SLIEVE LEAGUE (Donegal, Irlanda)
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 8.67 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,333 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 2,333 ft
- Max elevation
- 2,169 ft
- TrailRank
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70
5
- Min elevation
- 348 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 5 hours 7 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1299
- Uploaded
- July 17, 2017
- Recorded
- July 2017
near Teelin, Ulster (Ireland)
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Slieve League (Ireland): up to the summit it took 2.20 hours.
Climb, in good weather, to one of the most emblematic summits in the north of Ireland, Slieve League (601 m), from where some of the highest cliffs in Europe hang: Bunglass. A beautiful, fantastic route, with breathtaking views, both the ocean and inland.
Start from the car park of Cunniltragh, where the platform with panoramic view to the Bunglass, and return by the Pilgrims Path ('road of the pilgrims'), to the town of Teelin, to make the circular route. From Teelin to the car park of Cunniltragh (last section of the route) you go by tertiary road (about 2-3 km).
Whoever wants to can make the round trip (avoiding the return by Pilgrims Path), more usual alternative and that saves some time.
The itinerary followed avoids crossing the One Man's Pass ('Paso de una sola persona'), a famous vertiginous section by a cornice, with a fall on both sides.
The most complicated area of the ascent is a scree located about 25 minutes from the top, which requires, sometimes, to rest your hands on the rock to advance, although there is no climbing or climbing. Crossing this section takes 20-30 minutes, which can be complicated, as the whole route in general, on rainy days (muddy ground and slippery stone) or with fog, which can cause location problems.
Climb, in good weather, to one of the most emblematic summits in the north of Ireland, Slieve League (601 m), from where some of the highest cliffs in Europe hang: Bunglass. A beautiful, fantastic route, with breathtaking views, both the ocean and inland.
Start from the car park of Cunniltragh, where the platform with panoramic view to the Bunglass, and return by the Pilgrims Path ('road of the pilgrims'), to the town of Teelin, to make the circular route. From Teelin to the car park of Cunniltragh (last section of the route) you go by tertiary road (about 2-3 km).
Whoever wants to can make the round trip (avoiding the return by Pilgrims Path), more usual alternative and that saves some time.
The itinerary followed avoids crossing the One Man's Pass ('Paso de una sola persona'), a famous vertiginous section by a cornice, with a fall on both sides.
The most complicated area of the ascent is a scree located about 25 minutes from the top, which requires, sometimes, to rest your hands on the rock to advance, although there is no climbing or climbing. Crossing this section takes 20-30 minutes, which can be complicated, as the whole route in general, on rainy days (muddy ground and slippery stone) or with fog, which can cause location problems.
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Panorama
Intersection
Summit
River
Door
466 ft
Cancela
Cancela
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The hike description is in Spanish. My settings are English. How do I see Hike summaries in English?
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Acabo de volver de Irlanda y entre otros montes, hemos subido este.
No acabo de reconocer el One man pass en las fotos que presentas.
Según nos comento una persona del lugar ese paso está poco antes de cima en el mismo corte del cordal. Es una arista de piedra inclinada de unos cien metros y sí es extremadamente peligrosa por las dos caídas que presenta. No es el camino de tierra que sale en tus fotos.
Lo que ocurre es que existe un sendero un poco más abajo, después de salir de la zona confusa de piedras que parece va impedir el avance (no está nada señalizada y hay que mantener un sentido ascendente en diagonal) Es te sendero evita el avance por la cornisa y sube hasta la cumbre sin ningún peligro.
También decirte el camino de peregrinos no pasa por el One man pass. Sube por las landas de brezo y turba, rebasada la vertical de la cumbre. Al llegar al corte del acantilado gira a la izquierda y alcanza la cumbre por el amplio pastizal cimero.
Muchas gracias por el aviso, i.renobales. Procedo a corregir el texto así como las denominaciones de las banderas sobre el mapa y los pies de fotos correspondientes.
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