Sugarloaf Hill is a v steep roadside hill in the middle of the Knockmealdown range. It lies on the Tipp-Waterford border and provides extensive views of both these counties incl. the Golden Vale, the Comeraghs and the Galtees. It’s quite often met twice in the one day by people looking to summit K’mealdown Mt. itself but can also be summited as part of a circuit.

W. Park in Bay lough carpark S03047 09985 A, cross the road and follow the steep rocky track, keeping the stone wall to your left to the top of the S’loaf. 45min+

N. Start at the Vee S04283 11848 B, where there is lots of room to park safely by the roadside and head up the rough, often boggy track past the Grubb monument (large stone cairn by the roadside) to the summit. Alternatively, you can zigzag up the steep spur as per track/3873. 1hr 15min+

N. A less arduous ascent involves walking to the sharp apex of the Vee itself and following the Munster way (signposted as St. Declan’s way here) down into Glenmoylan. Do not cross the stream but follow the path to the right at S04605 11825 C going up the glen almost as far as where the non-existent Lough Moylan is shown on OS maps, head up the rocky zig-zag path to the col between the S’loaf and K’mealdown. Cross the col to find the wall and head W to the Sugarloaf. 1.5hrs+

Routes from the S will come via K’mealdown Mt. so best view that page for those routres.

Notable tracks incl. track/2869, circular track/3873, linear track/3480 and the lengthy track/2772. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/170/comment/4930/