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Soarns Hill: Forested summit

Summit Comment slemish 3 days ago
Getting to the summit of Soarns Hill is difficult and the extensive forestry means that views are severely limited. But as it qualifies under MV prominence rules, off I went to climb it. I parked ...

Varied, strenuous wild Bluestacks walk.

Track 2209 simon3 5 days ago
This varied route explores the two Ardnageers, Croaghbane, C walk, Length:21.0km, Climb: 999m, Area: Ardnageer SW Top, Bluestack Mountains (Ireland)

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Forum: General Conor74 4 days ago
Think none of the Scavvies so far have tackled the Dunkerrons, and the Cloon Horseshoe at its heart - Mullaghanattin, Beann, Finnararagh and then moving all the way on to Knocknagantee and swingin...

Soarns Hill: Local summit visit

Summit Comment Harry Goodman 3 days ago
Climbed Soarns Hill to-day as one of the 100 listed hills nearest to my home. I used three5four0's very helpful route description. The following additional information may be useful. The second...

A circuit of the eastern Knockmeal hills

Track 2206 mcrtchly 6 days ago
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Forum: General kevin carroll 5 days ago
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Meenanea: Bump on ridge with good views.

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 5 days ago
Meenanea is a summit of low prominence on the ridge from Cronamuck to Croaghbarnes. It is most likely that it will be reached as part of a traverse along this ridge. It has excellent views towa...

Walks Around Port 2

Track 2197 gerrym a week ago
http://youtu.be/jq7O1tarPuQ A second walk starting and fini walk, Length:17.0km, Climb: 578m, Area: Donegal SW (Ireland)

Cronamuck: Granite knob at the end of a ridge.

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 5 days ago
This summit can be reached using the ridge extending NE from Croaghbarnes and there are suggestions it could be reached from Commeen to the north on the R253. Cronamuck has views over towards Gau...

Blessington Lakeside Walk

Walk Guide march-fixer 2 weeks ago
Overview This walking track is just perfect for any family outing. The track is well over a metre wide at all points and the surface is good quality compacted hardcore. On the few soggy areas...

Donegal, Sligo & Leitrim: A Walking Guide by Hendroff, Adrian

Bibliography Peter Walker 2 weeks ago
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Circuit of the Three Aghlas

Track 2204 Onzy a week ago
Route takes in Aghla More, Aghla Beg South and Aghla Beg, be walk, Length:9.1km, Climb: 669m, Area: Aghla More, Donegal NW (Ireland) Aghla More, Aghl
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Corranabinnia SW Top Mountain For origin of name, see Corranabinnia. Mayo County In Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam Lists

Height: 681m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 30 Grid Reference: F89769 02621 This summit has been logged as climbed by 73 members
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Longitude: -9.68018, Latitude: 53.961219 Prominence: 56m,   Isolation: 0.8km
ITM: 489743 802631,   GPS IDs, 6 char: CrnbSW, 10 char: CrnbnSWTp

Corranabinnia SW Top is the 134th highest summit in Ireland.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Corranabinnia SW Top in area North Mayo, Ireland
Picture: Sw top as seen from ridge to Ben Gorm		  
by gerrym  1 Jan 2006 I approached the SW top from Corranabinnia itself and it is a quick drop down to the col. The route to the summit of the SW top looks pretty difficult - it can be if you want but there are easy paths just below the rocks at its crest. Nevertheless this was an exciting diversion from the walking for most of the day, hands are needed and if you want the exposure you can have it with big drops, especially to the N into the corrie containing Corranabinna Lough. As Simons pic shows there are fantastic views, with the great contrast of the lowlands and the Nephins rising steeply from the bogs. There are again stunning views from the broad level top, with the expanses of water dotted with islands drawing the eye. There is a long and gradual ridge heading off to the S along Glendahurk which would be a good alternative approach . I retraced my steps, which was fun again, back to the top of Corranabinnia where i had left my rucksack and then headed along the ridge to Ben Gorm.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Corranabinnia SW Top in area North Mayo, Ireland
by simon3  17 May 2007 Robert Lloyd Praeger [The Way that I Went] said of the Nephin Begs “Where else even in Ireland will you find 200 square miles which is houseless and roadless – nothing but brown heather spreading as far as the eye can see, and rising along a kind of central back-bone into high bare hills breaking down here and there in rocky scarps, with the Atlantic winds singing along their slopes? I confess I find such a place not lonely or depressing by inspiriting.” Could any of us attempt to put it better?

Our photo, taken from near the top of Corranabinnia SW Top, shows much of the bare bog. The nearer water is Lough Corranabinnia, while further there is the west end of the remote double lake, over 1 km in length, that is Corryloughaphill Lough, with the slopes of Glennamong rising immediately beyond it. On the skyline at the right is Nephin Beg. Centrally, just touching the skyline is that most unusually named mountain “Slieve Alp” (329m).

One note of navigational caution. The OS 1:50k shows a spot height 681. This is not the highest point on the ridge which is around 370m to the east. As of May 2007 there is no cairn or other mark at the highest point. If you mistake this in mist you could go seriously wrong for example in attempting to get onto the southern ridge.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Corranabinnia SW Top in area North Mayo, Ireland
 
by milo  23 Aug 2003 Attached photo shows the top as seen from the ridge which extends south from the main summit to Ben Gorm. The skyline offers scrambling possibilities which can be avoided by staying about 10 metres down on the S. side.
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