This is normally climbed as part of a walk taking in Purple and Tomies Mountains. On a clear day the views over the Lakes of Killarney and the Reeks are fabulous. Park at Kate Kearneys cottage and then walk, or take a carriage, up the road to the top of the Gap of Dunloe. Leave the road here and then up past the tiny Glaslough, over Purple Mountain, Purple Mountain NE top and out to Shehy. Then back to Purple NE Top and on to Tomies Mountain. Descend off Tomies in a northerly direction out past some fields with high deer fences. Turn left out to the road and a further left turn will bring you back to your car. Allow 5 to 6 hours. This is a serious walk requiring good navigation skills, especially in misty conditions. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/68/comment/4828/

Two of us did a walk up Shehy on the 15 Nov 08. We started at point 895903 A and walked in the path to Tomies Wood took the left fork crossed the stream over the new bridge, 500mts after the bridge veer off the path and head south to the high point 571. This is a steep enough climb over gorse with no defined path. On reaching the high point the view of Lough Leane and Killanney Town is execllent. From here it is a short walk to the summit of Shehy. From here there are two options one is to head for Tomies and keep heading north till you come to a road at point 895897 B follow this road for 300mts then turn right on a path at the end of this path turn left and you are back at the starting point. Option two which is what we did was to reverse the walk. This was very steep and wet so we sliped several times on the way down. we then followed the path around and stopped off at O'Sullivans Cascade which is well worth seeing, ( falls are as good as Torc waterfall) we walked bact to our car with a local man who told not many people do Shehy the way we did it and having done it this time I do not think I would do it from Tomies Wood side again. But I would recomend anybody doing Tomies / Purple they should take some time and cross over to Shehy as the view ie worth the effort. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/68/comment/3443/

As previously described, the view from here is amazing, we walked around from Tomies Mountain and had a beautiful clear day. simple ridge walk but the descent back to Tomies Wood is very tough, no clear path through steep heatherclad slopes. Give plenty of time to get down this way. Our sticks proved invaluable in the fading light. Delighted to see the track at the end of the day. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/68/comment/14901/