This website uses cookies, which are small text files that the website puts on your device 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.
Colin Murphy: Track/5236 in area near Benduff, Midlands SW (Ireland)
A bagger's hill - with some challenging bits.
Ascent: 286m,
Length: 5.9km,
Creator time taken: 2h34m
Descent: 284m,
Time predicted from Naismith's rule: 1h 39m + breaks
Click here to rate track
PlacesStart at S06679 78464, Benduff, end at Start
Track Rating ..
[RWD version 1 ]
If you’re approaching this hill from the east, be aware that the road leading up to the start point is in a terrible condition for the last 1km – deep ruts, large potholes, covered in mud – and the wheels of my car almost slithered into a rut several times and I was fearful of getting lodged there.
The 'track' - fight your way through that!
If that’s not bad enough, the first 600m of ‘track’ indicated on maps is also in an appalling condition – extremely muddy, multiple fallen trees, brambles, overgrown with gorse in places – and it was an enormous relief to finally reach the Coillte track. You have been warned. After that, it was a relatively simple, if boring, walk of about 2km to reach the summit. The last section was a bit of a slog through heather but not for too long.
Another section of track, and this is one of the better bits.
But I wonder about the highpoint, as both my eye and my GPS agree that a heathery rise about 400m south of the ‘official’ highpoint is actually 2m higher – and someone had even marked it with a thin pole. I visited both points just to be sure. Decent views from the summit area.
View from near highpoint.
Returned largely the same way and had to beat my way down the last bit one more, emerging mud-caked, scratched and miserable two and a half hours after I’d left. Another one for the baggers, but it would be worth investigating alternate routes up rather than face that hellish first 600m.
Editing Details for track/5236
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 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: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 (15:50:05), Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/track/5236/
* 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
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.