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Blackstairs Mountain: Good access and a great viewpoint above a patchwork quilt

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy 23 hours ago
Just S of Mt. Leinster, Blackstairs Mt. is a prominent hill on the main ridge separating Carlow & Wexford. Views are good in all directions, mostly over flatlands, but dominated by the peak o...

Longish, but pretty trek to unremarkable Carn.

Track 5281 Colin Murphy 23 hours ago
A lengthy trek to bag a single unremarkable Carn was enlivened by some fine scenery and some unseasonal snow. ... walk, Len: 12.3km, Climb: 513m, Area: Slievebaun, Blackstairs Mountains (Irela|...

Carrigroe: Twin tops

Summit Comment Colin Murphy 23 hours ago
A view of Carrigalachan and Carrigroe taken from the southern slopes of Blackstairs mountain.

Brandon Hill Loop from Graiguenamanagh

Track 5280 Onzy 4 days ago
walk, Len: 21.0km, Climb: 641m, Area: Brandon Hill, South East Midlands (Irelan...

Grieve Hill: Summit position recently revised.

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 4 days ago
The position of the highest point of this general area was reassessed in Nov 2014 and replaced by Bunnanimma. The former summit was called Carrickatee in MV with position H72704 14804. The ne...

Manorhamilton town centre to the summit of Benbo

Track 5279 markwallace a week ago
I climbed Benbo from Manorhamilton, first for 1.5 km along the N16 (Sligo Road), which doesn't have a hard sh... walk, Len: 14.8km, Climb: 459m, Area: Benbo, Dartry Mountains (Ireland) Benbo||

Leean Mountain: Ireland's Best Small Hill?

Summit Comment Geo a week ago
The title of this comment says it all about my experience. I won't labour the practicalities of how to get to it, it's well laid out by others, and straightforward to follow. Getting back to ...

Scarr North-West Top: Popular spot in the heart of the mountains

Summit Comment hibby a week ago
A gloriously sunny April morning with clear blue skies made this area a surprisingly popular spot with walkers and cyclists. The short relatively steep climb up from the car park brings you t...

Spain: Circuit of el Dit d'Olta

Track 5278 Onzy a week ago
Small and varied hiking area north-west of Calpe and easily accessible from the town. walk, Len: 16.1km, Climb: 465m, Area: Unid, Unid () ||

Silvermines Hydro Project

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Brown Mountain: Granite - mica schist boundary

Summit Comment hibby a week ago
Bright sunshine, blue skies, mainly dry underfoot - not typical conditions for a Sunday morning in April. We were surprised to find the Glenmacnass car park already full at 10 a.m. and someth...

Spanish Coastal Walk: Calpe to Monte Toix

Track 5277 Onzy a week ago
Popular high point looking over Calpe to the north east and Benidorm to the south west. View from Monte Toix over Calpe walk, Len: 18.8km, Climb: 487m, Area: Unid, Unid () ||
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Blackstairs Mountains Area   S: Blackstairs South Subarea
Place count in area: 13, OSI/LPS Maps: 68, EW-B, EW-B, EW-B2 
Highest place: Mount Leinster, 794.4m
Maximum height for area: 794.4 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 706.4 metres,

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Carrigroe Hill An Charraig Rua A name in Irish, also Carrignigolume, also Corrigruadh an extra EastWest name in Irish (prob. Ir. An Charraig Rua [PDT], 'the red rock') Wexford County in Leinster Province, in Carn List, Pale, fine to coarse-grained granite Bedrock

Height: 498m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 68 Grid Reference: S79318 41508
Place visited by 120 members. Recently by: AnthonyJ, farmerjoe1, Haulie, Dee68, Nailer1967, markwallace, pinchy, Timmy.Mullen, jackos, conorjob, Liamob, childminder05, maitiuocoimin, John.geary, Jonesykid
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Longitude: -6.832445, Latitude: 52.519624 , Easting: 279318, Northing: 141508 Prominence: 32m,  Isolation: 1.2km
ITM: 679237 641557,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Crgr, 10 char: Carrigroe
Bedrock type: Pale, fine to coarse-grained granite, (Blackstones Type 2 Equigranular Granite)

Carrigroe is the 578th highest place in Ireland. Carrigroe is the second most southerly summit in the Blackstairs Mountains area.
Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/471/
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Carrigroe (<i>An Charraig Rua</i>) in area Blackstairs Mountains, Ireland
Picture: The view south from Carrigroe		  
csd on Carrigroe, 2007
by csd  7 Oct 2007
After reaching the summit, I elected to head back to the car rather than continue along the ridge to Bran Scultair. As you can see from the photo, there's some newish planting to push through, but it's less than 100 metres of shoving through the spruce so it's not so bad. Sheet 68 appears to be accurate in its depiction of the tracks in the forest. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/471/comment/2861/
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From Bran Scultair, I headed along the rough path .. by murphysw   (Show all for Carrigroe (An Charraig Rua))
 
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