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Meall Odhar: Short trek to summit

Summit Comment Fergalh a day ago
From Glas Maol we heeded down to the minor summit of Bathach Beag (not on mountainviews) intending a dog leg to take in Creag Leachach and Craig Leachach SW Top but the weather deteriorated too...

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Glas Maol: View from North East

Summit Comment Fergalh a day ago
It is said that this circuit has some of the easiest munros to bag, With the weather we had that day it was not but in fairness on a good day it would appear very straightforward. The only prob...

Glas Maol: Long trek to summit

Summit Comment Fergalh a day ago
From Cairn Of Claise we zigzaged in a roughly South west direction along the county borders. This was grassy land and despite rain pouring down on us was reasonable enough to walk on. We follow...

Cairn of Claise: Wet trek to summit

Summit Comment Fergalh a day ago
From Carn an Tuirc we headed east to a small cairn (Carn an Turc SE Top in essence) and than a short drop to the col. Than we headed up through the mist to the Cairn of Claise which is another ...

Carn an Tuirc: Short climb to summit from track

Summit Comment Fergalh a day ago
Parked on The A93 to the North west in large car park near a bridge. Followed a footpath south east alongside a small stream before we headed North east to climb alongside another stream. The s...

Brimmond Hill: From the North

Summit Comment Fergalh 2 days ago
Here is the view from the summit of the minor hill halfway between Brimmond Hill and Elrick Hill

Meenteog: Squat and steep-sided summit on Glenbeigh Horseshoe

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: markmjcampion 2 days ago
Meenteog is a broad-topped hill lying above some great coums among the Glenbeigh hills and is often walked as part of various circuits around these hills. There's plenty of v. steep ground to t...

Tyrebagger Hill: Hill near Aberdeen airport worth climbing if you have a few hou

Summit Comment Fergalh 2 days ago
From the summit I headed east on forest tracks rather than to the forest entrance and walk along the grass verge of the A96. These tracks eventually lead to a track that leads to a minor road a...

Tyrebagger Hill: Long trek to summit

Summit Comment Fergalh 2 days ago
From Brimmond Hill I headed back down track to minor road walked along until I arrived at Elrick Country Park. Headed up and over the minor summit of Elrick Hill (not on Mountainviews) and cont...

Brimmond Hill: Track all the way to summit

Summit Comment Fergalh 2 days ago
Flew into Aberdeen airport early and as i has good few hours to kill left bag in airport and went to climb a few hills before my friends arrived from Glasgow. A short walk out of airport and ov...

Carn an Tuirc: View from South West

Summit Comment Fergalh a day ago
The clouds rain and mist lifted suddenly just as we were descending. A pity it did not when we were at the summits!
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Caher West Top Mountain Cathair (mullach thiar) A name in Irish For origin of name, see Caher. Kerry County in Munster Province, in Arderin Beg, Vandeleur-Lynam, Irish 900s Lists, Purple sandstone & siltstone Bedrock

Height: 973.4m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 78 Grid Reference: V78990 84004
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Longitude: -9.762521, Latitude: 51.995414 , Easting: 78991, Northing: 84005 Prominence: 24.05m,  Isolation: 0.3km
ITM: 478967 584064,   GPS IDs, 6 char: ChrWst, 10 char: ChrWstTp
Bedrock type: Purple sandstone & siltstone, (Ballinskelligs Sandstone Formation)

Caher has three distinct tops, though only two have sufficient prominence to be listed here.   Caher West Top is the 5th highest place in Ireland.
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Picture: Looking across to the Beenkeragh Ridge from Caher West Top.		  
First Top on the way to Ireland's Highest
Short Summary created by Harry Goodman  13 Dec 2011
Park off road near V77150 87050 A and walk up the Hydro Road leading up to Loch Iochtair V777 856 B. From the NW end of the Loch go S over Pt. 442 to gain the NW spur V776 852 C of Cahir West Top. Turn up left (SE) for 1.7k to gain the top. On the way up, initially over tussocky grass and then stoney ground, veer to the left side of the spur for fine views down into the Coomloughra Glen and across to the Beenkeragh Ridge from Carrauntoohil to Beenkeragh. Descend by way of ascent. Indeed, while there, many walkers decide to press on a little further to Cahir top proper and maybe even to Carrauntoohil. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/5/comment/4765/
 
