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Donegal NW Area Derryveagh Mountains Subarea Printable format Maximum height for area: 751 metres Summits in area: 54 OS Map(s): 1, 10, 11, 12, 2, 6 for all tops Set Area Map On     Muckish Mountain Donegal County An Mhucais A name in Irish (Language) (Ir. An Mhucais [DUPN], 'the pig back/ridge') Height: 666 metres OS 1/50k Mapsheet: 2 for top Grid Ref: C00450 28713 Latitude: 55.105667 Longitude: -7.993739 ITM: 600399 928695 Prominence: 522m   Isolation: 3.2km So named from a fancied resemblance according to Joyce. The mountain does indeed have the shape of a pig's back, with a curve before a steep downward drop on the S side. A quarry on the N side of the mountain was used to extract high-grade quartz sand for optical glass. Muckish is the third highest mountain in the Donegal NW area and the 163rd highest in Ireland. Our data has reached 70% of the goal for this summit. (Details)     COMMENTS for Muckish Page 1 2 3 Next page >> New Comment Alternate scramble route? by Carlito  16 Aug 2010 Hi people :) Walked up Muckish for only my second time yesterday, via the easy route which begins near the grotto. Conditions were clear and sunny for the most part. Made it across the lunar surface to the big cross. After a pick-me-up snack of Tesco BLT and some bits of Belgian choc washed down with 7UP, scrambled down part of the bouldery cross end, to check out if it's possible to scramble *up* without too much difficulty. Is it possible? Would like to hear from anyone who has come up Muckish this way and if so, how accessible is it by car? Thanks in advance :) (Comment Rating 3.00) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Picture: Muckish with the cloud coming down Expand pics.   by strabanejohn  25 Jul 2006 5 of us did a great climb of Muckish on Saturday. Using OSI Map 2, we had a choice of doing the easier Muckish Gap (starting around 993272 (Point A)) or the more difficult Miners Path. We chose the latter. Going north through Creeslough, about a mile or so later take a left turn at approx 051329 (Point B), signposted Derryhariff - there is a graveyard on the right . Follow this road straight on, past a quarry workings on the right, over a cattle grid and keep straight on - the road winds up the mountain, it is tarmac most of the way, the last 200m or so is a bit rough and you'll come to a dead end just below the old quarry workings - there is room here for four or five cars parked on the side. As you face the mountain you'll see two large concrete slabs, one (on the left) with old machinery and the one on the right with nothing. On the one on the right someone has written in large red letters 'START' (now well worn) with an arrow pointing across the stream - this is the start! Along the way there are a number of these red arrows pointing the way. The first section is a scramble up to the wooden steps just below the start of the rockface proper - then it's a zigzag up to the top - if you come across a small wall of rocks blocking the path, this means 'don't go this way, you must have missed the main path'. The top is amazing - a large plateau with, as my sister commented, rocks which appear to have been rained down. Like the surface of the moon! Amazing views all round, in particular Errigal looks splendid. There is a trig point, a huge cross made from girders (how did they get it up there?), a prehistoric burial cairn (again our forefathers must have struggled to carry bodies up there in bare feet!!), a small stone igloo and any number of cairns. We saw heavy rainclouds coming in our direction, so decided to get off the top, thankful that we did as half Muckish was covered in cloud. You need to be very careful going down asit is a bit of a scramble. An excellent day out and highly recommended. Point A: B993 272 Point B: C051 329 (turn area map On) (Comment Rating 4.27) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Expand pics. by gerrym  2 Jan 2006 Muckish is an incredibly distinct mountain and one I have longed to climb for a number of years - cue last Sunday and a 2 hour drive from Antrim. Access is via N56 from Letterkenny and a turn left after Creeslough onto a road which heads direct for the mountain. When taramc ends there is room for several cars to park at the side of the road. Continue along the now gravel track as winds uphill through turf cuttings and moorland in varying shades of brown. The impressive northern buttresses of Muckish loom overhead as the track peters out at the head of the old quarry workings, where concrete platforms and rusting plant are the less visible scars of the quarrying operation. Follow path across stream and uphill into the ampitheatre of crags and buttresses. There is a set of wooden steps which lead to more difficult walking as skirt and negoiate rockfaces (hands will be needed). Unfortunately we lost the track here and continued uphill by way of a narrow gulley which entailed scrambling up rocks passing wooden remains of quarrying operation, heading for the winches above. A word of caution - there is quite alot of loose rock and one of my companions had a lucky escape when a substancial rockface