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Onzy: Track/3059 in area near Nowen Hill, Shehy/Knockboy (Ireland)
Nowen Hills
Ascent: 333m,
Length: 8.0km,
Creator time taken: 1h48m
Descent: 191m,
Time predicted from Naismith's rule: 2h 9m + breaks
Barrboy (Barrboy) W13669 54379, Nowen Hill, Nowen Hill SW Top, end at W13728 53054, 1.3km S from Start
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[RWD version 1 ]
Out and back route taking in Nowen Hill and its SW Top from a forest entrance at W137 544.
A forest road leads all the way to the main summit; however there the fun begins ... the SW Top is visible only 1.5k away, but those 1.5k will take you close on 45 minutes. The first thing you will see is a forest right in your path ... thin enough, you might expect to push through easily enough, but that only raises the midges, so you detour south. Then the nature of the terrain bites you; tussocks of elephant grass, bog and waist high grass layered on bog, meaning you arrive on th SW Top, hot, sweaty & itchy. And you still have to get back...
A forest road leads all the way to the main summit; however there the fun begins ... the SW Top is visible only 1.5k away, but those 1.5k will take you close on 45 minutes. The first thing you will see is a forest right in your path ... thin enough, you might expect to push through easily enough, but that only raises the midges, so you detour south. Then the nature of the terrain bites you; tussocks of elephant grass, bog and waist high grass layered on bog, meaning you arrive on th SW Top, hot, sweaty & itchy. And you still have to get back...
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Your time to complete will depend on the speed of the slowest plus break time and your mode of transport.
NOTE: It is up to you to ensure that your route is appropriate for you and your party to follow bearing in mind all factors such as safety, weather conditions, experience and access permission.
Your time to complete will depend on the speed of the slowest plus break time and your mode of transport.
NOTE: It is up to you to ensure that your route is appropriate for you and your party to follow bearing in mind all factors such as safety, weather conditions, experience and access permission.
Uploaded on: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 (17:33:08), Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/track/3059/
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Database of British & Irish Hills
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