Picture from group : Dart from Learmount S Top
Picture: Dart from Learmount S Top
Easy summit in the shadow of Sawel.
Short Summary created by simon3 13 Sep 2010
The obvious way to climb Dart is from the road at H5894 9691 (Point A) , where there is a limited amount of parking. This point is at around 438m on the crest of a road that goes across the Sperrins. The walk to Dart is around 1.4k over rough heather and coarse grass.Comment Rating (3.00)
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Picture from Colin Murphy : Dart Cairn with Sawel in the distance
Picture: Dart Cairn with Sawel in the distance
by Colin Murphy 20 Oct 2008
If you can arrange two cars, traversing Dart-Sawel can be a pleasant afternoon's walk. There is room to park a couple of cars directly to the west of Dart at grid ref 590970 (Point B) and also to the East of Sawel at 639975 (Point C) . The approach to Dart from the west is about the most interesting and easiest terrain you will find in the Eastern Sperrins - rocky with short grass mostly, with the Dart summit having the honour of being one of the only mountains in the range to be marked by a cairn (see pic). While many of the Sperrins have a Wicklow-ish roundness to them, Dart Mt has something approaching a defined summit. Enjoyable walk, from west to east, car to car taking about 3 hours , and that was at a leisurely pace.
Point B: H590 970
Point C: H639 975
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Picture from gerrym : looking to Dart across col from slopes of Sawel
Picture: looking to Dart across col from slopes of Sawel
by gerrym 6 Mar 2006
Start at Sperrin Heritage Centre carpark ( 607936 (Point D) ), turn right and follow road along Genelly Valley for 10 minutes until come to a lane on the right ( 597933 (Point E) ) with a dead end sign. Climb up this lane and views quickly open out over the southern side of the valley. As it levels out at around 300m the mountains of the northern side come into view, with the parallel road to Dart Pass below ,across Oughtboy Burn. Cross gate and strike off right onto open hillside for the shoulder of Dart. The climb is by way of a couple of steps between level areas before the short climb over rockier ground to the summit cairn, reached in 1h 20 mins. There is a great view in all directions but especially west to Mullaghclogha and its steep slopes. Head north east with a short drop down into a broad col - with 1 km before the climb up the large bulk of Sawel, follow fence for short while but continue straight when it veers off right. The climb up Sawel is straight forward and on reaching the trig point the view west to the remainder of the range comes into sight. There is a long but gentle drop down from the summit to the road at Sawel Pass. The going all along was firm due to the recent dry spell but it would be a different story under normal conditions. Turn right and follow the road down into the hamlet of Sperrin and then it is around 3 km back along the main road to the carpark. In all took around 4.5 hours and did i meet anyone else ? NO but i did see some bootprints! Can also climb from the direction of Sawel - see for a different approach.
Point D: H607 936
Point E: H597 933
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Picture from dr_banuska : A backwards glance at Dart on the way down via the forest track
Picture: A backwards glance at Dart on the way down via the forest track
by dr_banuska 15 Jun 2009
Like many other people, I combined Dart with its slightly higher neighbour, Sawel, the two tops being on my wish list ever since an abortive attempt last year. After reaching the latter's summit from the usual approach from the east (see entry on that page), I crossed over the fence close to the trig point and headed down towards the broad ridge joining the two mountains. As I said before I had naively imagined a small drop and narrow col when in fact it's quite a steep drop and a wide col. This made the thought of climbing Dart a bit more daunting but I decided to go for it anyway (I originally thought it would be a simple case of dropping down, taking a leisurely stroll along the narrow ridge, up a little bit to Dart, down again the same way, up a little bit to Sawel then all the way down the other side to where I started... all in 40 mins or so!).(Comment Rating 3.75)
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Picture from csd : The western flank of Dart Mountain.
Picture: The western flank of Dart Mountain.
by csd 21 Feb 2009
Having had a rather late start (avoid going through Cookstown on a Saturday, the traffic is a nightmare), I chose the easy option: park the car at the pass on the road to Park at H58950 96912 (Point F) , and follow the fence east to the summit of Dart Mountain. There's room for three or four cars here by the cattle grid, and you'll be up at the summit in half an hour if you don't dally. Unfortunately the clouds came down as I started my ascent, so I only got a taster of the views.
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Picture from madfrankie : Sawel & Dart from the west
Picture: Sawel & Dart from the west
by madfrankie 24 Oct 2008
A montage of the view from west of Dart, looking eastwards to the highest Sperrin, Sawel.(Comment Rating 3.00)
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