[RWD version 1 ]
You may well ask: "if I'm going to tackle the four Antrim Arderins, surely I should shorten matters by crossing over from Trostan to Slievenanee or vice versa, rather than two wasteful "out and backs"?"
The answer is :"No...not unless you want to experience a boggy saddle of Wicklow- The Three Lakes -They Never found the Body proportions."
Just a quick, if potentially squelchy, run up Slievenanee from a start height of circa 415m, and back, followed by a short drive to Trostan Base Camp.
Here are the AA stats:
No.1 Knockloyd.... http://mountainviews.ie/track/2883/ Ascent 369m Distance 4.4km
No.2 Slieveanorra.http://mountainviews.ie/track/2894/ Ascent 200m Distance 4.2km
No.3 Slievenanee..http://mountainviews.ie/track/2895/ Ascent 140m Distance 3.3km
No.4 Trostan..........http://mountainviews.ie/track/2896/ Ascent 325m Distance 5.8km
Total Antrim Arderins................................................................1034m Distance 17.7km