The NWMC Route |
| Location: Errigal Grade: D - Length: 300m |
| First ascent: North West Mountaineering Club 1950s |
| Route Description: |
| An excellent airy scrambling mountain that is renowned as the Connoisseur Hill walker’s route to Donegal’s highest summit. Members of the North West Mountaineering Club have been climbing it since the 1950s and the route has the potential to be as easy or as hard as you want it to be. It is an excellent route in both summer and winter conditions but the rock can be very greasy when wet so care must be taken. The ridge faces 10 NNE, is poorly protected but can always be avoided by a winding path on the western flank. At the Northern base of the mountain, make your way up a short scree slope and gain some rocky blocks and scramble up to the Col. These blocks can be avoided on the right hand flank. From the col, locate a sloping slab with a very visible off-width crack high on the eastern flank of the ridge. Climb this crack and step right and follow the ridge from here. The best line is to make sure that you always have a good view down the Eastern Face of the mountain and a view of 'Tower Ridge' on the Western flank. Follow the ridge until you come to a high rock that has an overhanging base. To escape, you can scramble off to the western flank. However, it is best avoided on the eastern side and after 4 metres scramble back up to the ridge and follow the ridge until you meet the walker's path on the western flank. From here it is a pleasant dander up to the col with ‘Tower Ridge’ and then onto Errigal’s Summit. For me, it’s definitely a 3 star route *** |
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Route Number: 2120