Climbed Errigal yesterday on a beautiful clear day. After reviewing several comments from previous climbers, the AllTrails App, YouTube videos, we decided to ascend the North face via The Keyhole and hike up and over the 2 Summits & Ridge and descended the South face back to the car park. 6.5Km Loop in 3Hrs 20 Mins, with plenty of water/food/rest stops. We drifted off the track a few times, but managed to get back on it by reviewing the AllTrails App and checking our position relative to the Errigal Loop Trail. On approaching the North face, we noticed small orange flags placed on the trail. Thanks to whomever placed these, as we were able to follow them up to The Keyhole and onwards to the summit. I recall comments saying it was not recommended to descend the North face and I can understand why. Ascending the North face was tough but manageable. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/76/comment/23250/

When visibility is down to 20 metres, there's not much for a person to photograph but the summit itself. No cairn, but who's putting up these blue signs? Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/76/comment/640/

What trip to Donegal would be complete without a visit to Errigal Mountain.....We broadly follwed the route as described by Wicklore and parked at the carpark at B942 197 B. This carpark is not shown on sheet 1, my copy anyway, but rest assured there is room for plenty of cars in the carpark and also along the road outside.

As mentioned in previous posts the going from the carpark along the track is boggy underfoot and on our visit we found it particularly soft. There is a track which has also emerged along the right hand side of the river, and while it appears that this is indeed not as boggy, the erosion is already clearly visible. Best sticking to the one main track and strap on the gaitors.

Relief does soon arrive in the form of a gravel track which now snakes up Errigal. The gravel track soon turns to scree and shingle and continues on the ascent. Its a pleasant climb with great views in all directions, notably across Altan Lough and Aghla More. The track at this point can be quite steep in places. At the summit spectacular views are on offer and the effort is equally rewarded. From the summit one gets a true sense of how steeply the mountain drops away at either side. There was quite a breeze on the summit which brought a chill to the air. There are also two small peaks along the summit ridge which are joined by a narrow path, with pink quartzite veins running either side of the path to the valley floor below.

I imagine Errigal is one of those unique mountians which could be climbed time and time again while never tiring of the splendid views. A very short but memorable bag. The picture below shows the narrow path along the ridge of Errigal, with the steep walls of the crags around The Poisoned Glen visible to the right and Lough Croloughan visible to the left. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/76/comment/6105/