A view of Corraun from the south west

This view of a dark and brooding Corraun in the background contrasts sharply with the bright green grass, white sands and aquamarine water of sunlit Achillbeg island, just across the narrow sea to Corraun's south west. Knockletragh, 452m, is just visible as it pokes its rounded summit over Corrauns left shoulder. Bungalow Bliss is visible all around Corrauns southern flanks. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/405/comment/17559/

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pazapas on Corraun Hill

The walk I did to Corraun Hill and Corraun Hill East Top starts from the Belfarsad bridge. Follow the stone track for around 1.5km. Then turn to your right in direction to Tawnytruffaun Lough. You will then see a steep shoulder. Follow its ridge. When you reach the plateau, turn to southwest to the cairn and the trig point (524m). Go to southeast and when you reach a col, turn to east to reach the East summit (45min-1h). A cairn is waiting for you (541m). Be careful in bad weather, there are some cliffs to the north. From east top, go further with an east direction. You should see a cairn. Turn to northwest 500m before and follow the shoulder. At this point, the main direction is the corner of a forest near Lough Laur. The ground is wet in this area. Walk along the fence and then the east shore of the lough. Continue in a west direction, you should find the rocky track you followed at start few hundred meters after passing north to Lough Nambrackkeagh. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/405/comment/2720/

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Views! what views?

Climbed this hill on Wed. 12 Oct 2011. Our intention was to start from Belfarsad Bridge but the blanket of thick mist covering the Plateau made me opt for the simpler climb from Burnanioo Bridge some 4.5k further south along the same road. To get to the start we turned S off the R319 at H (F763 011) and followed the minor road for about 7.5k to Bunanioo (L73647 93890) where we parked in the church car park on the left. Locals advised that it was quite in order to park there. We walked back north along the road for 500m, crossing the Burnanioo Bridge on the way to A (L737 943) where we turned right up a well made track for about 1.4k to a T junction B (L751 948). From here we turned left and followed the track along a short way to its end C (L749 950). It was then a straight forward climb SE up the hillside for about 1.2k to the summit trig pillar and a nearby cairn. Unfortunately the thick mist still persisted and we did not enjoy any of the fine views commented on by other mv members.

As we also wanted to include Corraun Hill South (now Slieve Aghkerane) we headed down SE to a wide but mist covered saddle (Pt 421). Coming down in the mist we were a little confused by what appeared to be a large expanse of water directly below us, especially as it was not shown on the map. On closer inspection the "lough" proved to be simply a very large area of shallow water caused by 2/3 days of continuous rainfall ! Anyone wishing to only climb Corraun Hill could either retrace their steps from the summit or come down to Pt 421 and then go SW down to the origional access track I (F751 948) which could then be followed down to the start. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/405/comment/6591/

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Corraun Loop

Walked the Corraun loop on 16-05-10, a dry and partly overcast day. Entered via the forest road into the Coillte plantation off the Multanny to Achill Sound road -about 4 km past Mulranny. Followed the good track through two gates keeping left at the junction after the second gate, continuing for 500 metres more and then making straight for the nearest valley on the left, the one in which Loch Culleylea is located. The going was easy and the route straight up to Coraun East Top, from behind the lake, was a bit of a scramble at times, but more than made up for by the splendid views in all directions. Continued on to Corraun Hill, from which Clare Island and Achill Beg came into view. Easy and dry underfoot. The view back to Corraun East Top was particularly beautiful, looking East-North-East, with Glennamong and the Nephin Begs forming the back-drop in the distance.
Dropped down to Knockacorraun Lough, hardly a prettier and more lonely little corrie lake to be found. Headed back to the start keeping south of Tawnytruffaun loch, where the going got a bit soft, then immediately turning north and heading around Lough Cam and on across the northern shore of Loch Laur. Picked up and followed some waymarks which bring you back to the forest road and completion of the loop. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/405/comment/4752/

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Corraun at the double

Shot shows the trig pillar and large cairn that mark the summit of this mountain, which was our second stop on a Corraun East Top-Corraun walk. Set off along the track recommended by darrenf (point A) which can double as a starting point for the ascent of either top as it takes you roughly to the mid point between that lower slopes of the two mountains , both of which have their merits. We chose to ascend the east top first, (see pic of the fascinating rocky top on Corraun East Top's page) and then headed west to Corraun itself, which offers spectacular views along the way and gets even better at the top, despite the fact that we had a bright but hazy day. Headed directly south from Corraun to rejoin track and made it back to car in precisely 4 leisurely hours. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/405/comment/6287/

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