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Route No:
3295
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Crag:
Annach Re Mhor
Aranmore Island
Barnesmore Gap - Biddy's Buttress
Barnesmore Gap - McDaid's Buttress
Ben Bulben
Ben Cormac (Lough Barra)
Bingorm Central (Lough Barra)
Bingorm East (Lough Barra)
Bingorm West (Lough Barra)
Binion Crags - Clonmany
Black Zawn (Breaghy Head)
Carrickfinn - Harbour crag
Carrigan Head (Black Rock)
Cathar Castle
Cooney Rock
Crag of Dan
Croc an affrain
Crohy Head South
Cruit Island
Cruit Island - Albatross Sea Wall
Cruit Island - Albatross Zawn
Cruit Island - Aughnish Point
Cruit Island - Back To Black Wall
Cruit Island - Black Wall
Cruit Island - Block Wall
Cruit Island - Cruit Cave
Cruit Island - Deep Gash Crag
Cruit Island - Far West Buttress
Cruit Island - Farmhouse Crag
Cruit Island - Flying Wedge Wall
Cruit Island - Forgotten Wall
Cruit Island - Frankonian Wall
Cruit Island - Golfers Crag
Cruit Island - Inis Oileantraigh
Cruit Island - Jock's Wall
Cruit Island - Lost Wall
Cruit Island - New Dawn Wall
Cruit Island - Scalpachore Wall. West Face
Cruit Island - Silent Wall
Cruit Island - The Outdoor Climbing Wall
Cruit Island - Torboy
Cruit Island - Traderg Wall Area
Cruit Island - Wall of Winter sun
Cruit Island - Wave Wall
Cruit Island - Western Island
Cruit Island - Zinken Wall
Cruit Island- Fogg Wall
Cruit Island- New Dawn Wall
Crummies Bay (Port Na Sionnach)
Culdaff (Dunmore Head) Left Crags.
Culdaff (Dunmore) Finbarr Wall
Culdaff - Dunmore Head
Culdaff - Dunowen (Brazil Rock)
Culdaff - Dunowen (Campsite Area)
Culdaff - Dunowen (Pinnacle Bay)
Culdaff - Galavoir Point
Dawros Head
Doagh Island
Donegal Bouldering
Dunaff Head, Binnastooka
Dungloon (Kinnego)
Dunsevrick
Eglish (Ceasefire Wall)
Eglish (Easter Wall)
Eglish (Far Easter Wall)
Eglish (Middle Easter Wall)
Eglish (The Gatepost)
Eglish - Glenbrittle Wall
Eglish - Teardrop Wall
Eglish Valley - The Outpost
Eglish, Kitchen Wall
End's of the Earth Crag
Errigal
Fogg Wall
Glascairns Hill
Glenagivne Wall (The Music House)
Glenagivne, Doherty\'s Folly
Glenveigh/Glenlack
Gola - Binatoke Back Wall
Gola - Binatoke NE Wall
Gola - Binatoke SW Wall
Gola - Binn an Rosuailt
Gola - Easter Wall
Gola - Gripple Wall
Gola - Inland Crag
Gola - Island Wall
Gola - Island Zawn
Gola - John’s Wall
Gola - Main Wall
Gola - Mhachaire na nGall Walls
Gola - Narrow Zawn
Gola - NW Zawn Area
Gola - NW Zawn End Wall
Gola - Owey Wall
Gola - Scoilt Uí Dhugáin
Gola - South Walls
Gola - South West Corner
Gola - Southside Buttress
Gola - Torglass Island
Gola - Twin Cave Buttress Area
Happy Valli Crag
Hawk Rock
Horn Head
Illanamarve - Inis Bo Finne Island
Irrenedox
Island View
King Mintiagh (Barnanmore)
Leenan Head
Lough Belshade (Belshade Buttress)
Lough Belshade (Blaeberry Buttress)
Lough Belshade (High Crags)
Lough Belshade (Two Tier Buttress)
Lough Belshade, Red Gully
Malin Head (Bamba\'s Buttress)
Malin Head (Devil\'s Bridge Area)
Malin Head (Dunaldragh Isle)
Malin Head (First Headland)
Malin Head (Magdalen Walls)
Malin Head (Sea Area Malin)
Malin Head (The cauldron)
Malin Head (Uncle Monty's)
Malin Head ,Skildren Mor.
