What a day for an amble! January 29th was cold but sunny and with nary a cloud in the sky we set off from Delphi Adventure Centre and followed the Owenaglough River upstream. The route here was boggy and crossed some rough ground but the frosty morning helped us by keeping things fairly firm underfoot. Unsure exactly how we would approach the summit we decided to wait until we were at the foot of the mountain before making a decision to head up the steep front aspect or come in from the side. The front won out and off we set. We met only a handful of people along the way which was a refreshing change from the last walk.

The path stays close to a cliff edge and you are constantly aware as you near the summit of the precipice to your right hand side but the views are simply breathtaking and on this beautiful winter morning it seemed we could see forever. We then traversed over to Ben Lugmore and came down along the ridge simply leaving Ben Bury for another day - a great excuse to come back! Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/34/comment/6229/

Hiked Mweelrea at the end of April from the western side. Even though it was a bit muggy the views were still fantastic from the top. We made it up and down in 4 and a half hours. Also stumbled upon a Nokia phone in the boggy part about a quarter of the way up in case anyone has lost one up there recently! It was a great hike – would highly recommend it! Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/34/comment/6355/

Climbed up Mweelrea yesterday, a great hill with serious amounts of really steep ground. Very dramatic scenery indeed.
The long walk in from delphi took a couple of hours over rough and often boggy territory but the view of mweelrea's crags smouldering in the mist and cloud certainly kept up the moral.
After a short sojourn to lough lugaloughan we proceeded straight up the south east shoulder and on to the summit. Had some fine views into Killary harbour and down Mweelrea's airy east face but mist and cloud obsured any wider sights of connemara.
Had planned to go down via Lugmore mtn but with heavy cloud decending and lateness of day, we returned the same route.
Super hill. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/34/comment/6715/

Parked at Dadreen near the Silver Strand and headed up and across to meet the Bunanakee River. Climbed up along the river valley to the saddle between Ben Bury and Mweelrea at 650m, where spectacular views across Delphi and Killary Fjord opened up. Continued up the ridge to the summit and rewarded with panorama including Glassillaun and other Connemara beaches, the Twelve Bens and Maumturks, Tully Mountain and the islands of Inisboffin, Inisturk, etc far below. On 30 of June with long days and in the middle of a heatwave, the temperature was in the low 20s and the ground was dry and the footing was easy -- the main considerations were having enough water and sunscreen, and contending with horseflies on the lower slopes. Even so, this is a climb to be treated with respect and there is always the risk of the wind picking up or cloud coming in quickly. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/34/comment/19958/