Your favourite walk, trek or mountain...

...and why?

Mine is Mullaghanattin near Glencar in South Kerry. 773 metres. It's within a short enough drive of where I live. It looks like a mountain, a proper peak sticking into the sky, not just some raised hump. It feels like a mountain, climb it from Ballaghbeama usually and there's a lot of scrambling. It's exposed enough too. It's easy to access, once you park the car at Ballaghbeama you're on it in minutes. And it's quiet, no queues of people up and down it, have been up it a good few times and have rarely seen anyone on it.

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Cookie_Monster

Scar.

Lough Dan scout camp site to the end of the road, up onto Kanturk and around, back down to WW on the far side and back along the road.

Just a pleasant hike, nice and short so easy to do at short notice.

That or a bit of speed hiking along the white route in Glendalough

Evil Phil

Camaderry. I've walked it, climbed on its crags and bouldered on its slopes. I walked it with my wife on one of our first dates.

Slogger Jogger

Croaghan Kinsella & Lug. Staying local on this but could easily go further afield. 2 chosen 'cos they dominate my area. CK out the back window and I've discovered the joys of empty trails to myself up there with views to die for. Lug, out the other side. Was my 1st walking experience and now I've been up it countless times and its nearly always in view when I'm running or driving locally.

nomdeboardie

Evil Phil wrote: »

Camaderry. I've walked it, climbed on its crags and bouldered on its slopes. I walked it with my wife on one of our first dates.

Nice ridge all right - did a wee loop of it's East end Sun as it happens and have just put an entry in EveryTrail (http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=749012)

I don't really know if I have a favourite, but the Glenmalure-Lug area seems to have established itself as my dominant image of the Dublin-Wicklow countryside, with it’s variety of grassy slopes, waterfalls, brooding cliffishness, expanses of turf and general wild panoramas.

Nice looking mountain OP – I too like a proper pyramid of grass and stone. The Sugarloaf is probably one of the few similar hills in the D-W region. Not a bad hill for a quick nip up and down if you make the most of it by starting from the East/North to make the most of it and avoid the crowds for most of the way.

Slogger Jogger

nomdeboardie wrote: »

... I too like a proper pyramid of grass and stone. ...

You'd probably be at home so on Croaghanmoira. Another pyramidy type down my way.

nomdeboardie

Slogger Jogger wrote: »

You'd probably be at home so on Croaghanmoira. Another pyramidy type down my way.

Thanks – must have a go at that. I haven’t explored that area yet and to be honest was probably a bit put off by some comments in MountainViews and in a thread here last year suggesting access issues in the vicinity (although these issues were not said to affect Croghanmoira directly)

Slogger Jogger

nomdeboardie wrote: »

Thanks – must have a go at that. I haven’t explored that area yet and to be honest was probably a bit put off by some comments in MountainViews and in a thread here last year suggesting access issues in the vicinity (although these issues were not said to affect Croghanmoira directly)

Never had any issues myself. And its being used by the Glenmalure Adventure Race soon.

Alun

The problems are with the owner of the Ballinacor estate .. he's not keen on visitors . Croaghanmoira and the Fananierin ridge are OK

Mickeroo

Glencoaghan Horseshoe for me

Closest thing to alpine mountains we have i think.

Delta Kilo

Has to be Carrauntoohil and the surrounding mountains in the reeks for me.

Many times I have pulled up in the car and decided what I would do down there. A hike up O'Sheas/heavenly gates, do Howling for the views if the weather is good, do Curved Gully Ridge if im feeling in the mood for more of a challenge, Scramble up Stumpa and Benkeragh, go across Benkeragh ridge and back down heavenly gates... the possibilities are endless, its just a playground. Then the best thing is going back to the car park, taking off your boots and driving back to the Gap to Kate Kearneys cottage for Bacon and cabbage!

After an alpine trip to Chamonix, I think its as close to the alps as you can get in Ireland

The Dagda

I haven't been up Carrauntouhil yet but the anticlockwise loop up Galtymore is a satisfying and enjoyable 5 or 6 hours hike...