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Picture: The long spur from Spot Height 404m to Caher West Top
eflanaga on Caher West Top, 2006
by eflanaga  17 Jul 2006
Started this anti-clockwise Coumloughra Horseshoe walk near Breanlee Bridge IV76701 86621 going up short overgrown grass track and behind derelict building before crossing fence onto track running NW behind two farm houses. Track shortly leads to gate & tilled field. Through gate I made sure to stick to the fence to avoid any damage as I made my way to the other gate at the far side of the field. Through this gate there is a narrow uneven track which runs roughly in line with a large black waterpipe which itself runs parallel to the river which you can follow up to its source at Loch Iochtair (Eighter). At the turn in the river I veered right over area shown on map as Ladhar Bhuí using various sheep tracks to climb to Spot height 442m IV 77698 85368 D, the height & extent of the Horseshoe becoming ever clearer as you rise. From the top of Spot Height the route to Caher West Top is clear. Just walk straight across the long & gently rising spur before climbing more steeply to the top. The ground becomes ever rockier as you near the summit. The first of the two summit cairns eventually becomes visible as you traverse the ever rockier ground. Unfortunately, the weather which had been clear up to this point decided to deteriorate and cloud rushed in covering the summit as I reached it. There is a very long drop into the coum on your left side as you face towards the next summit so care is required when dropping down the rocky path onto the col below Caher proper – the next stage in the walk. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/5/comment/2428/
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DickyDonut on Caher West Top, 2003
by DickyDonut  30 Jul 2003
DickyDonut (30/07/03 21:20): We climbed to the west top on 17/7/03 intending to do the circle, a beautifully sunny day in Kenmare with wispy clouds only on the tops. The higher we climbed, the lower the cloud, so that when we eventually reached the west top, after much encouragement by my wife, (who is 5 stone lighter than me!) the cloud was on us, and it rained hard. After a soggy lunch (we couldn't face scrambling into the cave in the cairn) we went down, when we'd done all the hard work for Carrantouil, the only highest summit left for us in the British Isles. As we descended so did the cloud so that it was just above L Eagher. Better safe than sorry we figured! Perhaps we'll return to Ireland again some day and have another go at it Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/5/comment/592/
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denisdeasy on Caher West Top, 2003
by denisdeasy  18 Sep 2003
Descending from here on the last leg of the Coomloughra hoseshoe, or the Reeks ridge walk, is undeniably a real slog - we did spot this spectacular folding feature, though ! Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/5/comment/659/
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csd on Caher West Top, 2003
by csd  20 May 2003
Caher's west top is the last peak on the right of this panorama of Coumloughra. The descent down to Lough Eighter doesn't present any difficulties, but can be hard on the knees at the end of a day's walking. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/5/comment/510/
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The Hydro Road Route
by CaptainVertigo  11 Oct 2014
I still find it strange that there are so many Irish people who have little or no hillwalking experience but who,nevertheless, blithely head up Carrauntoohil as if it were Tara's big sister . In my own case I agonised for some time before choosing the Hydro Road route as most likely to be safe. I ended up executing my plan, unexpectedly, with my then fifteen year old son in late December some years ago and, yes, the initial stages were very solid and dependable. But I will never forget the traverse along the Caher Ridge because I was overwhelmed with fear that David (who was perfectly relaxed) would fall to his death. He kept reassuring me that there was no possibility of any such thing happening and we made it, no thanks to me. I look back fondly on the day, and that's why I especially admire Distancefading's super YouTube film, which gives a really powerful sense of what's at stake on the Caher ridge. The film has all the hallmarks of a Distancefading classic. A sense of strangeness permeates the entire affair. The colour tones are offbeat. The music is quirky. Only the long suffering young lady star seems normal. But the ensemble is most compelling. You should take a look. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/5/comment/6369/
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