Ben Gorm from the top of the Doo Lough. Next time I'll keep doing hills when the weather is clear, no matter how late in the day it is getting! Point A: L86174 65239 (turn area map On) (Comment Rating 4.33) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Picture: View of Killary Harbour from the slopes of Ben Gorm as the sun sets Expand pics. by mcrtchly  25 Jun 2009 A great evening climb of Ben Gorm, still on the summit at 9pm and got down as it was getting dark. Access from the Ashleagh Falls car park was a little difficult. The start of the route described by Lynam is along the track besides the falls - this is no longer accessible as the gate was locked and the road marked Private. The alternative is to take the route between the two lines of fences running up the hillside from the car park. Note that the ground is wet in places and you should stick mainly close to the left fence. A gate at the end of the line of fences leads on to the hillside. Beware of long grass as annoying tussocks which make the progress very slow until the ridge line is reached. The climb along the ridge is steep in places and you can scramble on the rocks if you wish. Found the 'real' summit using GPS co-ordinates given by rmilne. Cloudless evening with great views of Killary, Twelve Pins. and Clare Island. A highly recommended climb. (Comment Rating 4.13) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Picture: long ridge from Tawnyard Lough Expand pics.   by gerrym  30 Mar 2008 I have tackled Ben Gorm from the south with the relatively short and easy climb from Ashleagh falls. For this walk I approached from the north, taking in the long central ridge rising near Tawnyard Lough. The start of the walk is reached through the beautiful Glenummera valley which has the Sheeffry Hills towering above its northern side and the Ben Gorm mountains on it southern side. Park at entrance to forest above Tawnyard Lough (914678 (Point B)) where there is parking for several cars and an informative information board on the area. Follow the track down into the forest, take turn to right and follow roughly hewn track as crosses bridge and river flowing into Lough. Continue until leave the forest and take the open ground to the right which leads onto the 6 km ridge to the summit of Ben Gorm. A fence leads for quite a distance and if the magnificent scenery isn't doing the trick a quick hold will provide a jolt to the senses. The ground is quite wet until reach point 356m (897662 (Point C)), from here there is a slight descent before firmer rockier ground starts. The ridge begins to narrow and there are big drops into the river valley to the north and the corrie to the south containing little Lugaharry Lough. There are good views north to the Sheeffrys (shrouded in mist) and to the two tops of Ben Creggan, south the Devilsmother rises dramatically from the Eriff river valley, with the Bens and Mamturks in the distance. The ridge gives a great feeling as it narrows and becomes rockier. Numerous stops were taken to look back along the length of the ridge and to the surrounding high and low ground - breathtaking! I stuck to the northern side as curved around passing a cairn on its way to the summit cairn itself (a walk of nearly three hours and no one else to bump into). Mist was floating around the top so I only had glimpses of the views to the Twelve Bens across Killary Harbour. From the top it is a drop down NW passing another small cairn on the drop to the col with Ben Creggan S Top. (see for next part of walk). Point B: L914 678 Point C: L897 662 (turn area map On) (Comment Rating 4.00) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Expand pics. by CaptainVertigo  1 Apr 2008 From Ashleagh Falls one crosses long awkward grass to a spine that curls up and around the the circumference of the enormous coum. This ridge, which narrows and narrows, gives a sense of exposure and spectacular vistas open up to the left and right. The photo shows the slope which appears deceptively benign and gradual. I rate Ben Gorm very highly indeed. Do not be put off by the extensive football pitches that festoon the summit area: if blessed with visability hug the edge of the great coum and consider the grandeur of creation. (Comment Rating 3.80) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Expand pics.   by simon3  3 Jan 2003 Ben Gorm ("Blue Peak") is just the highest of the three mountains that make up the Ben Gorm group. According to HC Hart, writing in 1895, is has or had an alternative name of Kead-na-binnian. More recent guidebooks suggest that you climb it from the car-park beside Aasleagh Falls at L893643 (Point D). The top is flattish and difficult to navigate in mist. There is a large cairn near, but not at the summit. The photo, taken in 1998, shows Ben Gorm from a point on the road NE of Aasleagh Falls. Point D: L893 643 (turn area map On) (Comment Rating 3.40) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average COMMENTS for Ben Gorm Page 1 2 Next page >> (End of comment section for Ben Gorm. 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. 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