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Colin Murphy: Track/5157 in area near The Priest's Leap, West Cork Mountains (Ireland)
Longish hike, marshy at the col, great views.
Ascent: 561m,
Length: 8.5km,
Creator time taken: 3h30m
Descent: 570m,
Time predicted from Naismith's rule: 2h 38m + breaks
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PlacesStart at Priests Leap V98534 61072, The Priest's Leap, Derroograne, end at Start
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This was a tough enough walk, not because of the climbing of which there is relatively little, but because some the underfoot conditions (in August) made for very sloshy hiking.
There is parking for multiple cars the Priest’s Leap, and a simple walk 850m SW will take you that top, which seems to be unmarked. There are magnificent views of the valley to the south and also towards Bantry Bay to the SW. From the top I turned directly south, aiming for the treeline that reaches up to the col from the west.
After 1km I passed a small but pretty unnamed lough, and just past this I picked up a rough, narrow trail, which loosely follows the line of a fence for the next 2km. But it was from this point that things became marshy, and having sank multiple times I ended up making multiple diversions to avoid wet ground.
The lowest point of the col is at about 375m, and the ground began to rise gently and the summit came into view. At the SE corner of the forest, I saw a large metal farm gate (would love to know how they got it up here!) on the right. Crossed this and continued along a vague trail, possibly made by a quad, that curved up towards the hill to the south.
This last climb was of about 70m, and the trail took me almost the whole way to the fairly well defined summit, which is marked by a cairn, although a metal pole 30m further south vies for the title of high point. Great views of in all directions. Retraced my steps as far as the small lough, then veered a little to the right, having to zigzag around multiple rocky outcrops and more rough terrain, (heather/marshy) before re-joining my original track about 500m from the car. Just over 8km, yet it took me more than 3 hours thanks to the slow conditions underfoot.
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Uploaded on: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 (10:04:16), Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/track/5157/
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