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The “longest, hardest high level walk"

Forum: General Conor74 4 days ago
...in Ireland was how Paddy Dillon described a proposed walk across the tops of a number of the summits in his “The Mountains of Ireland”, stretching from the east end of the Mangertons and across...

Near Donegal NW (Ireland)

Track 2165 Tim_Crooks 5 days ago
walk, Length:8.9km, Climb: 43m, Area: Donegal NW (Ireland)

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

Summit Comment thomas_g 2 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...

Dublin Mountains Way (adj)

Track 2172 jrpcalvert 6 days ago
GPS track for walk of Dublin Mountains Way from Tallaght to walk, Length:46.9km, Climb: 1015m, Area: Dublin/Wicklow (Ireland) Tibradden Mountain, Tw

Barraboy Mountain SE Top: Come from the ridge

Summit Comment thomas_g 2 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...

re Vulcano, Sicily

Forum: General simon3 4 days ago
Brenno, fascinating stuff. I have come to appreciate the sparse beauty of volcanic landscapes in the Canaries and can immediately relate to the rock shapes in your picture. I have an ambition to...

Slieve Beagh

Track 2168 Peter Walker a week 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

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

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: thomas_g 2 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...

Inca Trail

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

Barraboy Mountain: Fine views over the bay

Summit Comment thomas_g 2 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...

The summit question

Forum: General Conor74 5 days 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...

Routeburn Track - Day 2

Track 2184 march-fixer a week ago
Early start and had a good breakfast. Packed up and headed o walk, Length:5.2km, Climb: 404m, Area: New Zealand, Southland ()
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Purple Mtn Area
Maximum height for area: 832 metres,   Summits in area: 4,   Maximum prominence for area: 597 metres, OSI/LPS Maps: 78 For all tops   Highest summit: Purple Mountain, 832m
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Tomies Mountain Mountain An Chathair A name in Irish
(Ir. An Chathair [logainm.ie], 'stone fort') Kerry County In Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam Lists

Height: 735m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 78 Grid Reference: V89499 86767 This summit has been logged as climbed by 274 members
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Longitude: -9.610521, Latitude: 52.022424 Prominence: 60m,   Isolation: 0.9km
ITM: 489471 586827,   GPS IDs, 6 char: TmsMnt, 10 char: TmsMntn

The name Cathair applies properly to the highest point (735m) of Tomies Mountain rather than the mountain as a whole (TH). References to Tomish or Toomish Mountain in The Ancient and Present State of the County of Kerry (1756) make it clear that this nam   Tomies Mountain is the 84th highest summit in Ireland. Tomies Mountain is the most northerly summit in the Purple Mtn area.
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Follow me up to Tomies
Short Summary created by jackill  28 Oct 2010 Park on the roadside at V872 838 (Point A), room for 5 cars, and follow the track past Madmans seat and on to the Glas Loch.
Follow the west shore then steeply up to the east at the back of the lake. This path is very unstable just before the ridge at 560 meters elevation.
Cross over to the eastern side of the ridge, try to pick up zig-zig path that leads eventually to V884 851 (Point B), the col between point 793 meters and the summit of Purple.
Continue on to Tomies
There are two ways down from Tomies.Follow a route directly rough heather which makes for slow unpleasent progress until you gain the lower slopes, it is undoubtable that this is the safer route. The other way is to descend over short heather to the top of Tomies rock . In bad visibility or windy weather be careful, it would be very easy to walk straight over the edge!. Just before you reach the the rocks there is a path close to the cliff edge which will lead you eventually down to a gentler slope- this route has magnificent views over the Gap of Dunloe. Once the lower slopes are gained at around V889 885 (Point C) head towards the green shed at V888 892 (Point D), keep to western side of the wire fence( fence and shed are marked only on Hardys map) this marks the corner of the track back to the main road. At V887 893 (Point E) on this track either fork will take you to the main road.
Point A: V872 838 Point B: V884 851 Point C: V889 885
Point D: V888 892 Point E: V887 893

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by DickyDonut  30 Jul 2003 See my entry re. Purple Mountain. The sun shone on Tomies when we arrived there, walking south to north on the ridge, and we found a beautiful clump of St Patrick's Cabbage! The way down was a little loose and I would not have fancied it coming the other way. Even trying out the newly bought GPS system got rather lost seeking the end of a fence described in our guide, apparently crossing our route several times! However, the ultimate destination was clear so this was not problem, if you don't mind going sideways down steps of heather, with occasional holes between them!
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by mart  21 Aug 2005 I climbed from the side road near the Bridge north of Kate Kearney's,
making my way up the ridge visible from the road. There is a path a
long the ridge but when you reach the steep northern face you seem to
be on your own and it is just a matter of winding your way up.
Once the ground levels out at about 2000ft you can easily pick out the
summits. Tomies mountain presents a steep finale, which may be across a
jumble of large rocks, if you pick your route wrong.
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by skyehigh  21 Aug 2005 I do not seem to be alone in finding the descent from Tomies Mountain rather trying. Flogging through heather is not much fun. Where are the paths? There appear to be a few sheep (?) tracks, but mostly they go in the wrong direction. Perhaps I contributed to my own discomfort by heading towards the top of Tomies Rock to obtain a better view through the Gap (see photo), which meant I had to contour back around the hill. It was pleasant, eventually, to leave the trackless heather behind, but then I had trouble locating a route of descent from the ridge and ended up battling with gorse. Would any member who has found this ascent/descent easy please tell us how?
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by skyehigh  21 Aug 2005 Like its higher companions, Tomies Mountain is a superb viewpoint. This photo of the Reeks across the gap of Dunloe needs no explanation.
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by Geo  9 Feb 2009 The final of the fab four in the Purple Group! After our wildlife experiences on Shehy we returned via the shoulder of Purple NE to Tomies. It was the easy part of the last leg of our trip. Dropping down the mountain towards Kate Kearneys was hard work in the slippy snow. and we drifted too far left and almost missed the path down towards the famous Green Shed described in jackill's walk guide. From there and easy walk out to the road and then left and up to the car park. For quite a modest investment of energy and 12 km of walking we had bagged 4 of the top 100 and had a really enjoyable day!
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