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Date: Sunday 14 JulyGrade: Hard/Strenuous
Cost: €35.00
Meeting point: Clydach Bridge car park ( R 875 279) at 10.30am
To book this hike go to http://mountaintrails.ie/guided-hikes-and-mountaineering-courses/galtymore-cushnabinnia-horseshoe-guided-day-hike/
or call +353 (0)86 4466997
There is no transport available from Dublin for this hike.
Height gain: 1020 metres (3350 feet)
Distance: 13km, (8.0 miles)
The Cushnabinnia Horseshoe is at the heart of the Galty Mountains, and takes in its highest peak, Galtymore (919 metres), as well as Cush, Galtybeg and Slieve Cushnabinnia.
We start our hike at the small forest car park at Clydach Bridge in the north of the range, and from here head south and east to climb the lovely Cush, a delightful hill at 639 metres and a great viewpoint to see the steep north face of Galtymore.
We then drop down to overlook Borhean Lough before reascending to Galtybeg, where we follow a short but pleasant ridge to climb up to Galtymore, the highest mountain in the range and one of the thirteen Irish Furths (mountains over 3000 ft.)
There is time to take in the superb views before descending towards the subsidiary peak of Slieve Cushnabinnia. Finally, we descend via Knocknanuss to the forest and return to our start point. This hike is approx. 13km and has a height gain of 1020 metres. It should take around 6.5 hours to complete.
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