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Slieve Beagh

Track 2168 Peter Walker 2 weeks ago
A walk over the plateau to the E Top (County Monaghan's high walk, Length:8.7km, Climb: 195m, Area: Slieve Beagh, Fermanagh/S Tyrone (Ireland) Slieve

Esknabrock: Short and fairly sweet

Summit Comment thomas_g 3 weeks ago
Park at W01494 72290 (space for 1 car) after passing the pet farm. Go through the gate up the track until the gate at the end. Now head straight for the ridge, the going is nice, firmish grass und...

Inca Trail

Track 2187 mcrtchly 2 weeks ago
The classic 4 day (3 night) walk to Machu Picchu in Peru is walk, Length:34.5km, Climb: 2230m, Area: Peru, Cusco ()

Barraboy Mtn Far E Top: Follow the edge of Lough Nagarriva.

Summit Comment thomas_g 3 weeks ago
Access is best from the west (Barraboy) or east (Priests Leap). It's a pretty boggy rocky walk from either and be warned the going between this top and the edge of the main Barraboy ridge is fairl...

The summit question

Forum: General Conor74 a week ago
My point was not related to the height at all. As I understood, the point raised was not about the height of the south pinnacle of the Great Skellig, but whether people could consider it bagged o...

Barraboy Mountain SE Top: Come from the ridge

Summit Comment thomas_g 3 weeks ago
There is fairly good access from the main Barraboy ridge via a grassy gully which was a bit damp at the bottom. It's possible to traverse east to this top from the Beara way, but it looks like hor...

Routeburn Track - Day 2

Track 2184 march-fixer 2 weeks ago
Early start and had a good breakfast. Packed up and headed o walk, Length:5.2km, Climb: 404m, Area: New Zealand, Southland ()

Barraboy Mountain SE Top: A quick run around the possible tops

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: thomas_g 3 weeks ago
Barraboy SE is best reached Barraboy top. It's also possible to access from the east but it's a long damp walk from Priests leap. Views are very good south to the sea. Knockboy is clearly visible...

Routeburn Track - Day 1

Track 2181 march-fixer 2 weeks ago
This is the first day of one of the top walks in the world. walk, Length:13.3km, Climb: 802m, Area: New Zealand, Southland ()

the summit question

Forum: General kevin carroll a week ago
that has to be the worst comparisons I have ever heard, the buildings on cruach mhor and croagh patrick are man made and are not included in the height of the mountain.

Barraboy Mountain: Fine views over the bay

Summit Comment thomas_g 3 weeks ago
Parked at V93218 61229 (barely room for one car) beside Beara Way stile. Over the stile and up the track, I left the track and went straight for the peak, but it's probably best to follow the trac...

Fox Glacier

Track 2179 march-fixer 2 weeks ago
This was an opportunity to climb up Fox Glacier as far as th walk, Length:7.5km, Climb: 561m, Area: New Zealand, Westland ()
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Croaghskearda Mountain Cruach Sceirde A name in Irish
(Ir. Cruach Sceirde [OSI], 'stack of the exposed place') Kerry County In no lists

Height: 608m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 70 Grid Reference: Q50972 03906 This summit has been logged as climbed by 36 members
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Longitude: -10.178854, Latitude: 52.167325 Prominence: 13m,   Isolation: 1.4km
ITM: 450954 603961,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Crghsk, 10 char: Crghskrd

Near a path over the brow of the hill between Gowlin and Lisdargan there is an underground passage called Staighre Chaitlín (Cathleen's Stairs) which leads to a cave. The tale is told of a local man who dreamed of a treasure on the Bridge of Limerick   Croaghskearda is the 258th highest summit in Ireland. Croaghskearda is the second most westerly summit in the Central Dingle area.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Croaghskearda in area Central Dingle, Ireland
Picture: Croaghskearda from An Cnapan Mor		  
Exposed it certainly is
Short Summary created by jackill  3 Jul 2011 Park in the large car park at the Connor pass.
Cross the main road and head due east uphill following a distinct track for 200 meters, leave this track as it swing sharply south and continue uphill and east, skirting cliffs to your left side.
These are steep cliffs, so keep some distance from them.
You will come to a small semicircle of stones at about 620 mtrs elevation , pick up a low stone wall and follow it to the unmarked summit of Slieveanea about 400 meters to the east.
From Slieveanea head south for the summit crossing rough bog for a little while before an easy ascent across stoney ground to a stone cairn.

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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Croaghskearda in area Central Dingle, Ireland
Picture: Green, gold and grey stone.
Views south.
by simon3  16 Aug 2011 Visit this extraordinary prow of a summit on a fine day and you will get this amazing view of Dingle Bay.
On the right coastline is part of Ventry Harbour, then the reddish sands of "Short Strand". Directly above the big nearby hump is "Doonties Commons" and on the other side of the bay, Knocknadobar.
On the original of this picture the Skelligs are also visible just to the right of the last land right on the horizon.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Croaghskearda in area Central Dingle, Ireland
Picture: Croaghskearda from the cliffs of Slievanea		  
by jackill  23 May 2005 Croaghskearda was the third summit visited in a traverse over the mountains of Central Dingle.
This picture was taken from Slievanea with Croaghskearda on the extreme right of the photo and Gowlane Beg on the extreme left. Croaghskeardas summit from some angles looks almost like a small pyramid and is scattered with the same small flat stones that appear on many of the Central Dingle mountains.
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Great views
by mickhanney  30 Aug 2012 Hiked up from Dingle to the Conor Pass with the intention of taking in Croaghskearda. However, the day was so perfect I ended up veering off and taking in An Cnapan Mor first and contoured around then to do my original target. The previous day I had visited the Dingle wildlife and seal sanctuary which is located between Dingle and Lispole and this hill was prominent from the road. It looks like a great climb. The views didn't disappoint. Clear views across to the Ivereagh peninsula and over Dingle bay. Also over towards the Brandon Ridge. The going was pretty good. A bit of meandering around small patches of bog but nothing too hectic. Full circuit whcih included the downhill back to Dingle (and a pint in the Dingle Brewing Company) took c. 3 hrs 30.
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