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Forum: General roberto 4 hours ago
Walking along the Wicklow Way today at the section that leads down to the Dargle River, steep enough section. I met a hill runner running up this part and at the same time he was having a conversa...

A circuit of the eastern Knockmeal hills

Track 2206 mcrtchly 5 hours ago
Park at S112081 and walk north along the road for about 170m walk, Length:11.7km, Climb: 620m, Area: Crohan West, Knockmealdown Mountains (Ireland) C

Carrigawaddra: The Loo valley: yes you can!, but don't...

Summit Comment thomas_g 7 hours ago
Parked at the gravel area at the road junction at Loo Bridge, walked towards Kenmare on the R569 to a gate, then followed the muddy track to a green field (savour it, it will be the last you'll se...

Agnew's Hill: Shapely scarply Sallagh Braes

Summit Comment simon3 5 days ago
North of the summit and over a road is the 2km long arc of Sallagh Braes, a spectacular semicircle of a valley where the higher ground to the west (left) falls away towards the sea. This pictur...

Walks Around Port 2

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

Good Sun coming. Bluestacks anyone?

Forum: General simon3 2 days ago
Anyone interested in walking in the Bluestacks (Ardnageers and nearby) on Sun or early Mon? Contact group@mountainviews.ie

Tully Mountain: Mwelrea from the Sea

Summit Comment Geansai 6 days ago
Good view of the highest summit in Connaught on the way up Tully Mountain.

Lugnagun: Superb Blessington Lake Views

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: march-fixer 6 days ago
Though not a summit to write home about, it still provides a wonderful grandstand view south out over Blessington Lakes and west to the Hill of Allen. Until recently (2013) pine trees obscure thes...

Circuit of the Three Aghlas

Track 2204 Onzy 2 days 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

SEX ROCKS AND ROLLS

Forum: General BleckCra 4 days ago
"It's like sex," she said. We looked at her. "Hillwalking. It's like sex." Her big scrubbed North Antrim face - and I imagined she didn't know much about either - not her fault mind, given the...

Slieve Carr: Possible with Nephin Beg in a day

Summit Comment jimgraham a week ago
Just to note that I found it possible to combine Slieve Carr with Nephin Beg. Working from the southern end of the Bangor trail (point F) it took me four hours to gain the top of Carr; about two ...

Shankill River - Cloghleagh Circuit

Track 2200 march-fixer 4 days ago
This is a nice scenic route in a mixed coniferous and decidu walk, Length:4.0km, Climb: 45m, Area: Dublin/Wicklow (Ireland)
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Slieve Snaght Mountain Sliabh Sneachta A name in Irish
(Ir. Sliabh Sneachta [DUPN], 'mountain of snow') Donegal County In Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam Lists

Height: 678m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 1 Grid Reference: B92359 14812 This summit has been logged as climbed by 164 members
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Longitude: -8.120126, Latitude: 54.980744 Prominence: 403m,   Isolation: 0.9km
ITM: 592310 914797,   GPS IDs, 6 char: SlvSng, 10 char: SlvSnght

There are two mountains of this name in Donegal, the other one being in Inishowen.   Slieve Snaght is the second highest mountain in the Donegal NW area and the 142nd highest in Ireland. Slieve Snaght is the second highest point in county Donegal.
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by Bleck Cra  21 Oct 2004 An american tourist described the sound of the Ulster-Scots town “Ahoghill” being pronounced, “like someone clearing catarrh”.
Sliabh Snaght, other than “a” and “cheque” is the most fun you can have with 2 words. Sleeeeeeve Snaaaaachchcht !
The only reason I draw attention to it, is because no one here has thought it worthy of comment, view or even derision.
You can never get out of Derry without it costing you something - in this case it was £2 for 2 strawberries at the Foyle Bridge, from a muscular child feigning a limp. I headed for Letterkenny, out of which en route to Derryveagh, you step into the land time forgotted. Around Glendowan, I alit against the warm flanks of farm beasts idling on the clearway. It was hard to go any way other than straight on, but I thought I better ask anyway. “Ah now” he said in that sad sing-song Donegal voice, like they’re being accompanied by a melodian. “Go straight on to the crossroads and don’t go left.” Fine…. “Go to the next crossroads and don’t go left again.”
Well you can see where this is going. So I just went straight on and a white terrier accompanied me off the premises.
At Lough Barra, beneath Snaght, you think you’ll just go home. This is the absolute back of beyond AND some.
Can’t remember which way ‘round it went, but route up or down took in a pretty stream over polished rocks and embedded rowan trees: perhaps a little stone bridge. Route down or up took in endless marching-come-wading through waist-high rushes. The walk itself seemed to throw up no great terrors, fascinations or bright spots, other than the summit where the views across Errigal and siblings was quite spendid. I’ll try to dig out a pic.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Slieve Snaght in area Donegal NW, Ireland
Picture: Poisoned Glen from the Dunlewy church		  
by pazapas  19 Oct 2006 I am late, it is 19 october 2006 and I climbed Slieve Snaght in june. This was probably one of the most demanding walk I did this year in Ireland. Described with only 14km for 6,5 or 7h in my book, It was in fact 6 long hours and 20km with an equivalent positive slope of 1500m (recorded with GPS) in a fresh and windy weather.
The walk started in Dunlewy, near the old church mentioned by skyehigh with a well marked trail. After hundred meters I passed a nice small bridge and I went to the Poisoned Glen. The ground was really wet. I followed the glen until a brook which forms a right angle towards the left. At this point I was in a particularly quiet place. Then I turned to the left and I begun to climb up. At the national park's fences, don't use the ladder, use the gate on the left, 60 meters from the ladder. I followed the slope to the Slieve Snaght. The view toward the old church is very nice and you can see the Errigal mount if the clouds are not to low (they were at no more 700m). Going down was not so easy for me. Despite a steep ground, I found my way among the boulders, saw many red deers, reached the nice Devlin River and went back to the old church. One of the best horseshoe walk I ever made in Ireland...
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Slieve Snaght in area Donegal NW, Ireland
by padodes  28 Jun 2007 Slieve Snaght from the north, with Lough Maam in the foreground. The mountain is sufficiently far from civilization on all sides as to guarantee an experience of wilderness. The notch on the horizon to the E (left side) marks the easy point of access to the ridge leading to the top and its magnificent views, particularly northwards to Errigal, the Aghlas, and the great whaleback of Muckish. Not so easy is the descent to the W or SW, over a jumble of boulders. A simple circuit is to walk directly to the mountain from Dunlewey (in good weather it is visible all the way), go over the top from E to W, and then return to Dunlewey along the meandering Devlin river.
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Bring home your skins!!!!
by david bourke  24 Oct 2011 While on a recent climb of Slieve Snaght in the Derryveagh Mountains I was appalled to see the amount of Banana skins scattered close to the summit cairn. It would appear that the Leave No Trace policy is not being observed by some previous hillwalkers. The banana is a great source of energy to the hillwalker but the message still need to be brought home to a certain few to bring home the skins.
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