4-5 Hour hike in Wicklow

terencemc

Hi, I'm looking to do a 4-5 hour hike this weekend and am looking for suggestions. I did Lugnaquilla a few weeks back (up the zig zags and down the waterfall/hostel side). It took us just over 3hrs so we're fast enough hikers. We used orux maps for this. I'm sick of the classic routes around glendalough and am looking for something a bit rugged like lug.
Any suggestions?

fergusb

Check out:
http://walkingroutes.ie/

You might find something there.

If you want a longer walk, you could try parking at the top of Glenmacnass Waterfall, hike up Tonlagee, Then follow the ridge to Mullacleavaun, and then down to the road.... cannot remember what the ridge is called. Its something a bit different, although the bog sections from Tonlagee to Mullacleavaun are a pain!

Another option would be the loop at Djouce, start a Crone Car Park, follow the Wicklow Way until you turn off to summit Djouce, then head over to War hill, Tonduff, Maulin, then back to Crone. Cannot remember how long it would take, but might be 4hrs max from memory.

silverharp

Another one would be to try Mullacleavaun from the Blessington side. There is a parking spot just below Black mountain. But if starting from Blessington it would be worth getting a taxi to cut out the road walk which is too long.

Orion

Park at the Wicklow Gap carpark. Head up the side of Fair Hill. Down the other side by the right of the forest and head upstream. Up the side of Turlough Hill. This is all tricky terrain. Lunch at the top - disused quarry for shelter if needed. Then head around the road and go across the bog to Camaderry. Continue past that to the other Camaderry peak. North down the side. Before the forest you can see from the top head west again. Tricky terrain again but it eventually links you with St. Kevin's Way. On to the road for 100m and up the trail back to the car park. Nice walk - steep at times and tricky terrain for most of it.

Route with elevations attached.

Carawaystick

fergusb wrote: »

If you want a longer walk, you could try parking at the top of Glenmacnass Waterfall, hike up Tonlagee, Then follow the ridge to Mullacleavaun, and then down to the road.... cannot remember what the ridge is called. Its something a bit different, although the bog sections from Tonlagee to Mullacleavaun are a pain!

Park at Lough Dan,
Head up the road/track along the south side of the lake, and follow the river up toward the military road, cutting into the forestry to get to a forest road instead of fighting forest the whole way.
take a left on the military road for about a half km, then follow the forestry edge on your right up to Mullachclevaun, across to Tonlegee, down to the Military road near Glenmacnass waterfall, across and then either over the Kanturks or over Scarr mountain to Lough Dan.
It's a larger version of fergusb's route, and going the opposite way.

glenmac

Try Fancy knocknaclohogue inchavore kanturks scarr paddock hill finish laragh about 18,5k

terencemc

Cool, I'm downloading the lough Dan hike now - Alot of the trails are on orux maps. There is no trail up to Mullachclevaun from lough Dan - Is this tricky to navigate or simple enough? Any signposts or landmarks I should be looking out for?

I did the glendasan loop last weekend http://walkingroutes.ie/1731-glendasan-loop.html

Alot of the route is on orux so very hard to go wrong. Great hike too.

Carawaystick

There's a trail from Lough Dan up beside the river a bit of the way then you follow up the valley and eventually bear left and fight through the forestry to pick up a forestry road, turn right on this up to the military road.

Go left along the Military road and then

You follow up a fence at the boundary of forestry lands to near Mullach Cleevaun east top. The fence is on your right.

Have a look on Google Maps, the route should be fairly obvious