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Kippure

  • 11-01-2013 05:01PM
    #1
    youknowwho
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 245 ✭✭


    Hi all,

    Does anyone know if there is a defined walking path up to the top of Kippure or is it fenced off because of the radio equipment up there?


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  • #2
    Plastik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,009 ✭✭✭Plastik


    youknowwho wrote: »
    Hi all,

    Does anyone know if there is a defined walking path up to the top of Kippure or is it fenced off because of the radio equipment up there?

    There's a full tarmac access road. Barrier across to stop vehicles, but you can walk or wheel a bike around it.


  • #3
    LifeBeginsAt40
    Closed Accounts Posts: 328 ✭✭LifeBeginsAt40


    Plastik wrote: »
    There's a full tarmac access road. Barrier across to stop vehicles, but you can walk or wheel a bike around it.

    Just watch the weather, often shrouded in low cloud and very likely to be icy with the weather the way it is in winter.

    Stunning views sure enough!


  • #4
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 21,529 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    Yes, there was a cyclist last year who skidded off the road on the way down and hurt himself quite seriously ...

    http://www.wicklowmountainrescue.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=246:kippure-rescue290512&catid=36:news&Itemid=106


  • #5
    youknowwho
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 245 ✭✭youknowwho


    Thanks all,

    Went up yesterday but didn't climb it as the snow was coming down quite heavily - still it was lovely up there in that weather. Went to Lough Dan instead as it's not so exposed.


  • #6
    LifeBeginsAt40
    Closed Accounts Posts: 328 ✭✭LifeBeginsAt40


    youknowwho wrote: »
    Thanks all,

    Went up yesterday but didn't climb it as the snow was coming down quite heavily - still it was lovely up there in that weather. Went to Lough Dan instead as it's not so exposed.

    That's a lovely part as well :) Glad you enjoyed it. So lucky to have the mountains 20 mins away by car.


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  • #7
    fenris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,075 ✭✭✭fenris


    Stay well clear of the compound if it is icy or the thaw after a cold spell, motorbike sized chunks of ice have a tendency to come tumbling down from the antenna and can land quite a distance from the mast, that is why the buildings/cabins in high sites are build like bunkers with reinforced roofs!


  • #8
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 21,529 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    Very true. Not only from the mast itself, but also from the steel guy ropes. Here's a photo I found that demonstrates how bad it can get ...

    4428077508_320b4caafd.jpg
    Kippure mast with ice by Tony Brierton Photos, on Flickr


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