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Experimental track of a trip to Keeper Hill and 2 nearby summits.

Track 2171 simon3 11 hours ago
This may not be at all an optimum route. walk, Length:20.8km, Climb: 859m, Area: Knockfune, Shannon (Ireland) Knockfune, Knockane, Keeper Hill

Thank you MV

Forum: General ahendroff 13 hours ago
At 5.42pm today I completed my 404th and final Arderin. Long journey to here. Delighted & overjoyed. Humbled at the challenge also. And thanks Mountain Views for that. Gougane Barra will always be...

Soarns Hill: Forested summit

Summit Comment slemish 23 hours 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 2 days ago
This varied route explores the two Ardnageers, Croaghbane, C walk, Length:21.0km, Climb: 999m, Area: Ardnageer SW Top, Bluestack Mountains (Ireland)

Soarns Hill: Local summit visit

Summit Comment Harry Goodman 23 hours 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...

Re Main Area Display, logging

Forum: Suggestions simon3 a day ago
The suggestion is that the list of summits for a mountain area obtained by asking for More Detail for the mountain area show whether or not the summit has been climbed. This has now been implement...

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Forum: General BleckCra a day ago
Thank you kevin carroll. If I can put a smile on that contrary face, the Matterhorn should be a cakewalk.

A circuit of the eastern Knockmeal hills

Track 2206 mcrtchly 3 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

Meenanea: Bump on ridge with good views.

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 2 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 4 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 2 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...

A Cloon Horseshoe "mini Scavvy"?

Forum: General Conor74 a day 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...
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Ardloughnabrackbaddy Hill Ard Loch na mBreac Beadaí A name in Irish
(Ir. Ard Loch na mBreac Beadaí [OSI‡], 'height of Loch na mBreac
Beadaí or lake of the tasty trout') Donegal County In no lists

Height: 473m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 1 Grid Reference: B95500 24500 This summit has been logged as climbed by 31 members
I have climbed this summit: NO (You need to be a logged-in member to change this.)

Longitude: -8.071223, Latitude: 55.067804 Prominence: 28m,   Isolation: 0.8km
ITM: 595450 924483,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Ardlgh, 10 char: Ardlghnbrc

This peak is a small knoll between Nabrackbaddy Lough (Loch na mBreac Beadaí) and Lough Feeane. The name is correctly positioned on Discovery sheet 1, but incorrectly on sheet 2 (on which it should not appear).   Ardloughnabrackbaddy is the 541st highest summit in Ireland.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Ardloughnabrackbaddy in area Donegal NW, Ireland
Picture: L to R, Aghla Beg, Muckish in the background, Aghla Beg (South) and Ardloughnabrackbaddy is marked		  
by vikinghar  29 Apr 2008 Ardloughnabrackbaddy is a bit of a controversy, so bear with me. First off the name is hard to say. It comes from the Irish meaning “the high brown-trout Lough”. Secondly, OSI sheet 2 gives the name, Ardloughnabrackbaddy, to the highest of the three Sisters (or Aghla’s) and this wonderful and erudite website, which it truly is, calls that particular mountain, “Aghla Beg (South)”, which is actually higher than Aghla Mor. Thirdly, OSI sheet 1, in agreement with this wonderful and erudite website, gives the name Ardloughnabrackbaddy to another height, not 500 yards away from the other Ardloughnabrackbaddy. Lastly (thank goodness, says you), Ardloughnabrackbaddy is not really a distinct mountain, in and of itself. You can see from the map that there is a defined height of 473m, but from the picture, Ardloughnabrackbaddy is completely dwarfed by the mountains and ridges of the main Aghla’s. In fact there are turf hags that are more distinct. Put it this way, if you where at the bottom of the Aghla’s looking up, you would not see it, and if you where on top on the Aghla’s you would not notice it. In walking terms, this is not a mountain that is distinct from its surroundings, and diverting from the walk from Aghla Mor to Aghla Beg (South), or vice versa, it is hardly worth the “bagging”. See the comments for the Aghla’s to get a really good walk in the area around Ardloughnabrackbaddy.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Ardloughnabrackbaddy in area Donegal NW, Ireland
Picture: Walkers making for Ardloughnabrackbaddy (Pt. 473)
A worthwhile diversion
by Harry Goodman  7 May 2010 Having noted by vikinghar's comments that this top in walking terms is hardly worth the "bagging" and having also noted at the same time the high rating given to it by members of mv's I thought I should go and have a look for myself and make up my own mind. As I was in the Derryveagh Mts for a walking week-end with my Club and as one of my planned walks was to go from Muckish Gap to Altan Lough over Crocknalaragagh and the Agla's, I decided to include Ardloughnabrackbaddy (Pt 473) as part of my route. On 1 May 2010 we approached the hill directly from the top of Agla Beg South B9660024650 (Point A) by descending W with a touch of N to the coll above Lough Feeane B9575024400 (Point B) and then through a dense patch of peat hags, before climbing gently to the top which is marked by a small cairn. On the day we were there we had fine views N over the coast and lowlands around Falcarragh, across to Tory Island and W over Carn Traonach and Bloody Foreland Hill. Although I had been across Crocnalaragagh and the Aglas a number of times in the past I had never diviated from the usual route SW around Lough Feenane before climbing up to the top of Agla More. The difference this time was that our climb over Ardloughnabrackbaddy (Pt 473) allowed us to head down SW across the out flow from Lough Feeane B9525024400 (Point C) and then across a large patch of rock debris to the grassy NW spur. Once there we climbed steeply up to the top before descending SE down the ridge to B9550023100 (Point D) and then SSW to Altan Lough. We then followed the winding track up to the R251. For anyone not keen on crossing rock debris this can easily be avoided by heading due west from Pt 473 directly to the NW spur of Agla More at B9480024500 (Point E) and then climb to the top. Having been across Ardloughnabrackbaddy I would commend this short diversion off the usual track between the Aglas as a worthwhile alternative and, at present, "less travelled" route.
Point A: B96600 24650 Point B: B95750 24400 Point C: B95250 24400
Point D: B95500 23100 Point E: B94800 24500
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Ardloughnabrackbaddy in area Donegal NW, Ireland
Picture: The small cairn on Ardloughnabrackbaddy, framed by Aghla Beg and the other Ardloughnabrackbaddy(?), 		 
More names confusion from our OS friends
by Colin Murphy  13 Jun 2010 Agree with Vikinghar that the OS maps are a mess with regard to the names etc in this area, with Ardloughnabrackbaddy being attributed to two tops, one of which is actually the highest of the three Aghlas (carrying the appendage 'South on MVs). That aside I found this hill lacking in any great interest or astheic, aside from the views it provides. But having said that, it is so easy to bag if your're doing the three Aghlas, you might as well nab this one. You'll be up and down it in fifteen minutes.
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