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Mynydd Fron-fraith: The View West

Summit Comment Fergalh a few minutes ago
This was a long ascent to this summit but worth it for this view from near the summit to the west

Mynydd Fron-fraith: Long trek to summit

Summit Comment Fergalh a few minutes ago
From Godre Fynydd we dropped down onto forest track and than followed it past where we had joined it. We stopped directly east of the top as we had noticed from Godre Fynydd that the trees were fe...

Godre Fynydd: View from North west

Summit Comment Fergalh less than an hour ago
From the north west it looks daunting but it was not as bad as it looked as it was a heather bash rather than a push through

Godre Fynydd: Heather bash to summit from track

Summit Comment Fergalh less than an hour ago
Just to the North of Mynydd Cwmeiddew there was a track running south east. We dropped onto that and headed down that way until due north of the summit. The tress had a gape here but it was still ...

Mynydd Cwmeiddew: Tal Y Llyn lake from the slopes

Summit Comment Fergalh less than an hour ago
As is often on some hills the best views are on the slopes and not on the summit and this mountain was no exception.

Mynydd Cwmeiddew: Long trek to summit

Summit Comment Fergalh less than an hour ago
Parked in Corris Uchaf and walked North on A487 (busy road care is needed) for a few hundred metres as far as entrance to forest. The track wound its way through forest gradually getting higher an...

Moel Heulen: Short climb to summit from track

Summit Comment Fergalh less than an hour ago
Parked in the village of Corris and followed the forest tracks that wound around the hills ignoring all turns left. When you reach southwest of summit near a T Junction look for a firebreak. From ...

Spelga Circuit

Track 4435 Peter Walker 3 hours ago
Text to follow Betwixt a co ck and a Pigeon

temple hill via lyracappul

Track 4434 cianshay 6 hours ago
walk, Len: 11.8km, Climb: 1007m, Area: Temple Hill, Galty Mountains (Ireland) T...

Training Day

Track 2021 Peter Walker 8 hours ago
Looking from Hares Gap to Commedagh and DonardIt's seriously handy having an outdoor resource such as the Mournes... walk, Len: 14.1km, Climb: 1070m, Area: Slieve Corragh, Mourne Mountains (Irela

Foel Boeth: Heather bash, a river crossing and steep ascents and descents from t

Summit Comment Fergalh a day ago
From Foel Ddu head west to the West top. Than a steep decent follows to the col. A river crossing and a steep ascent leads to the unmarked grassy summit. Afterwards a straight forward walk nort...

Foel Ddu: Heather bash after the grassy track

Summit Comment Fergalh a day ago
Took very steep road west of the wonderfully named welsh town of Ysbyty Ifan. Parked at end of tarmac road at gate at small grass layby beside wall. Followed garssy track south all the way to a...
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Wicklow Area   W: Donard Subarea
Place count in area: 116, OSI/LPS Maps: 28B, 55, 56, 61, 62, AWW 
Highest place: Lugnaquilla, 925m
Maximum height for area: 925 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 905 metres,

