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Cullentragh to Camaderry via Lough Firrib Circuit

Track 4245 conororourke 6 days ago
walk, Len: 24.0km, Climb: 711m, Area: Cullentragh Mountain, Dublin/Wicklow (Ire...

Carrane Hill: November 9th, 2019

Summit Comment magnumpig 6 days ago
Photo taken on the afternoon of the 9th of November, 2019 in the direction of Lough Arrow and Castlebaldwin. Glad to report I made it back to my car before those rainclouds made it as far as me. A...

Glendoo & Tibradden Hiking

Track 4244 conororourke 6 days ago
Summit of Glendoo via Cruagh Wood. Very wet. As previous comments, is somewhat difficult to determine the exact s... walk, Len: 14.3km, Climb: 432m, Area: Tibradden Mountain, Dublin/Wicklow (Irel|...

Lackagh Mountain: November 9th, 2019

Summit Comment magnumpig 6 days ago
Taken on a crisp November afternoon, looking in the direction of Lough Allen, to the south. Access to this mountain has been made easier by the recent construction of a large windfarm.

Vinegar Hill and a bit extra along the Barrow

Track 4241 jgfitz a week ago
Hiking to the top of historic Vinegar Hill from the car park can scarcely be described as exercise; it's just 90... walk, Len: 8.3km, Climb: 78m, Area: Vinegar Hill, North Wexford (Ireland) Vin||

Binn Shleibhe: Sunset on the peak area - November 30th, 2019

Summit Comment magnumpig 6 days ago
Picture taken in direction of Maam Cross and Lackavrea. As others have noted, spectacular views for little effort. The old bog road to the summit from the car park is very cute too.

New maps Galtees, Comeraghs and Knockmealdown

Forum: General aidand 3 days ago
East-West mapping have just launched new 1;25,000 scale maps of the above areas. This is a great development, especially for those of us old enough to remember the old half inch to the mile maps w...

Ballinastoe to Crone via Djouce, Tonduff South and Maulin

Track 4243 ceadeile 2 weeks ago
walk, Len: 16.9km, Climb: 739m, Area: White Hill, Dublin/Wicklow (Ireland) Whit...

Tonduff: Unexpected vista.

Summit Comment simon3 6 days ago
Tonduff isn't known for excitement. Looking east however there's a view encompassing a variety of interesting places including the well known and peaky Sugar Loaf.From near to far, Tonduff East, D...

Djouce, War Hill, Tonduff & Maulin Circuit

Track 4242 conororourke 2 weeks ago
Starting out at JB Malone's car park with stunning clear views of Luggala's cliff face down to Lough Tay. Easy going... walk, Len: 27.2km, Climb: 1037m, Area: White Hill, Dublin/Wicklow (Ireland) W||

Camaderry South East Top: Lower slopes of Camaderry SE from the south.

Summit Comment simon3 a week ago
The southern flanks of this mountain are bounded by the Glendalough Upper Lake. Like many a lake inflow this is place of interesting shapes and classic river geography. Oddly enough the reds and o...

Lugduff SE Top: Sphinx revealed.

Summit Comment simon3 a week ago
To the east of Lugduff lies a ridge with Glendalough Upper Lake to the west. The eastern end of this ridge is known as the Sphinx ir an Spinc. Whatever the true origin of this name, it certainly c...
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simon3: Track 2380 in area near Coolfree Mountain, Ballyhoura Mountains (Ireland)
Finding easy ways to reach the top of Coolfree.
Length: 5.4km, Creator time taken: 1h47m, Ascent: 189m,
Descent: 181m

Places: Start at R66303 15967, Coolfree Mountain, end at R66481 16800 852m N from Start
Logged as completed by 1
This experimental route to the top uses the main forest road around the hill and various forest tracks to reach the top. The objective here is to avoid walking any more than strictly necessary on the deep springy untracked vegetation of the top area which is very tiresome.
It is possible to get to within about 140m of the top on tracks at R6738 1614. We reached there having walked anti-clockwise, however it is just as feasible to ascend where we descended.

Uploaded on: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 (14:34:36)
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