Malin Head - Nobble Amphitheatre
Malin Head The Bow
Malin Laundry
Malinbeg (Alba Wall)
Malinbeg (Duan Head)
Malinbeg (Main West Wall)
Malinbeg (Narrow Zawn)
Malinbeg (North End)
Malinbeg (Prawn Zawn)
Malinbeg (South End)
Malinbeg (The Island)
Melmore - Boyeeghter Bay
Melmore- Altweary Bay
Melmore- Rosses Point
Melmore-Lough Beg
Mountain Bike Routes
Mountain Bike routes Inishowen
Muckish (Balor's Buttress)
Muckish (McSwyne's Buttress)
Muckross Head
Owey - Fluted Buttress
Owey Island (East)
Owey Island (West)
Owey Island, Torglass Offshore Area
Poisoned Glen (Ballaghageeha Buttress)
Poisoned Glen (Bearnas Buttress)
Poisoned Glen (Creag Na Mbreac)
Poisoned Glen (Last Small Buttress).
Poisoned Glen (The Castle)
Poisoned Glen (Trinity Buttress)
Poisoned Glen (West Buttress)
Poisoned Glen, Guinness Walls
Pollnalong
Port A Doris
Port Bay
Ramore Head, Portrush
Rathlin O'Byrne
Rocky Gap
Roskeeragh Point
Runkerry
Sail Rock
Scalp na gCapail
Sea Stack: Humped Ridge Stack
Sea Stacks and Pinnacles
Skelpoonagh Bay
Slieve Snaght
Sturrall Headland
Test Crag NI
The Crow's Nest
Tor Na Dumhcha
Tory Island
Tremone Bay
Umfin Island
Union Woods - Union Wall
Warm Bay Point
Winter Routes.
Winter Routes. Bluestacks
Winter Routes. Errigal
Winter Routes. Horse-Shoe Coire
Winter Routes. Mac Uchta.
Winter Routes. Maumlack.
Winter Routes. Muckish
Winter Routes. Poison Glen
Winter Routes. Slieve Snaght
Zermsnams
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<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; line-height: 107%; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Introduction</span></span></b></p> <p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">I bought my first (bomb damaged) mountain bike in Omagh in the 1980s and, since that time, have watched to sport evolve in a number of ways.<span style=\"margin: 0px;\"> </span>Initially, I had no idea what to do with this wonderful piece of machinery.<span style=\"margin: 0px;\"> </span>Having failed miserably to cycle up and down mountains, my attention turned to the trails of the north west, which I researched from the OS maps (and my background of hillwalking activities), cycled, and duly logged.</span></p> <p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sales of mountain bikes continued apace, but these appeared to have been used largely in urban areas, or within forestry, and a further development was the construction of ‘Custom- built’ trails within the forest providing a variety of colour coded challenges similar to that on the ski slopes of Europe.<span style=\"margin: 0px;\"> </span>These are a great, (and justifiably popular), resource, but I always feel that scenery is in short supply within man made forests.<span style=\"margin: 0px;\"> </span></span></span></p> <p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">The proliferation of forestry sites in the north west means that bikers can get off the road without having to travel too far.<span style=\"margin: 0px;\"> </span>It would be impractical to list and comment on each of these.</span></p> <p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">The rides included in this guide are largely non technical excursions into the most remote and beautiful places in the north west of Ireland, and they vary in length from under 2 hours to nearer 10, with as much ‘off road’ as I could manage.<span style=\"margin: 0px;\"> </span>I have tried to include worthwhile refreshment stops, but this has not always been possible due to the remoteness of the terrain.</span></p> <p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Google ‘Mountain Biking in Ireland’, and little or nothing refers to the northwest area, with the exception of Trailbadger.<span style=\"margin: 0px;\"> </span>This site gives useful information on the various forestry areas, along with a number of routes, many of which are covered in some form in this guide, with the notable exception of the ascent and descent of Errigal (which I feel<span style=\"margin: 0px;\"> </span>is both pointless and irresponsible).</span></p> <p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">There is a Donegal Mountain Biking club, with its own Facebook page.</span></p> <p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;\"> </span><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\">Using this guide</b></span></span></p> <p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Apparently Ireland has a higher percentage of roads per inhabitant than anywhere else in Europe, which means that our thoroughfares tend to be less used, and indeed less maintained.<span style=\"margin: 0px;\"> </span>Whilst our nearest neighbour Scotland has relatively few roads, and most of these are therefore busy, it has many more rough trails.<span style=\"margin: 0px;\"> </span>These are relatively rare in Ireland and, of the ones we have, our forestry trails are probably the most accessible.