Luggala Route

Halloween Jack

Howdy, I'm heading down to luggala tomorrow, plan to do it and djouce from the pier gates, I have done both before but was looking at David Herman's wicklow guide book and he describes a route whereby you follow the cloghoge brook to lough Tay and make your way up a steep gully alongside the cliffs on luggala itself. He says a head for heights is advisable etc.

I'm curious to know if anybody has taken this route? And furthermore, seeing as the book is pretty old at this stage, does anybody know if it's still doable?

Much obliged for any responses

loobylou

Presume you mean the descent route used by rockclimbers, its rough but easily climbable.

Halloween Jack

Halloween Jack wrote: »

Howdy, I'm heading down to luggala tomorrow, plan to do it and djouce from the pier gates, I have done both before but was looking at David Herman's wicklow guide book and he describes a route whereby you follow the cloghoge brook to lough Tay and make your way up a steep gully alongside the cliffs on luggala itself. He says a head for heights is advisable etc.

I'm curious to know if anybody has taken this route? And furthermore, seeing as the book is pretty old at this stage, does anybody know if it's still doable?

Much obliged for any responses

I've done it a fair few times, not in the last year or so.
I would rate it very straightforward, tiny bit of scrambling near the top.
Well worn route, looks difficult from a distance, but in reality easy enough

Halloween Jack

Thanks for the responses lads, didn't make it down in the end, my walking buddy had to pull out. Maybe just as well, I was in greystones and there was low level mist covering the top third of the sugarloaf, so I'd imagine the higher ground in wicklow was covered.

It's good to know it's there though, something a little different will definitely be heading up it soon;)

Alun

Actually conditions were great in the Wicklow Mts. yesterday, even got a little sunburnt! Driving back we hit the sea mist as we got closer to home, so it was confined to the coast, albeit quite far inland.

Halloween Jack

Alun wrote: »

Actually conditions were great in the Wicklow Mts. yesterday, even got a little sunburnt! Driving back we hit the sea mist as we got closer to home, so it was confined to the coast, albeit quite far inland.

A shame I didn't make it then. Goes to show how hard the weather is to read, the last time I went by the sugarloaf covered in mist and headed for the hills, I got hopelessly lost on lugnaquilla in a whiteout.

Carawaystick

Halloween Jack wrote: »

A shame I didn't make it then. Goes to show how hard the weather is to read, the last time I went by the sugarloaf covered in mist and headed for the hills, I got hopelessly lost on lugnaquilla in a whiteout.

You need a compass, and the courage of your convictions to stick to the bearing. 75 mag will get you to the Fraughen Rock Glen
You can figure out for Fentons, or Clohernagh.
Getting down to Glen Ow/Aughavanagh is a bit trickier alright, needing a dogleg, so you need to know how far you've travelled.