Errigal, centre, taken from Dooey strand early on a summer's day.
The mountain to the left is Mackoght, part of the Glover
Highlander walk route while to the right and more distant is
Slieve Snaght, which is in the Glenveagh National Park. The
ascent up Errigal is 346m, and it is hard to avoid the gradient
of around 25 to 30%.
The last check point of the organised walk and its official end
is in Dunlewy which is approximately in line with the summit of
Errigal in this photo, but on the other side. From the top if you
take a direct route to the end, then you will walk down a scree
slope, which is long and unstable in places.
Fears of causing erosion damage have led many people to avoid
this route, however whatever route is chosen it is necessary to
drop around 690m to get to the road, a serious test of the knees
and patience!
Return to Glover description.