Places in area Wicklow:
Cen: Glendalough North:   Brockagh Mountain 557mBrockagh Mountain NW Top 548mBrockagh Mountain SE Top 470mCamaderry Mountain 698.6mCamaderry South East Top 677.3mConavalla 734mTomaneena 682.4m
Cen: Glendalough South:   Carriglineen Mountain 455mCullentragh Mountain 510mDerrybawn Mountain 474mKirikee Mountain 474mLugduff 652mLugduff SE Top 637mMullacor 657mTrooperstown Hill 430m
N Cen: Tonelagee:   Carrignagunneen 561mFair Mountain 571.2mStoney Top 714mTonelagee 817mTonelagee NE Top 668mTonelagee South-East Top 546m
NE: Bray & Kilmacanogue:   Bray Head Hill 240mCarrigoona Commons East 242mDowns Hill 372mGreat Sugar Loaf 501.2mLittle Sugar Loaf 342m
NE: Djouce:   Djouce 725.5mKnockree 342mMaulin 570mTonduff 642mTonduff East Top 593mWar Hill 684.8mWhite Hill 631.1m
NE: Fancy:   Ballinafunshoge 480mKanturk 523mKnocknacloghoge 534mLuggala 595mRobber's Pass Hill 508.9mScarr 641mScarr North-West Top 561mSleamaine 430m
NE: Vartry:   Ballinacorbeg 336mBallycurry 301mDunranhill 342mMount Kennedy 365.9m
NW: Blessington:   Carrigleitrim 408mLugnagun 446.2mSlieveroe 332mSorrel Hill 599.5m
NW: Mullaghcleevaun:   Black Hill 602.2mCarrigshouk 572.5mCarrigvore 682mDuff Hill 720mGravale 718mMoanbane 703mMullaghcleevaun 849mMullaghcleevaun East Top 795mSilsean 698m
S: Aughrim Hills:   Cushbawn 400mKilleagh 249mMoneyteige North 427mPreban Hill 389m
S: Croaghanmoira:   Ballinacor Mountain 531mBallycurragh Hill 536mBallyteige 447mCarrickashane Mountain 508mCroaghanmoira 664mCroaghanmoira North Top 575mFananierin 426mSlieve Maan 547.8mSlieve Maan North Top 546.1m
S: Croghan Kinsella:   Annagh Hill 454mCroghan Kinsella 606mCroghan Kinsella East Top 562.1mKilmichael Hill 267mSlievefoore 414m
S: Shillelagh Hills:   Lakeen 357mMonaughrim 206mSeskin 344mStookeen 420m
S: Tinahely Hills:   Ballycumber Hill 431mEagle Hill 296mMuskeagh Hill 397m
SE: Wicklow South East:   Ballinastraw 284mBallyguile Hill 188mBarranisky 280mCarrick Mountain 381mCollon Hill 238mKilnamanagh Hill 217mWestaston Hill 270m
W: Baltinglass:   Ballyhook Hill 288mBaltinglass Hill 382mCarrig Mountain 571mCarrigeen Hill 298mCloghnagaune 385mCorballis Hill 258mKeadeen Mountain 653mSpinans Hill 409mSpinans Hill SE Top 400mTinoran Hill 312m
W: Cen Lugnaquilla:   Ballineddan Mountain 652mBenleagh 689mCamenabologue 758mCamenabologue SE Top 663mCloghernagh 800mCorrigasleggaun 794mLugnaquilla 925mSlievemaan 759m
W: Donard:   Brewel Hill 222mChurch Mountain 544mCorriebracks 531mLobawn 636mSlievecorragh 418mSugarloaf 552mTable Mountain 701.7mTable Mountain West Top 563m

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Corriebracks Mountain Coire Breac A name in Irish (Ir. Coire Breac [PNCW], 'speckled hollow') Wicklow County in Leinster Province, in Arderin List, Granite with microcline phenocrysts Bedrock

Height: 531m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 56 Grid Reference: N96738 00268
Place visited by 239 members. Recently by: thmswhelan, Teresa-ms, therealcrow, No1Grumbler, thrifleganger, Louise.Nolan, oreills8, GerryCarroll, Liamob, conorjob, Prendo, Ulsterpooka, ewen, abcd, Grumbler
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Longitude: -6.558226, Latitude: 53.044452 , Easting: 296738, Northing: 200268 Prominence: 116m,  Isolation: 2.1km
ITM: 696677 700282,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Crbrck, 10 char: Crbrcks
Bedrock type: Granite with microcline phenocrysts, (Type 2p microcline porphyritic)

