Carnanmore
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 28.93 mi
- Elevation gain
- 3,638 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Difficult
- Elevation loss
- 3,638 ft
- Max elevation
- 1,241 ft
- TrailRank
- 25
- Min elevation
- -20 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Coordinates
- 500
- Uploaded
- July 19, 2022
- Recorded
- July 2022
near Cushendun, Northern Ireland (United Kingdom)
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Unmissable route, one of the most scenic that can be done in Northern Ireland, in which we set our goal on the most outstanding hill of this coastal area.
We follow the coastal route from Cushendun, always contemplating the Scottish coast, to descend to Torr Head, an amazing place from which to appreciate Scotland and the cliffs of Fair Head. The quiet climb from Torr Head has some pretty fucked up ramps, on some slopes 29 degrees of slope are reached. After this climb we head to Fair Head, with its hanging lakes on the famous dolerite cliffs. After having a snack in a small parking lot in Fair Head, we will head towards the Carnanmore.
To tackle its final climb, we turn off Ballyvennaght Road onto a track that, through fields full of sheep, brings us to a dead end, where we leave the bike (second gate). From here, there is no other option but to walk the last short stretch to the top of this hill, where there is an extraordinary megalithic burial mound and trig pillar.
The descent is the same, until the aforementioned little road, which soon becomes an unpaved track, takes us to the road that, coming from Ballycastle, leads us back to Cushendun.
We follow the coastal route from Cushendun, always contemplating the Scottish coast, to descend to Torr Head, an amazing place from which to appreciate Scotland and the cliffs of Fair Head. The quiet climb from Torr Head has some pretty fucked up ramps, on some slopes 29 degrees of slope are reached. After this climb we head to Fair Head, with its hanging lakes on the famous dolerite cliffs. After having a snack in a small parking lot in Fair Head, we will head towards the Carnanmore.
To tackle its final climb, we turn off Ballyvennaght Road onto a track that, through fields full of sheep, brings us to a dead end, where we leave the bike (second gate). From here, there is no other option but to walk the last short stretch to the top of this hill, where there is an extraordinary megalithic burial mound and trig pillar.
The descent is the same, until the aforementioned little road, which soon becomes an unpaved track, takes us to the road that, coming from Ballycastle, leads us back to Cushendun.
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