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Carriglineen Mountain: Panorama

Summit Comment hibby a month ago
Walked up from Shay Elliott car park to the summits of Kirikee and Carriglineen. After visiting Kirikee and arriving back at the "crossroads" at T12992 91768, we continued west along the fore...

Lake District: Aborted Deepdale Circuit

Track 5255 Onzy a month ago
The Deepdale Circuit is a 17k horseshoe which, like the more well known Fairfield Circuit, culminates in Fairf... walk, Len: 11.1km, Climb: 900m, Area: Arnison Crag, Lake District - Eastern Fe|...

Kirikee Mountain: Grandstand views

Summit Comment hibby a month ago
Visited Kirikee and Carriglineen summits on a 7.2 km walk from Shay Elliott car park. The two hills are quite different in character but both present extraordinary panoramic views of the surr...

Mount Eagle: Name belies the reality

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy a month ago
This is a (relatively) simple but unexciting climb partly up a windfarm track with just 65m ascent. There is parking for multiple cars at R0950 1110. You are then faced with a high (1.5m), lo...

Lake District: Glenridding Circuit

Track 5254 Onzy a month ago
Circuit from Glenridding netting 4 Wainwrights, Glenridding Dodd, Sheffield Pike, Raise and Whiteside befor re... walk, Len: 14.2km, Climb: 995m, Area: Glenridding Dodd, Lake District - Easter|...

Baraveha: Meshtastic Weather Nodes and soggy bog.

Summit Comment Colin Murphy a month ago
The lone metal pole that previously marked the highpoint of this mediocre top (also known as Knockanefune) has been joined by a curious yoke called a 'Meshtastic Weather Node,' which has a sm...

Simplicity followed by slog city.

Track 5253 Colin Murphy a month ago
This looks fairly straightforward, and to a certain respect it is, except for the complication that the final 600m... walk, Len: 6.7km, Climb: 287m, Area: Baraveha, East Kerry (Ireland) Baraveha||

Baraveha: Forest tracks before slog to dull top.

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy a month ago
One approach is via a forest/windfarm entrance to the south at R11978 06735. Follow the forest track as far as R11926 08422, turn left onto about 30m of rough ground, enter a semi-mature fore...

Hillbagging with fear of exposure

Forum: General Bunsen7 2 months ago
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/17/ive-been-climbing-tasmanian-mountains-for-years-but-im-terrified-of-heights

Knockatee: Short but unpleasant hill

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy a month ago
Although relatively short with little ascent, part of this walk requires crossing some very rough terrain - a mixture of spongy heather and knee-high grass, along with some electrified fences...

Argentina - Mendoza - Cerro de la Gloria

Track 5248 Onzy a month ago
Cerro de la Gloria is a 984m mountain located within the main town of Mendoza and topped with a monument celebrating Arg walk, Len: 1.9km, Climb: 87m, Area: Unid, Unid () ||

Sorrel Hill: Ridge walk with fine views

Summit Comment hibby a month ago
We came up along the ridge from Lugnagun, and were treated to amazing views of the lakes and the surrounding mountains. Looking across the bulk of Black Hill we saw patches of snow on the upp...
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Central Dingle Area   W: Slieveanea Subarea
Place count in area: 25, OSI/LPS Maps: 70, 71, 78, EW-DC, EW-DE, EW-DW 
Highest place: Beenoskee, 826m
Maximum height for area: 826 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 491 metres,

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Croaghskearda Mountain Cruach Sceirde A name in Irish, also Strickeen an extra EastWest name in English (Ir. Cruach Sceirde [OSI], 'stack of the exposed place') Kerry County in Munster Province, in no lists, Purple cross-bedded sandstone Bedrock

Height: 608m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 70 Grid Reference: Q50972 03908
Place visited by 96 members. Recently by: srr45, Marykerry, maryblewitt, Dee68, maoris, Deise-Man, DeirdreM, chelman7, Carolyn105, quarryman, Krzysztof_K, learykid, John.geary, eiremoss34, Peter Walker
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Longitude: -10.178868, Latitude: 52.167316 , Easting: 50972, Northing: 103908 Prominence: 13m,  Isolation: 1.4km
ITM: 450953 603960,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Crghsk, 10 char: Crghskrd
Bedrock type: Purple cross-bedded sandstone, (Cappagh Sandstone Formation)

Near a path over the brow of the hill between Gowlin and Lisdargan there is an underground passage called Staighre Chaitlín (Cathleen's Stairs) which leads to a cave. The tale is told of a local man who dreamed of a treasure on the Bridge of Limerick, went there and met a stranger who said that he had dreamed of treasure at a place unknown to him called Staighre Chaitlín; the local man who knew the place well returned home and found the treasure (Máire MacNeill, 'The Festival of Lughnasa', pp. 207-08). MacNeill also mentions several legends connected with the nearby hills to the east.   Croaghskearda is the 272nd highest place in Ireland.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Croaghskearda (<i>Cruach Sceirde</i>) in area Central Dingle, Ireland
Picture: Croaghskearda from An Cnapan Mor		  
Exposed it certainly is
Short Summary created by jackill  3 Jul 2011
Park in the large car park at the Connor pass.
Cross the main road and head due east uphill following a distinct track for 200 meters, leave this track as it swing sharply south and continue uphill and east, skirting cliffs to your left side.
These are steep cliffs, so keep some distance from them.
You will come to a small semicircle of stones at about 620 mtrs elevation , pick up a low stone wall and follow it to the unmarked summit of Slieveanea about 400 meters to the east.
From Slieveanea head south for the summit crossing rough bog for a little while before an easy ascent across stoney ground to a stone cairn. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/257/comment/5017/
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Croaghskearda (<i>Cruach Sceirde</i>) in area Central Dingle, Ireland
Picture: Green, gold and grey stone.
Views south.
by simon3  16 Aug 2011
Visit this extraordinary prow of a summit on a fine day and you will get this amazing view of Dingle Bay.
On the right coastline is part of Ventry Harbour, then the reddish sands of "Short Strand". Directly above the big nearby hump is "Doonties Commons" and on the other side of the bay, Knocknadobar.
On the original of this picture the Skelligs are also visible just to the right of the last land right on the horizon. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/257/comment/6481/
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Croaghskearda (<i>Cruach Sceirde</i>) in area Central Dingle, Ireland
Picture: Croaghskearda from the cliffs of Slievanea		  
jackill on Croaghskearda, 2005
by jackill  23 May 2005
Croaghskearda was the third summit visited in a traverse over the mountains of Central Dingle.
This picture was taken from Slievanea with Croaghskearda on the extreme right of the photo and Gowlane Beg on the extreme left. Croaghskeardas summit from some angles looks almost like a small pyramid and is scattered with the same small flat stones that appear on many of the Central Dingle mountains. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/257/comment/1716/
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Views from atop
by Strikeen  24 Apr 2017
Some spectacular views from this mountain Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/257/comment/18897/
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Picture: Croaghskearda, view as approaching from the north.		  
The Dingle Pyramid
by Sweeney  8 Sep 2022
Passed this peak when traversing from Conor Pass to Loough Anascaul. It is very striking, when approaching from the north, and well worth the slight detour. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/257/comment/23654/
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Picture: Morning Sun on Croaghskearda
Overlooking Dingle
by srr45  18 Jan 2025
A fabulous little six.
Super views of Dingle and looking west to the Brandon’s and East to the Slieve Mish’s. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/257/comment/24366/
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