Coumshingaun Lough (circular route + cave)
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 6.46 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,631 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Difficult
- Elevation loss
- 2,631 ft
- Max elevation
- 2,568 ft
- TrailRank
-
69
5
- Min elevation
- 506 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Moving time
- 3 hours 40 minutes
- Time
- 6 hours 31 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1884
- Uploaded
- September 19, 2021
- Recorded
- September 2021
near Fews, Munster (Ireland)
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Itinerary description
Coumshingaun is one of the finest examples of a corrie in Europe and the Comeragh mountains most famous landmark. Corries were formed by glacier movement during the ice age.
The Coumshingaun Hike isn’t one you do without proper preparation – this trail is treacherous in places. Plan your walk for a day when the weather is good (gets difficult espeically when wet, its very slippy).
Wear decent hiking shoes (absolutely essential) and bring appropriate clothing and snacks. The trail is hard to follow in places, so the ability to navigate is required. This isn’t a walk for inexperienced hikers.
The Coumshingaun Loop Walk is hard and it gets very challenging in places. Good fitness levels are required as it gets very steep at times and you’ll also need to scramble over some rocks.
Although you can do this trail clockwise or anti-clockwise, it’s recommended that you follow the trail CLOCKWISE. If you do the anti-clockwise trail, some of the descents are very steep and tricky.
In years gone by a man named Jim Fitzgerald (1891-1959), a WWI veteran who was also known as the ’Hermit of Lackendara’ returned from the war and decided to live the rest of his life here in a cave at the edge of the lake.
The Coumshingaun Hike isn’t one you do without proper preparation – this trail is treacherous in places. Plan your walk for a day when the weather is good (gets difficult espeically when wet, its very slippy).
Wear decent hiking shoes (absolutely essential) and bring appropriate clothing and snacks. The trail is hard to follow in places, so the ability to navigate is required. This isn’t a walk for inexperienced hikers.
The Coumshingaun Loop Walk is hard and it gets very challenging in places. Good fitness levels are required as it gets very steep at times and you’ll also need to scramble over some rocks.
Although you can do this trail clockwise or anti-clockwise, it’s recommended that you follow the trail CLOCKWISE. If you do the anti-clockwise trail, some of the descents are very steep and tricky.
In years gone by a man named Jim Fitzgerald (1891-1959), a WWI veteran who was also known as the ’Hermit of Lackendara’ returned from the war and decided to live the rest of his life here in a cave at the edge of the lake.
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Waypoint
667 ft
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Summit
Cave
Picnic
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Asomate a la loma
Lovely loop with a straightforward enough trail in good conditions. We did it on an extremely windy day which did make it tricky at times. Do wear propper boots as we had both ice and quite deep mud.
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Good auld craig