Donnard

[Kirth]

binnian is a bit of a slog i'll admit!

would you say it was harder than donnard or bernagh?

I have only done the two Peaks Donnard & Bernagh, and I would say Bernagh is definatley harder, but far better

[chris]

binnian is a bit of a slog i'll admit!

would you say it was harder than donnard or bernagh?

Its hard to comapre to different hills, bernagh is steep but quick. I would say binnian is more in the donard catagory not that steep a gradient for the majority of it but its quite drawn out if you know what I mean. If think it might be to hard you can just walk up the path to the blue lough then break left and cut up binnian the back way.

[andy1984]

Was just studying the map last night as was wondering what this walk would be like,

Start at meelmore, up to hares gap, turnleft  ,up slievenaglogh follow wall over slieve corragh, then up slieve commedagh. come down into the saddle between commedagh and donnard and down to brandy pad back to hares gap and down to meelmore!

how hard will this be? is it harder than donnard from bloody bridge? or bernagh from meelmore?

Thanks for the advice

Andy

[suspectmonkey]

Start at meelmore, up to hares gap, turnleft  ,up slievenaglogh follow wall over slieve corragh, then up slieve commedagh. come down into the saddle between commedagh and donnard and down to brandy pad back to hares gap and down to meelmore!

Andy, that is pretty much the walk that me and J did for the Donard Wood camp.  Only difference is that after hitting the saddle we swung left following the Glen River to Donard Wood and went back up that way and onto the Brandy Pad the following day.  Take a look at this link, J plotted out the route using his mapping software.  Its a good enough wee route, as you can see the total ascent isnt actually all that much and once you hit the saddle the route back on the Brandy Pad is pretty much flat until Hares' Gap again.

[andy1984]

cheers suspectmonkey.

What mapping software is that? Is there anything like that for free!? 

the weather looks like its going to cloudy tomorrow... hopefully the mournes wont be covered!!

[RedLeader]

www.mapyx.com.

£45 or so for 1:50,000 for the whole of Northern Ireland, £15 or so for 1:25,000 of the Mournes.

Worth every penny in my book!

[andy1984]

thanks i'll have a look!