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Tinahely Hill: View from the North East.

Summit Comment simon3 a day ago
Muskeagh Hill, a view from Ballycumber to the North East.

Slioch: Tough going above Loch Maree

Summit Comment eamonoc 22 hours ago
To climb Slioch, involves a round trip of 21km, with almost 2000m of ascent above Loch Maree, amidst a stunning location.

Meall nan Eun: Gentle slopes lead to this Munro

Summit Comment eamonoc 2 days ago
Climbed as the last of a tough 4 Munro round in Glen Etive.

A very tough outing in Glen Etive

Track 4888 eamonoc 2 days ago
With the prospect of some good weather in Scotland headed up to Glen Etive, having previously climbed Ben Starav a f... walk, Len: 28.5km, Climb: 2901m, Area: Glen Etive to Glen Lochy (Britain) Bei||

Stob Coir'an Albannaich: A fine cliff top Summit in Glen Etive

Summit Comment eamonoc 2 days ago
After Glass Bheinn Mhor, the next port of call was Stob Coir' an Albannaich 1044m climbed from a 738m col seperating both.

The mighty Slioch (The Spear)

Track 4889 eamonoc a day ago
Climbed the Iconic Slioch from Incheril on a fantastic weather day, following a long walk beside the N bank of the K... walk, Len: 21.4km, Climb: 1912m, Area: Loch Maree to Loch Broom (Britain) Sli||

Glas Bheinn Mhor: One of Glen Etive's finest

Summit Comment eamonoc 2 days ago
Climbed on a fine weather day in May as part of a tough outing in Glen Etive.

Beinn nan Aighenan: Glen Etive's secretive mountain.

Summit Comment eamonoc 2 days ago
A shy isolated hard to get to Munro from Glen Etive, best attempted when weather is favourable.

Met Eireann launches 10-day mountain forecast

Forum: General Colin Murphy 2 days ago
The Met Eireann app now features a forecast specifically for hillwalkers and climbers, where you can access the forecast for a good selection of individual mountains in the different province...

Access via rocky trail

Track 4887 Colin Murphy 5 days ago
Parking for a couple of cars at start point. Continue N up tarred road, and around a bend, watching for a stony track... walk, Len: 5.7km, Climb: 401m, Area: Benbo, Dartry Mountains (Ireland) Benbo||

Esknabrock: Short and fairly sweet

Summit Comment thomas_g 2 days ago
Park at W01491 77290 (space for 1 car) after passing the pet farm. Go through the gate up the track until the gate at the end. Now head straight for the ridge, the going is nice, firmish gras...

Esknabrock: Have you got an hour?

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy 2 days ago
Park at W01491 77290, walk up the track, head for the summit, admire turbines and Crohane.
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Caha Mountains Area   E: Glengarriff Subarea
Place count in area: 57, OSI/LPS Maps: 83, 84, 85, 88 
Highest place: Hungry Hill, 682m
Maximum height for area: 682 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 400 metres,

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Shrone Hill Hill Cork County in Munster Province, in Binnion List, Purple & green sandstone & siltstone Bedrock

Height: 283m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 85 Grid Reference: V91112 55293
Place visited by 8 members. Recently by: chelman7, eamonoc, Fergalh, bandre, Dbosonnet, normanwhite, chalky, markmjcampion
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Longitude: -9.577076, Latitude: 51.739981 , Easting: 91112, Northing: 55293 Prominence: 101m,  Isolation: 2.4km
ITM: 491085 555359,   GPS IDs, 6 char: ShrnHl, 10 char: Shrone Hil
Bedrock type: Purple & green sandstone & siltstone, (Caha Mountain Formation)

Shrone Hill is the 1198th highest place in Ireland. Shrone Hill is the second most easterly summit in the Caha Mountains area.
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Rugged little number. .. by chalky   (Show all for Shrone Hill )
 
Long trek to summit along ridge .. by Fergalh   (Show all for Shrone Hill )
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Shrone Hill in area Caha Mountains, Ireland
Picture: View over Glengarriff		  
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by eamonoc  29 Jun 2021
Ascended from R572. the 1st 100mts from the road are a bit rough, but after that I was able to use the some of the many rocky ramps that abound on this hill to provide me with an interesting and dry ascent of the hill. great views from the top Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1168/comment/23185/
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