Irland

Dalla nostra fantastica vacanza-tour dell'Irlanda pubblichiamo - un po' in ritardo - il bellissimo percorso escursionistico sulle Cliff Of Moher, le fantastiche scogliere a picco sull'Atlantico. Prima di arrivare alle Cliff Of Moher, provenendo da Galway, si attraversa il Burren, nel nord della contea di Clare, una regione...

Dal nostro tour dell’Irlanda e dai tanti ricordi di una magnifica vacanza all’insegna della natura selvaggia, estrapoliamo e condividiamo questa escursione nel Parco Nazionale del Connemara - situato sulla costa atlantica dell’isola - con la salita alla Diamond Hill. Il Parco del Connemara, fondato nel 1980, tutela...

Wer kennt das Dilemma nicht; der Sommerurlaub steht an, aber auf eine kleine Bergtour kann und will man in Anbetracht auf folgende Alpenabenteuer auch nicht ganz verzichten. Wie gut das das gewählte Sommerziel Nordirland und Irland trotz etwas bescheideneren Gipfelhöhen das ein oder andere „Eingehtourchen“ bietet. Gerade...

Mweelrea is the highest mountain in the Irish province of Connach. The most interesting popular ascent starts at the northern end of Doo Lough, goes up into the cirque of Glencullin (which even has some proper moraines) and follows a bigramp up the edge of the cirque to a saddle south of the secondary summit of Ben Bury. Though...

Carrauntoohil is Ireland's highest point. Most hikers approach the mountain from the east, parking at either Cronin's Yard or Lisleibane, though ascents from the west are also popular here on Hikr. The three most popular routes from the east are: O'Shea's Gully, which aims for the saddle north of the main summit....

Mount Brandon is the highest point on the Dingle peninsula and the highest Irish mountain outside of MacGillycuddy's Reeks. The most popular ascent is the "Pilgrims path" which passes below the Faha ridge. The Cicerone guidebook "The Ridges of England, Wales and Ireland" describes two more challenging routes in the Brandon range:...

Achill Head, at approximately 90m above sea level, might seem like a laughable goal for a hike to the naive Swiss 4000m-bagger. But the appeal of this route lies exactly in the lack of altitude. Being directly surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean on both sides, the ridge leading up to Achill Head is one of the most continuously...

The information that I had about Errigal's Tower Ridge was rather limited. Some fragments that I found on the internet included "best way to climb Errigal", "loose rock", "can be solo'ed" and a vague topo on a blog. Enough to spark my interest. Equipped with a helmet for the loose rock, I set out to explore this route onto County...

Das nominierte Weltkulturerbe 'Königliche Stätten Irlands' umfasst fünf Stätten, entsprechend den vier historischen Provinzen/Reichen Ulster, Leinster, Munster and Connacht. Ursprünglich waren es fünf, doch das alte Meath wurde schon im frühem Mittelalter von Leinster "übernommen".   Die königlichen Stätten...

Cork Corkist die zweitgrösste Stadt des Landes. Auf einer Flussinsel des Lee gelegen, der früher bis an die alten Quais schiffbar war, ist man hier nie weit vom Wasser. Als die Schiffe grösser wurden und das Gerinne zunehmend versandete, wurde der Hafen ins etwa 20 km südlich gelegene Cobh verlegt. Cork hat eine...