Cookies.
This website uses cookies, which are small text files that the website puts on your computer to facilitate operation. Cookies help us provide a better service to you. They are used to track general user traffic information and to help the website function properly.
Conditions and Info Use of MountainViews is governed by conditions and a privacy policy.
Read general information about the site. Opinions in material here are not necessarily endorsed by MountainViews.
Hillwalking is a risk sport. Information in comments, walks, shared GPS tracks or about starting places may
not be accurate for example as regards safety or access permission. You are responsible for your safety and your permission to walk.
See the credits and list definitions.
Peter Walker: Track 4576 in area near Altnapaste, Bluestack Mountains (Ireland)
Altnapaste
Length: 4.9km, Creator time taken: 1h12m, Ascent: 147m, Descent: 146m
Places:Start at H0377894017, Altnapaste, end at Start Logged as completed by 1
It had been a fair while since I'd indulged in a bit of summiteering with Indy the Wonderhound, so after we'd visited Bleck Cra in his new Fermanagh lodgings (and plundered his biscuit supply) we had a brief shlep up an outlier of the outliers of the Bluestacks: Altnapaste.
The approach to Altnapaste
Essaying the task as per Wildcat's comment and Harry's summary, we dandered along the track to the plantation before climbing up its right hand side. One fence was easily crossed in the upper reaches of the climb (it's 20kg of Indy that needs lifting, so I like my fences to be waist rather than chest height), and the whole slope is agreeably rather than annoyingly rough.
Looking west
It's a pleasant summit with wide views to the east and an impressive build up of the higher summits to the west and south.
Sir Indersforth on the hill
Back the same way.
Uploaded on: Mon, 22 Nov 2021 (09:32:09) Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/track/4576/ To download GPS tracks you must be enrolled and logged in. See "Login or enrol", top right - quick and easy.
COMMENTS
No comments uploaded yet.
NOTE: ALL information such as Ascent, Length and Creator time taken etc should be regarded as approximate. The creator's comments are opinions and may not be accurate or still correct.
Your time to complete will depend on your speed plus break time and your mode of transport. For walkers: Naismith's rule, an approximate though often inaccurate estimate, suggests a time of 1h 13m + time stopped for breaks
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.
* Note: A GPS Height in the elevation profile is sourced from the device that recorded the track. An "SRTM" height is derived from a model of elevations for parts of the earth. More detail