<span style=\"margin: 0px;\"> </span>This guide endeavours to utilise our dense network of minor roads with a variety of off road trails, to visit some of the most interesting places in our rural landscape.<span style=\"margin: 0px;\"> </span>These routes are rarely technical, so colours are used to indicate terrain ‘under wheel’, rather than as a guide to difficulty.<span style=\"margin: 0px;\"> </span></span></span></p> <p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Colour Coding.</span></p> <p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Blue.<span style=\"margin: 0px;\"> </span>Surfaced, at least to some extent, possibly liberally laced with rushes or grass.</span></p> <p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Yellow. Easily cyclable, eg<span style=\"margin: 0px;\"> </span>forestry standard gravel track, or custom built walking or cycling trail.</span></p> <p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Orange. Heavier going, boggy, rocky, or muddy track.</span></p> <p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Green.<span style=\"margin: 0px;\"> </span>Grass or sand</span></p> <p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Black.<span style=\"margin: 0px;\"> </span>Difficult, steep, technical.</span></p> <p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Equipment</span></b></p> <p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Many of these routes are in remote areas, so in addition to having a bicycle equal to the terrain and the skill and fitness to use it, a degree of self suffiency is vital in navigation( competent use of map and compass, GPS or Navigational Ap).<span style=\"margin: 0px;\"> </span>In the case of accident or breakdown, a first aid and cycle repair kit should be carried.<span style=\"margin: 0px;\"> </span>It being Ireland, waterproof clothing is a must, carry food, water and a torch, and a small rucksack is very helpful for these, and all your other bits and pieces.<span style=\"margin: 0px;\"> </span>It cannot be assumed that there will be mobile phone coverage where you need it.<span style=\"margin: 0px;\"> </span>Wear a helmet and high visibility clothing.</span></p> <p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\">Emergencies.</b><span style=\"margin: 0px;\"> </span>Dial 999 or the EU equivalent 112, will connect you to the emergency services either side of the border.</span></span></p> <p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Directions, accuracy and access.</span></b></p> <p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of these route descriptions, but changes to tracks and access can, and will, occur, and the authors are unable to guarantee the accuracy of each detail on an ongoing basis.<span style=\"margin: 0px;\"> </span>Directions are based on personal experience and the OS 1:50,000 series of maps, with 6 fig grid references supplied where necessary.</span></p> <p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #061c37; font-family: \'Arial\',sans-serif;\">Once off the public road, it must not be assumed that every track has a right of access, and whilst we are unaware of any instances of access problems, it must be borne in mind that many of these are on private ground, and virtually anywhere you step off the road in Ireland, you are legally trespassing, whether you are on private land or commonage.</span></p> <p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #061c37; font-family: \'Arial\',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;\"> </span>In effect, problems are relatively rare, as most farmers and landowners are hospitable, courteous people, and it is important to keep it that way by respecting them, their property, and abiding by the principles of ‘Leave no Trace’.<span style=\"margin: 0px;\"> </span>If you are in areas that may be used by walkers or other trail users, keep speed under control, and give way.</span></p> <p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #061c37; font-family: \'Arial\',sans-serif;\">It is also important to be aware of the situation regarding liability. No one within the Irish legal system has ever successfully sued a landowner for any injury or damage arising from anything \'natural\' on his land (or walls or fences either) and several speculative claims have been rejected, so legal precedent is clear.<span style=\"margin: 0px;\"> </span>Don’t even think about it, as speculative claims cause scare stories and result in access problems.<span style=\"margin: 0px;\"> </span></span></p> <p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\"> </span></p> <p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\"> </span></p> <p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\"> </span></p> <span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman;\">Add </span>route description here...
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