Walking the Mourne Mountains covers one of the finest hill-walking destinations in Ireland - a compact granite range rising steeply from the Irish Sea coast of County Down, Northern Ireland. This definitive guide presents 30 primary routes and over 70 variations, graded Easy to Very Hard, taking in all 14 mountain summits including Slieve Donard (850m), the highest point in Northern Ireland and Ulster, and many smaller hills.
Routes are organised into four sections - Eastern Mournes, Western Mournes, the Mourne Wall, and the Mourne Ultra - ranging from gentle forest rambles and valley circuits to challenging high-level horseshoe ridge walks. Every route features accurate GPX-measured distances and ascent figures, with indicative times calculated to Naismith’s Rule. Highlights include the famous 32km (19.5-mile) Mourne Wall Challenge and the newly-created Mourne Ultra: a set of five interconnected single-day loops covering the full challenge route across the range. |