gave way in front of him. He was pulled to one side or he would have been bouncing down the gulley along with football sized rocks. When reach winches are at the quarry itself (see pic looking down). This is a marvel at this height, just below the summit, with an extensive level area which has been quarried backed by high walls. There is an excavator with rubber tyres and an old bogey among the traces of white sand that was so precious at the time. Return to and follow the path left as rises above the quarry onto the rocky summit plateau, passing small cairns on way to trig pillar at 666m on NE of mountain. There is a large tethered cross on a cairn further NE which was erected in 2000 according to the plaque. Great views N and E over headlands and beaches towards Inishowen. To the west the Sperrins can be seen clearly and as track south over summit plateau Dooish and Slieve Snaght are backed by the Bluestack Mountains. Head SW to reach massive burial cairn in centre of plateau and continue further for views of Aglas and Errigal. There are a number of small cairns here and a perfect igloo shaped stone shelter with doorway. Headed NW here to descend the western shoulder of the mountain. This is quite an easy descent over rocky ground which becomes more heather as descend. At foot of mountain track east to rejoin the gravel road which will return to the car - all the while being drawn to look up at the imposing rock faces. Took around 4 hours in all and was more of a challenge on way up than i would have thought. There were a few other people about at the bottom but no one else up top when we were there.Visited the excellent beach at Dunfanaghy which is nearby before returning home and Muckish is a true monster dominating the skyline from here. (Comment Rating 4.19) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Picture: Trig With Cairn and Errigal in Background Expand pics.   by dino  21 Sep 2008 I really enjoyed this mountain. I've been past it more times than I can count but it was always shrouded in mist or low cloud. Today was the first really good day in ages and the first time I've seen Muckish clear. I hadn't actually intended to climb today and had instead planned on a trip over to Tory. However, I messed up reading the timetable and left myself with a day to fill. What better time to try Muckish? As I wasn't planning my trip in advance I didn't get a chance to read the logs here so I managed to make the same mistake that gerrym made. Despite feeling very nervous about halfway up the gully when I realised that I'd made a mistake, that the rocks I was depending on were pretty shaky and that I couldn't get back down safely and was better going on I did enjoy this section (once I reached the top!) and it all added to what I found to be a very interesting climb, much more interesting than I realised all those times I'd driven past. To me Muckish is a much more enjoyable climb than Errigal which I feel is a real slog in many ways and I hope to come back again and do it the proper way :) (Comment Rating 3.80) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Picture: Cross on top of Muckish Expand pics. by marty1133  29 Dec 2008 Did this walk on a fine sunny Sunday morning, approached mounatin from the Miner path side and parked at the Mine itself (998292 (Point C)). When arrived at mountain a fierce gale was blowing down the cliff face, which made the accent up the steep Miner path pretty hairy (Almost dropped my GPS !). When arrived at top after about 50 mins of steep climbing it was pretty cloudy, but the cloudy did part for a fiew moments to allow me to take some great pics. Descended down the gentle West slope of Mountain down to (989291 (Point D)) and then followed the North face of the mountain back around to the car. 3.4 miles and 2hrs 45 mins. Not a bad way to spend a Sunday at all ! Point C: B998 292 Point D: B989 291 (turn area map On) (Comment Rating 3.67) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average Expand pics.   by dmcdevitt  5 Jan 2005 Attempted to climb Muckish last week and had to abort the mission as the weather was awful. Take a look at the pictures. Attempting to climb Muckish from the track that is located from the North of the mountain and up the track to the quarry. This bit is fine despite the bad weather. It was the wet and slippery quarried rock up the quarry entrance that was very difficult. We continued up the steep incline to the wood stairs but then decided abandon due to fact that you need to actually need rope and a climbing helmet to continue the rest. It didn’t help when the rain was horizontal in your face. We came back down again and it was highly enjoyable. Headed to a local pub for some heat, dryness and warmth. It was then that the locals told us that if you attempted to climb the mountain from the north, you had a screw loose. Apparently, accessing this mountain from the south is much easier. (Comment Rating 3.33) Your Score: Very useful <<  >>Average COMMENTS for Muckish Page 1 2 3 Next page >> (End of comment section for Muckish. 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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