Knocknaboley is the name of a townland, though obviously it originally applied to a hill, and indeed may have referred to the same peak as Corriebracks.   Corriebracks is the 468th highest place in Ireland.
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Flat, undistinguished peak, sometimes useful in passing.
Short Summary created by simon3  7 Jun 2013
Corriebracks is an extremely flat summit with no particular feature on the top apart from a small somewhat near the highest point. It has reasonably good long range views from the top, including the Silsean and Moanbane area. It could be considered as a pair with Church Mountain to the NW.
One way of reaching the top is by starting from the forest entrance N 97440174 A. Follow the track as far as it goes and then beyond in the same SE direction until you reach a boggy ride. Turn right (SW) up this and head for the summit, leaving the forest at around N9726 0081 B. The top is around 730m SW of there over thick heather. (Note, as of 2011, the track is not fully shown on the OS 1:50k).
It's also possible to reach the top from Lobawn, or using a track from Luglass to the north or from Church Mountain. It is possible therefore to use Corriebracks in bigger walks. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/392/comment/5151/
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Corriebracks (<i>Coire Breac</i>) in area Wicklow, Ireland
Picture: Crash site. Snow covered Tonlagee in the distance.		  
simon3 on Corriebracks, 2008
by simon3  3 Nov 2008
On Saturday 25th Oct 2008 a Piper PA-28 Cherokee single-engined aircraft crashed here. This point N 96795 00090 C is around 200m from and 20m lower than the very indistinct top of Corriebracks, one of the flattest summits of Wicklow.

As of the following weekend there was no wreckage other than some small scraps of fibreglass. Even the ground has been flattened out.

There were four fatally injured victims of the crash, three from one family and a friend, who were all on the way from Gloucestershire Airport to Kilrush Airport in Co Kildare.
I'm sure all the members of and visitors to MountainViews would wish me to express our condolences to the friends and remaining family of the deceased. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/392/comment/3423/
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Corriebracks (<i>Coire Breac</i>) in area Wicklow, Ireland
Picture: Memorial as of May 2013.
Memorial stone for crash.
by simon3  7 Jun 2013
This is a picture of the small memorial at the site of the crash of 25th Oct, 2008 near to the summit. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/392/comment/15012/
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Corriebracks (<i>Coire Breac</i>) in area Wicklow, Ireland
 
csd on Corriebracks, 2003
by csd  22 Jun 2003
If we were giving out awards for the most nondescript summit in Wicklow, Corriebracks would be right up there with the best of them. It's one of those mountains where you're not quite sure if you've reached the summit or not, so you spend fifteen minutes tramping about looking for the highest point. The photo shows the general area of the summit. It doesn't show the washing machines, plastic bags, and other assorted junk dumped in the col between Corriebracks and Church Mountain. Shameful. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/392/comment/565/
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Corriebracks (<i>Coire Breac</i>) in area Wicklow, Ireland
Picture: Looking toward Lobawn from summit.
Hurry-backs-I dont think so!
by Dessie1  7 Jun 2013
Climbed Corriebracks on 12-9-11 in very high winds due to the remnants of hurricane Katia sweeping Ireland.Parked at small clearing (enough for maybe 2 cars) at yellow and black barrier (S9781799895 D) at the end of L8349 road.I then followed the road/track for another 150m until I came to a sign warning about Tree felling in the area(S9774000769 E).I took a right (East) turn and followed the edge of the forestry which brings you to point S9718999810 F.From here it is slog through knee deep purple heather and hidden holes filled with water to the summit. Very good views all around-Table mt,Lobawn,Lug etc.I returned via the memorial at the plane crash site and followed previous route back to car.45 mins round trip. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/392/comment/6513/
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David McCann on Corriebracks, 2005
by David McCann  24 Feb 2005
I walked from Lobawn across by the flanks of Corriebracks to Church Mountain on Sunday 20-Feb-05. The track which flanks the Corriebracks is very bad. We saw quad bikes in the heather up on the Corriebracks as we passed by. As one gets closer to Corriebracks Pass (G. R. N957009 G), the track gets better. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/392/comment/1498/
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