Easy jaunt - but where's the summit?

Apparently only 1 summit in the range qualifies for inclusion as a summit here. The range itself is perhaps one of the lesser known ones in Kerry. It was the home of world champion mountain runner John Lenihan, and recently it's landscape of mostly raised bog has seen a number of windfarms erected. These make access to the highest point at Crusline relatively easy, a 20 minute stroll from the car, though locating the precise summit is trickier. There is a boggy bank adjacent to a forestry, but plunged into the trees a few times to see if I could find some marker like an old cairn.

Unusually, Crusline is marked as being 355 on the OSI map. Nearby Ballincollig (which looks higher) is noted as 353 metres, and a third peak is 352 metres. Might be one to be checked at some stage. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/1093/comment/16095/

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Probably best MV Summit in the Stack's Mtns

The elusive trig pillar can be found amid brambles and thick forestry. The forestry narrows towards the summit but very few people appear to have sought out the trig itself in recent times. I felt a bit like Indiana Jones when I eventually came across it. Access to the summit area is otherwise easy but only the most intrepid binnion basher will place their paws on this hidden treasure! Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/1093/comment/19878/

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Epic fail!

As mentioned by Bunsen7, the entrance to the windfarm is the best way to access this hill. Note that there are signs saying no unauthorized access but isn't that always the way. I did come across two white vans but the wind turbine technicians are too focused on servicing the turbines to worry about one little trespasser. The road through the windfarm leads you away from the summit at first but doubles back until it ends at a small bog track. Follow this onto the hill keeping the tree line on your left. I went into the thick trees a number of times trying to locate the trig based on my GPS but I just could not find it, I spent 15 minutes in a terrible thicket but no joy. My search brought me out on the South side of the treeline and I decided it was a shorter route back to the car if I simply follow the treeline instead of going back through the windfarm. To be clear, I have made some bad decisions out hiking before but this was probably my worst. The ground wasn't great to begin with but it got progressivly worse until I was surrounded by furs and briers for the best part of a kilometer. If you would like to get ripped to shreds then this is the route for you, if not just go back via the windfarm. 'Bunsen7 I hope that trig is not photoshopped :) Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/1093/comment/20469/

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The trig exists. It is not photoshopped

Interest piqued by the comments on this hill and always up for a good rummage to find a trig - I did my homework. I programmed three sets of co-ordinates into my Garmin GPS, Irish Grid, ITM, and LatLong. My Garmin claims to be accurate to 4 metres - this would be a good test. On a different hill I had once spent 45 minutes on my hands and knees in impenetrable Sitka Spruce and still not found the trig. I was going to give this 10 minutes - tops. Well, it felt like Christmas when my device led me straight to the trig. Accuracy to 4 metres confirmed. Thank you Garmin. I have uploaded my track, there is a bit of hacking through the undergrowth, but well worth it. By the way ITM and LatLong more accurate than Irish Grid. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/1093/comment/23870/

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