Park in the car park at S231996 A just on the county bounds, room for 10 cars.Cross the road and head north uphill following a faint track. The road up from the Mountrath side has a very good surface however the road down the western side is rutted and collapsed in sections. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/504/comment/5263/

This one's really quite easy to get to. If you park at Glendine Gap it's less than 500 metres over to the summit. A boggy sheep track brings you to within 200 m of the summit. The trickiest bit will be deciding that you've actually reached anything that could be called a summit. Barcam's top is similar to Arderin or Stillbrook Hill: very difficult to find! I selected the only feature of note in the vicinity of the summit: a lone pole protruding from the bog. Some nice views of Arderin, Stillbrook, and Lough Derg and the Shannon to the west. Those wanting a bit more of a challenge could approach from the forest track, which turns off the Glendine road at S213 992 B. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/504/comment/2760/

Simple to reach, but the last 100m when you leave the faint track is a leg-wearying trudge through knee-high heather over uneven ground. Featureless summit and utterly drab. The nearest thing to a summit marker is a stick someone jammed into the turf. The Slieve Blooms aren't the most dramatic hills by any means, and Barcam is probably the most uninspiring. One for the baggers. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/504/comment/23257/

Barcam is a little more challenging at the end of a traverse along the Laois / Offaly border from Wolftrap and the views on the day I climbed were expansive. For beak-baggers it is possible to head out from the SBW near Castleconor and do Stillbrook Hill, Carrolls Hill and Barcam returning via the SBW or for those really getting on with peak-bagging you can start at Wolftrap and just follow the traverse along the Laois/Offaly border all the way off Garraunbaun mountain (two cars needed) Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/504/comment/3011/

Very heavy mist came in as we climbed Barcam. We'd parked at the car park across the road at the JI Fanning Pass. Unfortunately the faint track has been flooded and very boggy ground made it very difficult to day. Having tracked sideways to see decent footing, we then got lost in mist ( GPS was all over the place with low cloud) and ended up coming back through the forest paths down to the safety but distant car park up from Tulla and Crumlin. Saw the pole referred to in summit area, but took picture of some of the lonesome pines growing in the heather.
Wouldn't recommend it as a climb! Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/504/comment/14712/