Slieve Gullion - Black Mountain
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- Distance
- 30.89 mi
- Elevation gain
- 4,321 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Difficult
- Elevation loss
- 4,321 ft
- Max elevation
- 2,139 ft
- TrailRank
- 25
- Min elevation
- 164 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Coordinates
- 500
- Uploaded
- July 27, 2022
- Recorded
- July 2022
near Meigh, Northern Ireland (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
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Splendid route to the Gullion Ring, ascending to two of its main peaks.
The climb to Black Mt. is quite fast, first by a fabulous trail through the Ravensdale Forest and finally connecting with a paved road that leads us to its top, adorned with two huge antennas and a cairn at its highest point. The views from here are amazing, perfectly distinguishing the ring of hills that surround the Slieve Gullion, geologically exceptional in the world. On the descent towards the Newry canal we will literally burn our brakes.
To head for the main objective, the Slieve Gullion, we will previously climb the pass of Fathom Hill (we had intended to climb to its top but that is a jungle) stopping at the Flagstaff view point. The Gullion is attacked from its homonymous parking lot, with some interesting little ramps at the beginning. We reach the small existing parking lot at the foot of its ascent trail, where we leave the bike and undertake its last section on foot, about 200 m of unevenness over just over 1 km. The top is amazing, with its enormous cairn on a magnificent megalithic burial mound, surrounded by its ring of hills. The descent, after overcoming a couple of short ramps halfway, we made it quickly, burning the few brakes we had left.
The climb to Black Mt. is quite fast, first by a fabulous trail through the Ravensdale Forest and finally connecting with a paved road that leads us to its top, adorned with two huge antennas and a cairn at its highest point. The views from here are amazing, perfectly distinguishing the ring of hills that surround the Slieve Gullion, geologically exceptional in the world. On the descent towards the Newry canal we will literally burn our brakes.
To head for the main objective, the Slieve Gullion, we will previously climb the pass of Fathom Hill (we had intended to climb to its top but that is a jungle) stopping at the Flagstaff view point. The Gullion is attacked from its homonymous parking lot, with some interesting little ramps at the beginning. We reach the small existing parking lot at the foot of its ascent trail, where we leave the bike and undertake its last section on foot, about 200 m of unevenness over just over 1 km. The top is amazing, with its enormous cairn on a magnificent megalithic burial mound, surrounded by its ring of hills. The descent, after overcoming a couple of short ramps halfway, we made it quickly, burning the few brakes we had left.
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