Carrauntoohil Hike

Carrauntoohil Hike

It is 1 038 m 1 3 406 feet tall and is the central peak of the macgillycuddy s reeks range. When we meet at the starting point i discuss the route with you and the team in order to plan the most enjoyable route for your day trip.

Hiking Up Carrauntoohil Kerryclimbing Killarney Traveller

It should be pointed out that regardless of height carrauntoohil is a challenging mountain to ascend compared to many irish summits.

Carrauntoohil hike. It starts at cronin s yard as. This is considered the easiest hike up carrauntoohil. We offer local experienced mountain guides.

Feast your eyes upon the most amazing scenery of wild and untouched landscapes. Located just outside of killarney co. You ll hike through a fairly boggy marshy section before reaching the base of the devil s ladder.

Also starting at cronin s yard devil s ladder is the most popular tourist trail which leads. From killarney it takes just under 30 minutes to drive to one of the possible starting points for the hike cronin s yard. Carrauntoohil is an impressive pyramid shaped mountain that soars 1040 metres into the killarney skyline and sits high upon its throne the macgillycuddy reeks.

Hike to the top of ireland with our spectacular guided tour of carrauntoohil ireland s highest mountain. Brother o shea s gully trail. Carrauntoohil hiking routes 1.

Na cruacha dubha meaning the black stacks. If you are in any doubt whatsoever about your ability and experience you are strongly advised to go with a more experienced walker or consider hiring a guide. Carrauntoohil mountain via devil s ladder trail is a 7 9 mile heavily trafficked loop trail located near killarney county kerry ireland that features a lake and is rated as difficult.

The trail is primarily used for hiking walking and nature trips and is best used from april until september. From there we would hike to devil s ladder and climb it all the way to the ridge where we would turn right and climb the final section almost 900m elevation gain in total. If you travel by car it is very easy to get to to cronin s yard from the main road ring of kerry just follow the signs towards carrauntoohil.

Climbing carrauntoohil is a challenging day out with a good choice of routes to the summit total distance is 12km with 900m ascent. Corrán tuathail also spelt carrantuohill and in various other ways is a mountain located in county kerry ireland and is the highest peak in ireland. Hag s glen is a wide open valley that s really beautiful with a lake on either side of the trail lough gouragh and callee.

Bridia valley as seen from carrauntoohil our ascent would start northeast of the peak at cronin s yard. Kerry within an hour and a half s reach of ireland s second biggest city cork and about four hours from the capital dublin is carrauntoohil the tallest of the macgillycuddy s range and ireland s highest peak.