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Name:Carrauntoohil
Hill number:20001
Height:1038.6m / 3407ft
RHB Section:50C: Macgillycuddy's Reeks
County/UA:Kerry
County (CoH):Kerry (CoH)
Hill area:MacGillycuddy's Reeks
Class:Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Furth, Hewitt,
Historic County Top, Current County/UA Top, Dillon, Vandeleur-Lynam, Arderin
(Ma,Hu,Sim,F,Hew,CoH,CoU,Dil,VL,A,P600,P500)
Grid ref:V 80364 84424
Summit feature:outcrop 4m W of large cross
Drop:1038.6m
Col:Sea
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 78
Survey:Abney level/Trimble GeoXH 6000
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  • Kerry historic county top
  • Kerry current county/UA top

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Learykid03/03/2024
A Nine mile horseshoe walk from the Hydro carpark taking in ten tops Caher west, Caher, Carrauntoohil, Na Cnamha, Beenkeragh, Knockbrinnea East, Knockbrinnea west, Stumpa Barr na hAbhann, Skregmore, and Cnoc lochtair, the day took Eight hours. The ridge inbetween Carrauntoohil and Beenkeragh is best done on a calm dry day when it should pose no problems.WAYNE ROWLETT03/09/2023
Learykid03/09/2023
oldbagger2702/09/2023
Learykid24/07/2023
OMC (unofficial) trip to Ireland: Parked at Breanlee, with Ian McCabe, Richard Moore, Nicky Creadland & Tricia Teeling, we hiked up the hydro track to Lough Lochtair. Then we followed a path up the shoulder and on to the summit of Cnoc Lochtair, then along the ridge over Skregmore and up to Beenkeragh. The bones ridge was no where near as bad as the Jim Ryan guidebook (Collins Press) described. We ascended Bone Peak without difficulty, from there involved an interesting scramble around to the tops of gullies, then up to Carrauntoohil. The descent and ascent up to Caher was fine, with a bearable noticeable drop before the Caher West Top. Descending down to the NW shoulder of the West Top was slow and the steep section of the hydro road was horrible. Showers throughout the day but long periods of good views, 08:35hrs all in.chillyman817/07/2023
SunnyAdventures212/06/2023
TeamMoo17/05/2023
Saturday evening flight from Edinburgh to Cork then hire car to hydro track car park. About an hour's semi-sleep in the car then off at 3.20am wearing full waterproofs & headtorches. Wet, windy and wild ascent via the tops on the Caher ridge. Descended same route and drove back to Cork in time for late Sunday afternoon flight back to Edinburgh.Lindsay M14/05/2023
With L & RJanet M14/05/2023
Rod M14/05/2023
Pete R12/05/2023
Learykid11/12/2022
Learykid22/10/2022
Part of a long ridge walk in glorious weather with Andy. Took about 7 hours.Tintenty01/09/2022
anguscow24/08/2022
Learykid17/07/2022
Did coomlougha Horseshoe trail taking in cnoc iochtair, Skregmore,stumpa barr, knockbrinnea, knockbrinnea NE, Beenkeragh, The Bones Peak, Carrauntoohil, caher and caher west top.Danny Devlin18/06/2022
From Cronins Yard path then Devil's Ladder.willyross18/06/2022
lindaross18/06/2022
ChrisShaw199316/06/2022
davezeking06/06/2022
Learykid29/05/2022
georgecaren05/03/2022
From the hydro car park, anticlockwise after an aborted attempt at the horseshoe yesterday. Much better conditions today with stunning views: Caher West Top, Caher and Carrauntoohil. Decent via O'Shea's gully and a lift to our car with a pair of kind fellow hikers!Lazylizzie30/10/2021
Learykid10/10/2021
SunnyAdventures16/08/2021
Learykid27/06/2021
Learykid01/01/2021
Learykid06/12/2020
Learykid20/09/2020
Learykid18/09/2020
JGamble9713/09/2020
Learykid24/05/2020
DaveMcS02/10/2019
From Cronin's Yard via The Devil's Ladder. At the top in 2h 10m. Lunch. The cloud cleared; the crowd gasped. The way to Beenkeragh was revealed. There and back in 2hrs. Even more crowded on my return.ChrisR13/07/2019
Learykid13/07/2019
Thom2412/07/2019
Learykid29/06/2019
From Cronin's Yard. With NB. Much development at Cronin's Yard since my last visit in 2005, and the path along the valley improved with the two foot bridges. Low cloud from near the base of the Devil's Ladder, which we emerged from near the summit.30 minutes on the summit in very atmospheric conditions, bright sunshine above and swirling cloud in most directions. Investigated the route to Binn Chaorach but didn't fancy the scramble, so descended down the path to beautiful Loch Coimin Uacharach and then the interesting and varied but rough and slow faint path back to the glen.Owen B28/06/2019
EilidhH12/06/2019
richtea504015/05/2019
From hydro road Carrauntoohil via Caher. Amazing day for 4 February. Sunny and still. Lots of snow. 3 1/2 hours up, just over 2 hours back.callumorr04/02/2019
solitaryfellwanderer24/12/2018
outlawcatcher10/10/2018
St Pedro23/09/2018
With Rob and Wendy and part of my quest to climb all the highest points in the four nations and IrelandJimearl601/09/2018
It feels great to have got to the summit of the highest mountain in Ireland.Alancache21/06/2018
Blair28226/05/2018
Onzy10/11/2017