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Meall nan Eun: Gentle slopes lead to this Munro

Summit Comment eamonoc a day ago
Climbed as the last of a tough 4 Munro round in Glen Etive.

The mighty Slioch (The Spear)

Track 4889 eamonoc 13 hours ago
Climbed the Iconic Slioch from Incheril on a fantastic weather day, following a long walk beside the N bank of the K... walk, Len: 21.4km, Climb: 1912m, Area: Loch Maree to Loch Broom (Britain) Sli||

Tinahely Hill: View from the North East.

Summit Comment simon3 16 hours ago
Muskeagh Hill, a view from Ballycumber to the North East.

Stob Coir'an Albannaich: A fine cliff top Summit in Glen Etive

Summit Comment eamonoc a day ago
After Glass Bheinn Mhor, the next port of call was Stob Coir' an Albannaich 1044m climbed from a 738m col seperating both.

A very tough outing in Glen Etive

Track 4888 eamonoc a day ago
With the prospect of some good weather in Scotland headed up to Glen Etive, having previously climbed Ben Starav a f... walk, Len: 28.5km, Climb: 2901m, Area: Glen Etive to Glen Lochy (Britain) Bei||

Glas Bheinn Mhor: One of Glen Etive's finest

Summit Comment eamonoc a day ago
Climbed on a fine weather day in May as part of a tough outing in Glen Etive.

Met Eireann launches 10-day mountain forecast

Forum: General Colin Murphy a day ago
The Met Eireann app now features a forecast specifically for hillwalkers and climbers, where you can access the forecast for a good selection of individual mountains in the different province...

Beinn nan Aighenan: Glen Etive's secretive mountain.

Summit Comment eamonoc a day ago
A shy isolated hard to get to Munro from Glen Etive, best attempted when weather is favourable.

Esknabrock: Short and fairly sweet

Summit Comment thomas_g a day ago
Park at W01491 77290 (space for 1 car) after passing the pet farm. Go through the gate up the track until the gate at the end. Now head straight for the ridge, the going is nice, firmish gras...

Access via rocky trail

Track 4887 Colin Murphy 4 days ago
Parking for a couple of cars at start point. Continue N up tarred road, and around a bend, watching for a stony track... walk, Len: 5.7km, Climb: 401m, Area: Benbo, Dartry Mountains (Ireland) Benbo||

Esknabrock: Have you got an hour?

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy a day ago
Park at W01491 77290, walk up the track, head for the summit, admire turbines and Crohane.

Knockalla: Anticlockwise loop walk.

Summit Comment Wilderness 2 days ago
I parked in Glenvar in-between the school and church and accessed the hills by taking the lane which leads up to the cross and grotto. 26303525. I walked from the north east top to the liste...
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Comeragh Mountains Area   S: Monavullagh Mountains Subarea
Place count in area: 24, OSI/LPS Maps: 74, 75, 81, 82, EW-C, EW-K 
Highest place: Kilclooney Mountain, 792m
Maximum height for area: 792 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 626 metres,

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Bleantasour Mountain Hill Cnoc Bhléantas Odhar A name in Irish, also Knockaragh an extra EastWest name in English prob. Ir. Cnoc Bhléantas Odhar [logainm.ie‡], 'hill of Bleantasour’ Waterford County in Munster Province, in Carn List, Cobble conglomerate & course sandstone Bedrock

Height: 402m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 75 Grid Reference: S23640 08777
Place visited by 44 members. Recently by: jlk, mlmoroneybb, John.geary, TippHiker, JohnFinn, chelman7, Colin Murphy, Jay9, Wildrover, High-King, hivisibility, madfrankie, simon3, jasonmc, PeakPaul
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Longitude: -7.654652, Latitude: 52.230789 , Easting: 223640, Northing: 108777 Prominence: 37m,  Isolation: 1.5km
ITM: 623591 608839,   GPS IDs, 6 char: BlntMn, 10 char: BlntsrMntn
Bedrock type: Cobble conglomerate & course sandstone, (Kilnafrehan Conglomerate Formation)

Bleantasour and Bleantasourmountain are townlands in the parish of Seskinan. Cnoc Bhléantas Odhar is given as the Irish form of the latter at logainm.ie. Most of the townland names containing the word "mountain" in this part of Co. Waterford refer not to summits but to areas of mountain pasture.   Bleantasour Mountain is the 939th highest place in Ireland.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Bleantasour Mountain (<i>Cnoc Bhléantas Odhar</i>) in area Comeragh Mountains, Ireland
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A boggy but short ascent route
Short Summary created by simon3, jackill  21 May 2017
Go to the forest entrance at S22452 09704 starA. there is room here for a few cars.
Walk down the forest track, crossing a ford and follow the track until you can see open ground.
Walk south along the edge of the forest and then uphill to the summit.

Three curious rusting milk churns stand guard nearby to 3 cairns. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/821/comment/5580/
 
I approached Bleantasour from Milk Hill, which is .. by csd   (Show all for Bleantasour Mountain (Cnoc Bhléantas Odhar))
 
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