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Maximum height for area: 1039 metres Summits in area: 28
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Cnoc na Toinne Mountain Kerry County
(Ir. Cnoc na Toinne [OSI 1:25,000], 'hill of the wave')
Height: 845 metres OS 1/50k Mapsheet: 78 for top
Grid Ref: V81115 83399 Latitude: 51.990429 Longitude: -9.731402
ITM: 481091 583458 Prominence: 80m   Isolation: 1.2km
Rating graphic. Ó Cíobháin also gives the alternative name An Caisleán Geal [TH], 'the bright castle'. The path known as Bóthar na Gíge or the Zig-Zags attains the ridge near the summit of Cnoc na Toinne.
Cnoc na Toinne is the 23rd highest summit in Ireland. Our data has reached 75% of the goal for this summit. (Details)
   

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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Cnoc na Toinne in area MacGillycuddy
Picture: Climbing the Zig-Zags. Photo: Y. Le Roux. Expand pics.
 
by denise-vosges  10 Dec 2008 Climbing Carrauntoohil! I had been dreaming of it since the first time I came to Ireland, one and a half years ago! And I did it on the 16th of November with Paul and our friend, Yann. We had decided to climb Cnoc na Toinne by a path (new to us) named “the Zig-Zags”, as described in Jim Ryan’s guidebook.
We parked our car at Lisleibane and we took the flat, wide path alongside the Gaddagh River. We knew we would have to cross the outflow of Lough Gouragh, but after heavy rains the river was in spate. To reach Cnoc na Toinne, we had no choice but to cross the river. The river was so deep and the current so strong, we decided to cross bare-foot to keep our shoes and clothes dry. I made the mistake of not tying my shoes together for safety. In the middle of the crossing I let go of one of my shoes in the river and I saw it being swept away by the current. Miraculously, I managed to catch it at the last minute. At least it would be more comfortable to climb Carrauntoohil with one shoe soaked than bare-foot!
The path for the Zig-Zags starts about 200m before the foot of Devil’s Ladder on the left. As the name suggests, it climbs tortuously to the summit of Cnoc na Toinne. It is a very good alternative to the Devil’s Ladder, with quite easy ground on the NW slope of Cnoc na Toinne. Above all, it is a good deal safer than the Devil’s Ladder, but as Jim Ryan says, the main difficulty is to find the start! A few hundred metres farther on, the path becomes more obvious. At the top you gain a smooth, grassy ridge, which is easy to follow to the summit of Cnoc na Toinne. (Walk description continued under Carrauntoohil.)
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Picture: Cnoc na Toinne from Cnoc an Chuillinn Expand pics.
by dbloke  4 Jan 2009 Like denise-vosges we used Jim Ryan's book for details on finding the Zig-zag path. I put his coords into my GPS and they were spot on. We left the path into the Hag's Glen at V812 841 (Point A) and climbed the gentle slope to V815 841 (Point B) where we picked up the start of the zig-zag path. 2 hours after leaving the car we were at the top, at least an hour quicker than it had taken us to reach the top of The Devil's Ladder last April. We bagged the top of Cnoc na Toinne before returning back along the ridge and onto Cnoc an Chuillinn. Looking back we saw the more direct path...
Point A: V812 841 Point B: V815 841 (turn area map On)
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by simon3  14 Sep 2004 This simulation shows the ridge and environs of Cnoc na Toinne.

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by jackill  18 Jul 2005 Taken from the summit of Carrauntoohil this photo shows the sweep up from the Devils ladder on the extreme right to the long summit plateau of Cnoc na Toinne with the three peaks of Cnoc an Chuillin , Loch Coimin Moir Mountain and Maolan Bui on the left
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by jackill  29 Aug 2004 Cnoc na Toinne just right of centre as viewed from the top of The Bone under Maolan Bui. The top of the Devils Ladder is just visible to the right of centre with Carrauntoohil covered in cloud behind it. The Bone makes is a much easier way to descend from the ridge than The Devils Ladder - it has a fairly distinct path all the way down (look for the iron posts and the line of stones) and you're unlikely to get hit on the noggin by loose rocks.
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