Around the middle of September last a group of 5 of us decided to bag Leinsters highest peak. We parked in Glenmalur at about T088920 D. The zig-zag path is very obvious from the road but to reach it you have to pass through land which belongs to a roadside bungalow and what appears to be an older cottage behind it. The owner of the bungalow said it was ok to cut across her land. The climb up the zig zag path is steep enough and unfortunatly it peters out at its end, so some scrambling is required to reach the Carrawaystick Brook Valley. When you reach this the valley opens out in front of you with two ridges either side of you. We headed over to the ridge on our right which is part of Clohernagh. Unfortunatly there is a barbed wire fence to be crossed here. Also, a word of warning. The ground is very lumpy and boggy. Some of the lads were only wearing runners and suffered for it. Boots are a must on this mountain. Its not like Djouce where you can get away with wearing runners. We headed up towards the summit of Clohernagh and found the going to be surprisingly steep in places although the ground did become drier the higher we got. About the time we became level with Kelly's lough across the valleys, a vicious rain storm whipped down over the top of Clohernagh, which we were delighted with, but it only lasted a few minutes. We skirted around the top of Clohernagh, although one of our party did make a quick detour to the cairn-topped summit. Wish I had to, it being one of only four 800m summits in Wicklow of course. After Clohernagh, the going gets easier, although it does get very exposed. Theres also a rough path on this ridge to the summit, presumably created from frequent use. The cloud level was about 900m, but it did obligingly lift for about 5 minutes while we were at the summit, although the view was still a bit hazy, but nonetheless great. The summit has a large cairn (handy for shelter), a tatty Irish Army notice, and a dial pointing the way to other summits. The clouds returned as we left the summit (Be Careful: The South Prison is not that far away!) We got down to the valley floor fairly quickly. We were looking for the path marked on the O.S. Map (No.56) at about T070915 E but there was no sign of it at all and we reached the banks of Carrawaystick Brook looking for it. This time when we encountered the barbed wire fence we found a gate, if anyone is looking for it, its not far from the Brook (if my memory serves me right). We now encountered our main problem, trying to reach the zig-zag path. I wonder if there is a way down from the valley to it. As it was we had to scramble down onto it on our backsides to reach it, and got a grand collection of scratches to remember the hike by! We left the car at about 11 a.m. and got to the summit at about half two and were back to the car at about 5. A great hike, but need to get a better pair of boots! Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/13/comment/1454/