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The Reeks Ridge - Your Thoughts?

Forum: General Trailtrekker 3 hours ago
With 31 County Tops done, including Galtymore and the Lug and Mount Brandon also bagged, I have one big walk scheduled for this Saturday! The original idea was to do all the eleven 900+ peaks in t...

Above Annascaul

Track 2237 Onzy 13 hours ago
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Western Spur of the Slieve Mish

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Forum: Suggestions simon3 a day ago
wwwwalker - both your points are well made. In our consultation held at the beginning of last year the forum issue was mentioned and your further suggestion about being able to get a copy of your...

Bunclody Hillwalking Day

Forum: General simon3 2 days ago
On the Saturday of Bunclody’s Gathering Week (July27), some walks are being organised in the Blackstairs Mountains, which act as a beautiful backdrop to the town. From these hills on a clear day...

The Calf: Howgill Fells, Yorkshire Dales

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: brenno 2 days ago
The Howgill Fells in north west Yorkshire are undiscovered gems and the Calf at 676m is the highest point. Lovely walking country - no heather, no peat hags, most of the mountains are covered by ...

Branstree: Circle marks the spot

Summit Comment Geansai a day ago
For a 700M hill its relatively easy to reach in an hour from Mardale car park at the far end of Haweswater, following first a track up to Gatescarth pass and turning left to follow the fence to re...

Cnoc na dTarbh: Heathery boulder topped peak at the SE corner of the Reeks.

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 2 days ago
This a summit whose highest point is one a number of large boulders. In their immediate vicinity there are fine views of Purple Mountain, much of the Reeks and from east of here are views into th...

The Gossan Stones

Track 2212 amadain17 4 days ago
Walk details on my site: http://rathdrumwalkers.wordpress.co walk, Length:6.4km, Climb: 152m, Area: Dublin/Wicklow (Ireland)

Lugnabrick NE Top: Fine views

Summit Comment paddyhillsbagger 3 days ago
Ended a circular walk on this top which started on Ben Beg leaving car near L963 569 after asking local farmer. There are great views all around the 5 tops taken in on this circuit and Lugnabrick ...

Access to the Countryside Bill

Forum: General CaptainVertigo 5 days ago
Take a look at the Bill (or at least the Explanatory Memorandum) at http://www.oireachtas.ie/documents/bills28/bills/2013/6013/b6013d.pdf

Birreencorragh South Top: Ascent from near Loughanawillan Loughs

Summit Comment bsheils 3 days ago
Commenced ascent on a fine summer's day (12/06/2013) along forest entrance (G 054 011) close to Loughanawillan Loughs (north of Cloondaff village) and I proceeded on forest tracks to a turning are...
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Ox Mountains Area
Maximum height for area: 544 metres,   Summits in area: 12,   Maximum prominence for area: 490 metres, OSI/LPS Maps: 16, 24, 25, 31, 32, 33 For all tops   Highest summit: Knockalongy, 544m
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Sruffaungarve Top Hill Sligo County In no lists

Height: 400m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 24 Grid Reference: G45442 23014 This summit has been logged as climbed by 8 members
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Longitude: -8.835874, Latitude: 54.15322 Prominence: 25m,   Isolation: 2.5km
ITM: 545398 823014,   GPS IDs, 6 char: SrfnTp, 10 char: SrfngrvTop

Sruffaungarve Top is the 841st highest summit in Ireland.
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Picture: Summit stones		  
Sruffering in the mist
by Colin Murphy  30 Sep 2011 Took in this top on my return from Annatoran to Easky Lough Car Park, which only involved a 30 minute detour and an ascent of about 35m. The day being as wet, miserable and misty as is possible within the realms of things climatological,so I can report little on the views. The climb was relatively easy despite the sodden ground and I encountered no peat hags etc to impede the approach. The top is marked by a small pile of stones and I concur with Simon3's GPS reading of approximately 410m. It took just 20 minutes to return to car park from top. The prettiest view I had all day was of the large, strikingly coloured mushroom I spotted on the descent...see pic below.
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Picture: Mushroom
Mushrooming
by Colin Murphy  30 Sep 2011 Striking mushroom on Sruffaungarve
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by simon3  15 May 2007 This is a smallish top visible SE from the car park at Easky Lough. It's covered in heather with a steep boulder strewn (but climbable) slope towards the road and Easky Lough. According to my GPS it could be nearer 410m than the height given on the map. There's a bunch of large erratics north of it and a pond. Such excitement.

The photo taken from the summit shows the south end of Easky Lough. The slight bump on the left skyline is another 400m summit in the Ox Mountains, namely Largan Hill, while the blue peak on the right skyline is the solitary Nephin on the other side of Lough Conn., nearly lost to the Rayleigh & Mie scattering which bedevils mountain photography

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Picture: Looking to summit from across Easky Lough
A Slightly Erratic Approach
by gerrym  13 Jun 2012 A short walk of less than an hour to the summit, starting from the small carpark at the northern end of Easky Lough (44905 23723 (Point A)). This is a stunning setting and it would be tempting to sit by the shores of the Lough without climbing the slopes reaching high above.

Take to the hillside past a small quarried area next to the carpark to reach a fence which finds the Sruffaungarve river. This provides a line of ascent on mostly easy grassy ground beside the river, negotiating between boulders on the way. Great views over Easky Lough soon appear and beyond shafts of light brought the slumbering giants of Mayo into view.

A group of large erratic boulders provide an immediate target on the way up to the plateau(45419 13659 (Point B)). On reaching the plateau a further and more impressive group of erractics and small lough are reached (45612 23531 (Point C)). This is a fantastic spot to clamber over the boulders trying to get good photos or just to explore.

Drop slightly passing two small pools of water (45602 23280 (Point D)) before rising to the top of Sruffaungarve. The ground on the way up was damp even after a prolonged dry spell - at the top a small pile of stones marked the top (45437 23008 (Point E)) at a height of 407m.

Views reach over Easky Lough SW to the bulk of Nephin, Nephin Beg, Slieve Carr and others and N to the cliffs of Slieve League. The high Ox plateau takes up most of the views to the E as it rises to over 500m.

An easy return back to the carpark would be by same route but my plan was to visit Knockalongy and Annatoran. This involved dropping down NE to pick up and follow the river appearing from the slopes just below summit of Knockalongy.

A great walk on its own giving much reward for not much effort with options to explore the higher plateau and highest hills of the Ox. As others have said these hills are best left for that long dry spell that we get now and again!
Point A: G44905 23723 Point B: G45419 13659 Point C: G45612 23531
Point D: G45602 23280 Point E: G45437 23008
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