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GR 92: Estartit to l'Escala

Track 5305 BrianKennan 10 hours ago
walk, Len: 18.1km, Climb: 295m, Area: Unid, Unid () ||

Meikle Bin: Long trek to summit

Summit Comment Fergalh 5 days ago
From Cort Ma Law East Top i headed north east over wet tusocky ground to the edge of the forest south of Meikle Bin. At the lowest point just west of Black Hill i entered the forest. A wet an...

GR 92: Roses to Cadaques

Track 5304 BrianKennan 10 hours ago
walk, Len: 22.3km, Climb: 690m, Area: Unid, Unid () ||

Cort-ma Law East Top: Do not climb in the rain !

Summit Comment Fergalh 5 days ago
From Ricket Hill headed south over boggy ground. Luckily the difficult middle section which was very wet was mangeable and i did not have Jackills difficulties. The trig pillar for Cort ma La...

GR 92: Cadaques to Port de la Selva

Track 5303 BrianKennan 10 hours ago
walk, Len: 22.5km, Climb: 740m, Area: Unid, Unid () ||

Lecket Hill: Short trek to summit of around 2 Km from Crow road

Summit Comment Fergalh 5 days ago
Parked to the left on crow road and followed track up hill over boggy ground. thankfully it was dry for a week beforehand so the track was easy enough. Nice views from summit of both Meikle b...

GR 92: Torroella de Montgri to Begur

Track 5302 BrianKennan 10 hours ago
walk, Len: 29.0km, Climb: 405m, Area: Unid, Unid () ||

Great Knock: Short trek to summit

Summit Comment Fergalh 5 days ago
From Bron Knoe head to the gate quite close below. Go through and pick up rough track this leads down before a final short sharp climb up to summit marked by some stones. Extensive views of h...

Little Bin: Tough little climb

Summit Comment Fergalh 5 days ago
Looking down on this from Meilke Bin it looked easy but it was not at all. I went north of Meikle bin and than followed the path which lead between Meile Bin and Little Bin. At the lowest poi...

Brown Knowe: Straight forward track to the summit

Summit Comment Fergalh 5 days ago
From Broad Law East top go through gate and follow quad bike tracks down hill parallel to the wall and fence. A short veer off to the west just before the fence in front leads to the top mark...

Costa Brava: Estartit to Torroella de Montgri

Track 5301 BrianKennan 11 hours ago
walk, Len: 18.1km, Climb: 377m, Area: Unid, Unid () ||

Silvermines Hydro Project

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MacGillycuddy's Reeks Area   SE: Reeks East Subarea
Place count in area: 29, OSI/LPS Maps: 78, EW-KNP, EW-R 
Highest place: Carrauntoohil, 1038.6m
Maximum height for area: 1038.6 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 1038.6 metres,

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The Big Gun Mountain An Gunna Mór A name in Irish, also Lackagarrin, Foilnabreachaun, also Cruach Mhór an extra EastWest name in Irish (Ir. An Gunna Mór [TH], 'the big gun') Kerry County in Munster Province, in Arderin, Vandeleur-Lynam, Irish Best Hundred, Irish 900s Lists, Well-bedded grey sandstone Bedrock

Height: 939.9m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 78 Grid Reference: V84069 84500
Place visited by 556 members. Recently by: Lyner, rosduke, Alatar78, agnieszka.s11, patman1974, knightsonhikes, westside, Alanjm, Aidan_Ennis, discovering_dann, Timmy.Mullen, DarrenY, farmerjoe1, benjimann9, MeabhTiernan
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Longitude: -9.688786, Latitude: 52.000952 , Easting: 84069, Northing: 84501 Prominence: 74m,  Isolation: 0.3km
ITM: 484044 584560,   GPS IDs, 6 char: ThBgGn, 10 char: ThBgGn
Bedrock type: Well-bedded grey sandstone, (Lough Acoose Sandstone Formation)

This peak is at the S end of the arete connecting it to Cruach Mhór.   The Big Gun is the 10th highest place in Ireland.
Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/10/
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The easy way up, but still difficult. .. by group   (Show all for The Big Gun (An Gunna Mór))
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain The Big Gun (<i>An Gunna Mór</i>) in area MacGillycuddy
Picture: The Big Gun & Cnoc na Peiste from the summit of Cruach Mhor		  
The Sharp End of The Reeks
by cha  28 May 2022
Early morning start on Friday 27th May. I followed the route described in Adrian Hendroff's The Dingle, Iveragh & Beara Peninsulas Book. A bit of a trudge up to Lough Cummeenapeasta but from there almost constant stunning views and interesting terrain. While resting on Cruach Mhor the ridge across to The Big Gun looked daunting but following the detailed directions in Hendroff's book I bypassed the majority of the difficulties. I scrambled the last section up a lockstep, which he describes, this isn't difficult but has a very "airy" quality to it. Clouds back by the time I got to the summit but finding the correct arête towards Cnoc na Peiste wasn't difficult. I followed the intermittent path on the Lough Googh side which brings you right up to the summit of Cnoc na Peiste, continued on to Maolan Bui and down The Bone. This is a spectacular walk/scramble for good weather and a reasonable head for heights. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/10/comment/23524/
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I started at 6.30am from the parking lot on the w .. by dewhelan   (Show all for The Big Gun (An Gunna Mór))
 
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The Big Gun taken from the col under Cruach Mhor .. by jackill   (Show all for The Big Gun (An Gunna Mór))
 
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