[RWD version 1 ] This route involves a long walk through the woods - almost 12km return trip. Start at the entrance to Ballypatrick Forest just off the A2 where there is a large parking area. This is occasionally driveable but the forest road seems to be closed more often than not, so plan for a long walk. Follow the forest track south along a stream - this is the most scenic part of the trip. The track turns SW under the A2. Proceed along this for about 500m where it meets a second forest track.
Turn left for about 200m then right and continue SW for about 2.5km. The walk for much of this point is fairly monotonous - continuous conifers in all directions, although a couple of times there are patches of colour in the form of mosses and the occasional growth of heather. The track deteriorates a bit and swings around to a SE direction, cuts up through the edge of the forest and eventually comes to an end on the open hillside about 500m from the highpoint. From then on it's a slog directly east through spongy heather, long grass and peat hags. The highpoint is difficult to define, and several spots vie for the title, all near to a fence that crosses the flattish summit. Allow 3 hours up and down.