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

A Cloon Horseshoe "mini Scavvy"?

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 5 days 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

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Forum: General kevin carroll 5 days ago
Welcome back Bleck Craw, this forum has'nt been the same without you. While we sometimes differed on certain subjects( which I wont mention), your contributions were always entertaining if sometim...

Meenanea: Bump on ridge with good views.

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 4 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 6 days 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 4 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
Collins Press have shown an admirable dedication to the outdoor publication cause in recent years, and their Hendroff-spearheaded attempts to corner the Irish hillwalking guidebook market continue...

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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Ott Mountain Mountain Ucht A name in Irish
(Ir. Ucht [PNNI], 'mountain-breast') Down County In no lists

Height: 524m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 29 Grid Reference: J28368 26960 This summit has been logged as climbed by 147 members
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Longitude: -6.03487, Latitude: 54.175601 Prominence: 29m,   Isolation: 1km
ITM: 728290 826966,   GPS IDs, 6 char: OtMntn, 10 char: OtMntn

This peak overlooks the top of the mountain road between Fofanny Dam and Attical. Ucht literally means 'breast', and applied to landscape it can translated as 'mountain-breast' or 'flank'. It is frequently found with mám, 'pass', e.g. Ucht Má   Ott Mountain is the 409th highest summit in Ireland.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Ott Mountain in area Mourne Mountains, Ireland
Picture: Ott viewed from Fofanny		  
by tsunami  1 Jun 2006 A good light intro to the Mournes, nice to see it has been given recognition in Mountainviews. Easy access to the summit from the track of the same name off Slievenaman Road, but a much more enjoyable and testing walk is to tackle it along the route in the picture following the Ulster way from Fofanny Dam. Once summited, drop down to the Mourne Wall and decide to tackle Carn and Muck in one direction, Loughshannagh and the Meels in another or the Silent Valley includin Doan and Ben Crom.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Ott Mountain in area Mourne Mountains, Ireland
by Alex92  10 Feb 2009 Ott (seen rising above the wall) is a hill everyone has heard about, but not many have actually climbed! Staying true to form, there were no other wakers to be found on it's summit last weekend. In their place however were a couple of eejits on quad bikes. From the pic you can see the extent of the snowfall in the hills last week. The snow had drifted so high in parts that it completely covered the wall on both sides, so you could effectively walk over the wall! I found this highly amusing.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Ott Mountain in area Mourne Mountains, Ireland
Picture: The view North from Ott Mountain		  
by NICKY  20 Mar 2007 We had the pleasure of free time to do a lovely walk in the Mournes on 30th December 2006. Our route took us from the car park below Slievenamuck, up the Ott track, Ott mountain, Carn mountain and finally Slieve Muck down to the car park south of Spelga Dam. This was a wonderful walk. The cloud formations were very dramatic, more so as the walk progressed. For our start Ott mountain is not a distinctive peak but it was a great stepping stone to the higher peaks. When doing this walk your lungs and legs gradually strengthen which is great for the not so fit! I would recommend this route for those of you that are pressed for time but want dramatic views (Slieve Muck)!
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Ott Mountain in area Mourne Mountains, Ireland
Picture: Ott in the centre of the pic, with Butter in the background. Viewed from the col between Slieve Loug
by Alex92  29 Apr 2007 Unlike the majority of people who hike in the Mournes, I enjoy mountains like Ott. Why? Because you can guarantee that no-one will be at the top when you reach it, and you'll have the whole mountain to yourself... unlike the high-traffic areas of Donard and such like. Park at the Blue Quarry/Ott Car park off the Slievenaman road, and approach from the Ott track. You can follow the track which branches off to the summit of Ott, but I prefer a different approach. My favourite way would be to leave the track half way up, and to head directly to the summit. This (believe it or not) provides some scrambling over steep ground to the summit, and is quite testing! Believe me, do not dismiss Ott or the other minor mountains in the Mournes. If you look at the mountain and try to figure out alternative ways of approaching it, which could make the hike more difficult or challenging, you can fully enjoy what these hills have to offer.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Ott Mountain in area Mourne Mountains, Ireland
Picture: The stile at ott road carpark with Meelbeg lurking in the background		  
by darrenf  7 Jan 2010 Set off on a simple ott-carn-loughshannagh-meelbeg route on January 3rd. The plan was to park at the small car park on the ott road at J 280 278 (Point A), however it wasnt the ice or snow that put this plan to bed but rather the scores of cars and jeeps parked along the ott road enjoying the recent snowfalls. Instead we parked at the junction of the B27 and the Ott road at J 277 267 (Point B) and walked along the road to the aforementioned carpark. A stile at this carpark gives direct access to Ott mountain along a well established track. The track actually skirts around Ott but the top can easily be tackled using this track. Refer to Carn Mountain for rest of route.
Point A: J280 278 Point B: J277 267
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Ott Mountain in area Mourne Mountains, Ireland
Picture: Ott Mountain from the East, with Cock Mountain rising from the clouds behind.
by wicklore  13 Oct 2008 Ott would be the first hill in what I hoped would be a good long day’s walking. I parked at the Blue Quarry/Ott carpark (J 280 279 (Point C)) and followed the Ott track SE. It was quite wet and boggy in places. After a few hundred metres I left the track and turned right uphill. Still warming up I found the ground and incline a little tough. However the summit arrived quickly and so did the cloud that I knew would follow me on and off all day. Ott provided a great warm up and, as Alex92 had previously said, there was no one else climbing it. Everyone else seemed to be skirting it on their way elsewhere. The cloud was engulfing me and clearing just as quickly, providing brief ethereal glimpses of Carn Mountain, Butter Mountain and the Spelga Dam. A black bag of rubbish east of the summit spoiled things somewhat-it was ripped and I could see a disposable barbecue, beer cans and food wrappers. Someone had carefully bagged up their rubbish before abandoning it on the Mountain. I wonder what they thought would happen to that bag-do the bin men drive their trucks up here?! I then left Ott and headed for Slieve Loughshannagh.
Point C: J280 279
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