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

Track 2171 simon3 14 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 16 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 a day 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 a day 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 2 days 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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South Midlands Area   Slievenamon Subarea
Maximum height for area: 721 metres,   Summits in area: 11,   Maximum prominence for area: 711 metres, OSI/LPS Maps: 60, 61, 67, 68, 75, 76 For all tops   Highest summit: Slievenamon, 721m
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Slievenamon Mountain Sliabh na mBan A name in Irish
(Ir. Sliabh na mBan [OSI], 'mountain of the women') Tipperary County In Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam Lists

Height: 721m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 67 Grid Reference: S29782 30722 This summit has been logged as climbed by 232 members
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Longitude: -7.562913, Latitude: 52.427613 Prominence: 711m,   Isolation: 2.1km,   Has trig pillar
ITM: 629725 630770,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Slvnmn, 10 char: Slvnmn

This mountain is steeped in mythology. The name is derived from the following legend: Fionn Mac Cumhaill sat waiting at the top while women raced up it to win his hand. Since Fionn and Gráinne were in love, he had shown her a short-cut and she duly won   Slievenamon is the highest mountain in the South Midlands area and the 95th highest in Ireland. Slievenamon is the most westerly summit in the South Midlands area.
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by paulocon  4 Nov 2009 I'd read somewhere that Slievenamon is regularly used as a venue for Mountain Running so having recently got back into running and finding myself with a bit of time to spare on a trip back up the country this afternoon, I decided to throw on my runners and give it a lash. After all, how hard could it be? The answer is that it's not so much hard as practically impossible - those mountain runners must be a different breed. I was barely over the gate leading out onto the open slopes when I had to stop for water so I quickly downgraded my plans to a swift walk.

It's a pretty easy walk effort wise and you literally can't get lost - just follow the wide track up to the cairn at the false summit from where a short walk along a less distinct track leads to the summit proper. Take your pick from the large summit cairn or the rather bedraggled looking trig point as to where the actual top of Slievenamon is.

Misty and very windy on top so views across were limited to glimpses through the clouds but these glimpses hinted at excellent views across to the Comearghs (which seem to loom over the mountain) and the Galtees. With the wind on my back and the onset of a heavy and prolonged shower of hail, I found that while running down a mountain may be a lot easier than running up, it does present challenges all of its own! My style on the desent wasn't so much running as semi-controlled falling but good fun all the same!

Despite the worsening conditions and the now low-lying mist, I met a number of people making their way up - can only imagine how busy the mountain must be on a good summers day!
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4/11/12
by hivisibility  4 Nov 2012 did this climb today. Steeper than I expected but enjoyable. After the memory seat the track up is badly eroded after the wet summer of 2012 but just as easy to ascend by walking to the left of the path. Unfortunately the mist descended half way up so no views today, but a good workout none the less.
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by peter1  14 Feb 2010 February 14, 2010, my first time to climb Slievenamon. Started from above Kilcash having driven over from Limerick. High, thin cloud and some blue sky made for a day spent eye-balling the surrounding peaks, massifs and lowlands. The views extended from Mount Leinster, still with a cape of snow, around to the sea at Waterford; the Comeraghs, Knockmealdowns and Galtees; possibly the Ballyhouras just to the right, Keeper Hill and the Silvermines, Devils Bit and the Slieve Blooms; and further towards the west, the Slieve Bernagh group above Killaloe and Lough Derg. Stunning! Completing a circuit that entailed dropping down from the summit in a westerly direction, taking in two smaller tops and returning to the car along the track on the south side of the mountain...all in 3 1/2 hours with warm spring sunshine once down out of the cold north wind. I will be back and this time I will have numbers with me!
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by bogtrotter_ie  17 Feb 2003 Returned for my regular walk around Slievenamon yesterday 16th February 2003. It was a lovely dry, cold and windy day and it was a most enjoyable walk. Unfortunately, because of the misty haze, visibility wasn't everything it could have been. Highly recommend this walk to everyone.
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