Walk in Ireland, Mayo Croaghaun Croaghaun SW Top Benmore, ascent 1313m, length 14.7km

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Croaghaun 688m, Croaghaun SW Top 664m, Benmore 332m,

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1774, 15km 2748, 9km 3820, 8km 3334, 6km

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simon3: Track 1774 in area near Croaghaun, Achill/Corraun (Ireland)

Take in the main ridge and coastline at the end of Achill.

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Length: 14.7km, Creator time taken: 6h23m, Ascent: 1313m,
Descent: 1319m

Places: Start at F5610204463, Croaghaun, Croaghaun SW Top, Benmore, end at Start
Logged as completed by 2

Start from near the end of the road to Keem, where there is formal and informal parking.
Near the north end of the walk, look out for Bunafreva Lough (further north). This is a lake perched in a most surprising way on the side of a cliff.

Uploaded on: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 (06:47:30)
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Comment created by eiremountains 2022-Apr-11

We did a modified route on the 21/08/2020 since we had fog till the mid afternoon, but it got better at the end of the day.

Followed the path till the plateau, from there we climbed directly to Croaghaun and then to Croaghaun SW when heading down, the fog started to disappear, continued our route through the gap between Croaghaun and Benmore, and climbed from the two loughs till Benmore following the path marked on the map. Then, followed the path till the end of it, where there is an old building (Moyteoge Head). And back to the beach :)

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		Some mapping: Open Street Map (Various variations used.)	British summit data courtesy: Database of British & Irish Hills (Creative Commons Licence)
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