After a long hiking break we decided to do an other hike before it gets really cold here. This time we decided to hike the impressive Benbulben near Sligo.
You climb up via Pinnacle Gully which you can see on the image above. Very Steep and somewhat dangerous.
Tons of these little mushrooms on the way. Anyone knows which this is?
Getting closer to the top … SPOOKY!
First stop and really near to the top. The first climb is the hardest and toughest part. Make sure you have decent footwear. One slip and you are gone. I am not kidding! But it feels so good being up there.
You can see the ocean.
And up the last part through a narrow stone passage way
This was the coolest part of the hike the Pinnacle Gully!
Up on the plateau.
Glencar lake aka Lough an Chairthe is down there.
More plateau .. tons of tiny rivers on the way.
This was nice too. A bucket cable system which got used but coal mines further north.
Pretty steep, he?
What is he doing? NO!
Haven’t seen him, ever since. Crazy Bastard.
This hike is also from this awesome Atlantic Hill Walk Book available at Amazon UK, Amazon US and Amazon Deutschland. It was the Number 8 Hike called : The Glencar Escarpment and took us 4 1/2 hours.
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Best Hiking Backpacks wrote,
wow, really peaceful place
nice photos, the mushroom macro is awesome
that place really has to be amazing and it looks like a place where it’s foggy all the year
Link | November 14th, 2007 at 12:49 am
Pappy Powell wrote,
Okay, now I see why the tetanus shot was needed! Luckily it wasn’t the trauma unit for slipping on the gully. Beautiful pictures, there’s no place like Ireland for scenery!
Link | November 14th, 2007 at 3:02 am
Mister Bigby wrote,
Yeah Yeah…that looks likes the banks of the Little Darby Creek near Milford Center, OH. Maybe a little more elavation and sheer inpirational beauty. Goddam. Those pictures, more than any others, make me really wish I could go to Ireland. Now I can see how the great poets of the isle had material to work with.
Link | November 17th, 2007 at 11:41 pm
OSoNY wrote,
Ack I’m homesick. That Ireland Blog TV of the Dublin parade had to have been shot from the roof at Trinity College. I recognize the view. That was pretty much the view from my window.
Link | November 24th, 2007 at 9:25 pm
ttomasso wrote,
great! I must do it one day too! Anyway, ask any ordinary Porrick if this climb is possible, you’ll hear Noooo way, are you crazy?
Link | November 26th, 2007 at 2:48 pm
ireland blog wrote,
TT..
LOL … some farmer guy saw us taking off our hiking shoes after the hike and was pretty impressed that we have been up there, he almost did not believe it.
Link | November 26th, 2007 at 4:26 pm
Tom wrote,
Did you have any access problems on that side of the mountain? Or has that problem subsided a little?
Link | March 22nd, 2008 at 10:03 pm
ireland blog wrote,
I would say that this was the most dangerous hike I did while being in Ireland. So make sure to be in top form so you don’t lose your balance. It does get very exhausting but going up that gully is really exciting and worth it.
Link | March 24th, 2008 at 10:58 am
Damien wrote,
Hello there,
Looks like to be a fun hike. Could you tell me how to get there, I mean, what’s the name of the nearest village.
All the best,
Damien
Link | May 23rd, 2008 at 10:52 pm
Cormac wrote,
Oh, my God! If you turned your camera a bit to the left, my house would be in plain sight! AAAH! lol!
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m275/jogi21/default/ben-bulben-sligo-mountain.jpg <<< That’s been taken from my neighbour’s field!
Hmm… It’s been exactly 364 days since there was a comment on this…. Should I wait to send this tomorrow?…
Nah! =)
Link | March 23rd, 2009 at 8:52 pm
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Link | August 12th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
Michael wrote,
is any different way to bicycle to the top of benbulben ??
Link | November 23rd, 2010 at 7:15 pm
Kris wrote,
Hi,
How to get to the Pinnacle Gully? Do I have to drive to Glencare or the other side of the mount?
Would like to explore this, looks great!
Link | February 26th, 2016 at 7:00 pm