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Challenge Yourself

Ireland's mountains afford us endless opportunities for challenge, either as part of an organised event or individually. One of the more achievable challenges for hillwalkers is to hike all of Ireland's highest hundred peaks. These peaks are listed in Mountaineering Ireland's Irish Peaks publication, along with detailed route descriptions contributed by Mountaineering Ireland members from across the island of Ireland.

Challenge Walks

Many clubs organise challenge walks throughout the year, which can be a great way to meet new people out on the hills, explore an upland area that you are not so familiar with, and enjoy the camaraderie of an organised event. The challenge routes can also be done on your own at any time of the year. Find a list of challenge walks and hillwalking festivals here. 

Arderins

Mountaineering Ireland and MountainViews have collaborated to promote an all-island list of Irish mountains, capable of acquiring the status and recognition of the Scottish Munro list. The Arderins is a list of over 400 mountains that are 500+m in height with a prominence of at least 30m. The term ‘Arderin’ is symbolic, meaning ‘Ireland’s height’ in Irish (Ard Éireann), as well as being the name of a hill located close to the geographical centre of the island. For most, the Arderins list is a life-time challenge.


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MountainViews

MountainViews.ie is a non-profit website providing useful information about all of Ireland’s hills and mountains. Check out the site and find over 10,000 comments on 1,500+ summits with trip reports and starting places, access, photos and videos. Find thousands of members tracks with inspiration for your trip. Beyond data find shared interest from the stories of fellow hillwalkers of the ways they have gone.

MountainViews also promotes Summiteering (visiting each summit on a list) as an important and thriving discipline of hillwalking, with finisher records and Annual Awards meeting. From easier to harder here are some of the 23 lists on offer:




Picture: Getting information shared by other users for Mullaghanattin in Kerry.