SNOW

[jock]

hows those boots holding up liam?? looks like they are getting a good work out!! 

[LandyLiam]

oh yes, its a strange and great feeling having dry feet at the end of every hike    although they look a year old now with the abuse they've had, i'll soon know how tough this leather really is 

[simon]

I managed to get out today to enjoy the snow ...  just can't resist the pull! Bloody good day in the hills!

[LandyLiam]

i didn't manage to get out there tonight and and looks quite wet anyway, hopefully driving through them tomorrow while still daylight, might have time for a quick summit if a see some snow

[whoRya]

Nice to see a bright coloured jacket there Simon.  Makes a change from black.  Mines black though too

[LandyLiam]

well you'll like my red coat then 


got a quick pop up the hills during my lunchbreak today, not much snow left below 650m, i was lower and didn't have time to go high, just a wee quick scoot up carn mountain


crossing the stile at the slieve loughshannagh/carn saddle



a zoom in on bearnagh






on the way up carn






at carn summit






windy up here



spotted this guy following me down, didn't talk much

[wee gaz]

great pics, your 1st photo is where Chloe and me had late lunch on sunday. it was very windy at style and bitterly cold so no argument from me when Chloe asked to go back

[Mourneman]

Nice photos liam

[surfnscenic]

Liam, just how long is your lunch break?

[LandyLiam]

cheeky sod  , that walk could have been done in an hour, took me 2 but a have a few hours owed to me 

[surfnscenic]

cheeky sod  , that walk could have been done in an hour, took me 2 but a have a few hours owed to me 

  See as you had you little thing out, the windometre or whatever its called was it not a working lunch?

[ChuckMcB]

Couple more pics to throw into the mix.

Was up Binnion on Monday
First time I've been up it since the path got fixed up...and it's excellent, dead easy to follow, but it's not just boring monotonous steps like up Donard, looks really natural plenty of bits that you have to clamber over.


Windly but only a light dusting of snow.




Sun was shining on the other side of the valley.

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And Slieve Gullion on Tuesday (never done this one before)

Was a bit hairy but the path was easy enough to follow..well erroded with blue stakes in the ground every hundred yards.


Loads of snow. Ankle deep on the path, knee deep off piste and chest deep drifts at the summit (face planted myself a couple searching for a geocache up there)


Icy summit uber cairn.....


.... with trig point on top.


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[whoRya]

"Round round get around, Chuck gets around"

What's the craic with that "path closed" sign?  Is that up out of Carrick Little?  I was maybe going to be up that way on Saturday.

[ChuckMcB]

Yup, taking advantage of a week's holiday

Indeed the sign was at the Black Gate (top of the lane coming from the carrick little cark park)
I suspect it was just a H&S thing as I saw two of the fellas from the Mourne Heritage Trust working a small digger on the path that runs past the forest.
I wouldn't worry about it too much, you will be able to get past them ok.

[Spud]

great pics chuck, that path up binnian is great, heres a wee snap I took of a portion of it on a particularly cloudy day up there!