Picture from group : Slieve Beg and the Devils Coach Road
Picture: Slieve Beg and the Devils Coach Road
Little mountain, Big attitude
Short Summary created by wicklore 2 May 2011
Slieve Beg sits at the northern end of a ridge of mountains that separate the Annalong Valley from the joint Silent Valley/Ben Crom Valleys. Slieve Beg (Little Mountain) is well named as it is surrounded to the west, north and east by higher mountains such as Donard, Commedagh, Bearnagh, Cove, Lamagan and Chimney Rock. However what it lacks in stature it more than makes up for in its eastern face, which is made up of sheer cliffs and the infamous Devils Coach Road – a fearsome steep gully that should only be tackled by the very experienced. J389 270 (Point A) . Follow the track for about 4 kms up to the Mourne Wall and the Brandy Pad at J353 268 (Point B) . Cross the stile at the wall and follow the clear Brandy Pad track NW for about 2kms until it passes over the col between Slieve Beg and Slieve Commedagh. A short walk of a few hundred metres south will bring you to the summit area. Caution is needed as the bog of the summit abruptly plummets away to the east as the cliffs literally start at the summit area.
Point A: J389 270
Point B: J353 268
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by Bleck Cra 19 Oct 2004
Coming off Cove, heading manfully towards Commedagh or ‘tother way off the Pad into her dusty skirt tails, you could just about miss her. A couple of steps and you’re on her “summit”. I wandered her three or four times in treacle mist before I learned what you could get yourself into - or downto.(Comment Rating 4.80)
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by tsunami 9 Oct 2004
Climbed up here for the first time today. Used the fantastic secure carpark at Meelmore Lodge and went up the Trassey Track to the Hares Gap. Following the Brandy Pad around towards the shoulder between Commedagh and Beg and then took the short hop to the summit. The main reason I was here today was not for a strenuous walk, I would have taken in Lamagan and Cove first if that was my goal - no, today was about curiosity. From reading the other comments here and hearing tales from more experienced walkers I decided that I needed to see the Devils Coachroad for myself. Against better judgement, when those more experienced men told me not to, I was here on my own. "Ah, sure what would they know?!" I told myself. "I'm young, fit(ish), a good geographer and mapreader, and I've been around enough of the Mournes! I'll be grand!" So, I got to the summit of Beg, and began poking around for the Coachroad. The view from the summit of this small mountain is reason enough in itself to come here without this scree run, especially back towards Bearnagh and a goor perspective of Donard and Commedagh. Suddenly there it was, and all those warnings came flooding back. The butterflies rose in my stomach and the palms began to sweat! But what the hell, I took a couple of tentative steps down into the chasm - a stone went from under my right foot, and is probably still rolling - thinking better of it I scrambled back to the top and took a few photos from the safety of solid ground. With the pulse still racing I decided to go down along the river and traverse across to the base of the chasm for another perspective. Grasping handfulsof heather I hauled myself across and made it onto the scree run. Photos cannot do the steepness of this slope any justice, I managed to make it about a third of the way up the chasm but was in no position to take pictures, just take in the awesome view. The picture was taken from across the valley on the Brandy Pad at the base of Donard - I think it says more than i can put into words today!(Comment Rating 4.60)
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by ricky k 6 Sep 2004
Slieve beg from chimney rock mtn. the cleft of the devils coach road can be seen directly above the obvious scree chute running from bottom left. a steep but satisfying way up from the upper reaches of the annalong valley. as big phil states, not for novices or those with a fear of loose ground. take care near the top as the rock is very crumbly. can also be used as a quick descent to the valley.(Comment Rating 4.33)
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Picture from wicklore : Looking down the Devils Coach Road - can you see the person below?
Picture: Looking down the Devils Coach Road - can you see the person below?
by wicklore 23 Oct 2009
For a small hill Slieve Beg has a fierce summit. It is simple to reach the summit from the Brandy Pad but the top has sheer drops on its SE side. These sheer drops include the infamous Devils Coach Road. McClimber gave us a most interesting talk about it when a few of us renegades broke off the main Scavenger Walk in August to pass near Slieve Beg. I recently came back to climb Slieve Beg and see the fearsome gully. (Comment Rating 4.25)
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by BILLNOR 28 Mar 2007
My wife and I Climbed up Slieve Beg for the first time Sunday 25/03/07. Used the secure carpark at Meelmore Lodge walked around the base of Meelmore then across to the Trassey Track and onwards to the Hares Gap. Following the Brandy Pad around towards the shoulder between Commedagh and Beg and then took a short walk to the summit. When I got to the summit of Beg we stopped for a cup of tea and a bite to eat. The view from the summit of this small mountain makes it worth climbing, especially back towards Bearnagh and with a goord perspective of Donard and Commedagh. After lunch we had a close encounter with the Devils Coach road just looking down towards the valley and the sheer steepness of the scree slope is enough to raise the pulse . We contuined our walk across th the summit of Cove the view here are even better taking in LAMAGAM,THE BINNIANS ,BEN CROM,MEELBEG & MEELMORE to name a few time was running short so we retraced our steps back the way we came to Meelmore Lodge an enjoyable walk on a mild sunny day.
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