Carrauntoohil Climber's Log
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| highpointa | Via Devil's Ladder  Date Climbed: May 26, 2012 | |
| A nice little mountain, this. Said to be plagued by 300 rainy days per annum. We got sunburned. | ||
| Posted Jun 18, 2013 10:28 pm | ||
| harry1969 | Via Benkearagh Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2004 | |
| Nice mountain and a cracking day out but it was a long time ago and I've got a lot more mountaineering experience under my belt since then so the next time I climb Carauntoohil I think I'll try Howling Ridge. | ||
| Posted Jan 31, 2013 9:40 am | ||
| jaro | nice one Date Climbed: Dec 1, 2012 | |
| Nice walk up the devil's ladder, descent by heavenly gates. The summit was covered by snow and weather was ugly - fog, rain mixed with snow, lot of wind. Lovely :) | |
| Posted Jan 18, 2013 11:53 am | ||
| markrjtaggart | Bagged again. Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2012 | |
| Up via the horseshoe this time dropping off a few geocaches along the way. | |
| Posted Oct 23, 2012 5:01 am | ||
| kamil | Beenkeragh - Carrauntoohil - Devil's Ladder | |
| After my two longer stays in Belfast and Dublin in the previous years, in August 1999 I took my girlfriend (now wife) to the Emerald Isle for our first long car journey together, all the way from Poland and back. A hike to Carrauntoohil was one of the points of our trip. We started from the north, hiked Beenkeragh and scrambled the ridge to Carrauntoohil in dense fog, high wind and rain. At the summit we met a nice party of Irish and English hikers who advised that in those conditions we better not descend via Caher as we planned. We descended together via Devil's Ladder as they kindly offered us a lift in their car to the place where our car was parked at the other side of the mountain. Afterwards we went to a pub together where we bought them a round of Guinness and whiskey :) | |
| Posted May 20, 2010 7:18 pm | ||
| jackstratford | several ascends | |
| Because I'm living in Kerry a had ocassions to do it few times.In different condition including heavy snow and blizzard. Highly recomended from high lake through the Curved Gully. | |
| Posted Feb 1, 2010 5:54 am | ||
| barrys | Hag's Date Climbed: Apr 11, 1995 | |
| Not sure about the date actually, sometime around then, what self respecting Irish citizen wouldn't do it before setting his sights on higher pastures? No view, no luck with weather. I'm used to it, I lived there for 19years. | |
| Posted Aug 11, 2009 7:59 pm | ||
| cheetah262 | Clear Day Date Climbed: Jun 6, 2008 | |
| Perfect weather, making for a fantastic hike. Loved the Ladder! Actually the hardest part was finding the trailhead---I somehow took a wrong turn on those narrow, windy Irish roads! | |
| Posted May 14, 2009 9:11 pm | ||
| gbajson | regular route through Devil's Ladder Date Climbed: Oct 11, 2008 | |
| Day was dumpy (what a surprise :). Nothing but the clouds on the summit. | |
| Posted Apr 12, 2009 5:57 am | ||
| mthomas | Up to my knees in the bogs Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2004 | |
| Climbed before dawn most of the way sinking to my knees in the bogs as I was trying to find the route in the dark. I had to be back at the B&B by 9:00 AM to continue our road trip with my family. A very fun mountain! | |
| Posted Mar 14, 2009 8:20 pm | ||
| crnhlio | Chris's 22nd Birthday Date Climbed: May 1, 2007 | |
| Chris, Dad, and I again. | |
| Posted Sep 2, 2008 12:14 pm | ||
| Ratballs | My first national high-point | |
| Having admired Macgillycuddy's Reeks as my first intimate exposure to mountains as a wee tacker visiting the motherland, I eventually climbed Carrauntoohil (although I'm sure it was spelled differently then) from the north in July 1995 with my ex. I remember strong winds, a cross, and a sheep. (Jeez, for somebody who loves mountains and maps, I'm really drawing a bank on this one.) | |
| Posted Aug 28, 2008 11:27 pm | ||
| Dan Bailey | great mountain | |
| Climbed three times in a week: Reeks Ridge; Stumpa-Beenkeragh horseshoe and Howling Ridge. All superb routes. | |
| Posted May 22, 2008 8:48 am | ||
| Katekat | O'Sheas Gully + The Coomloughra Horseshoe Date Climbed: Jun 7, 2007 | |
| Amazing walks on unbelievably clear sky. One day we walked from Cronin's Yard through Hag's Glen via O'Sheas Gully, little bit steeper walk, back via Heaven's Gate. Second day we made The Coomloughra Horseshoe which is giving amazing views on both sides. | |
| Posted Mar 21, 2008 7:39 am | ||
| Attila the Hun | Heaven's Gate route Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2007 | |
| Hiked up late on Saturday night, overnighted and then hiked up via Heaven's Gate , before doing the ridge route back over toward Kate Kearney's for dinner and a narrow Kerry escape from Monaghan. | |
| Posted Aug 29, 2007 7:40 am | ||
| Joerg Marretsch | Hags´Glen and Devil´s ladder Date Climbed: Jun 8, 2007 | |
| A perfect hiking day with unusual perfect weather conditions. Devil´s ladder in perfect - dry - conditions. | |
| Posted Jun 15, 2007 11:16 am | ||
| Tomek Lodowy | Great Kerry adventure Date Climbed: Apr 18, 2007 | |
| Final moment of my 3-day trip to Ireland's highest mountain range of Macgillycuddy's Reeks in Kerry. The successfull climb was made in absolutely gorgeous weather conditions unlikely for local standards(3/4 of the year peak sinks in rain and mist!). The most popular summit trail leading from Cronin's Yard through Hag's Glen and Devil's Ladder was just for me that day, I haven't met anybody for about 7 hours of hiking besides sheep, sheep and sheep, they were simply everywhere! Breathtaking summit panorama in all directions, dream blue Atlantic Ocean with its bays and islands, Dingle Peninsula, green fields of Kerry, postglacial lakes in valleys under my feet, lakes of Killarney and "moon" Reeks all around in full sun! Long descent via sharp ridge and the second highest peak of Beenkeragh and then by northern slopes of Knockbrinnea to Gaddah River valley and Cronin's Yard. The day before the ascent I hiked from the village of Beaufort through famous Gap of Dunloe to Black valley and back, great evening and sunset impressions. Wonderful area. | |
| Posted May 8, 2007 7:46 am | ||
| Nanuls | A religious experience (well almost) | |
| Climbed it a few years ago, it rained all the way up, but whe we got to the summit, the cloud cleared showing blue sky with the corss on the top partially eclipsing the sun. This alomst felt like divine intervention. | |
| Posted Apr 27, 2007 8:49 am | ||
| rematore | Carrauntoohil | |
| Wet, low visibility...forced to turn back. | |
| Posted Nov 1, 2006 8:09 pm | ||
| Jay Power | Devils' Staircase Date Climbed: Jul 1, 1978 | |
| Very wet and zero visibility from what I remember. | |
| Posted Sep 19, 2006 10:07 am | ||
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