Carrauntoohil, Ireland

Local or Alternate Name(s)	Alternate: Corrán Tuathail Alternate: Carrantuohill Alternate: Carrauntoohill Alternate: Carrantual
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	51° 59' 58'' N, 9° 44' 34'' W 51.999383, -9.742799 (Dec Deg) 449006 E 5761230 N, Zone 29 (UTM)
Country	Ireland (Highest Point)
State/Province	Kerry (Highest Point)
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Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 252      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 242) Selected Trip Reports from this site:      1993-07-03 by Greg Slayden      2005-03-26 by Lee Humphries      2010-09-08 by Dave Dunham (Unsuccessful)      2011-07-09 by Norbert Schaefer      2012-03-22 by Christopher D'Aiuto      2014-02-15 by Jon Colbert      2014-08-30 by Rickard Colliander (GPS Track)      2014-08-30 by Per Malmberg (GPS Track)      2014-09-06 by Marcus Lostracco (GPS Track)      2015-03-28 by Jason Vogler      2015-04-10 by John Bardsley      2015-09-10 by Michael Vecchiarelli      2016-10-27 by Riley Layman      2017-10-06 by Ed Wandall      2018-06-18 by Andrew Coates (GPS Track)      2018-08-21 by Grant Schoepper (GPS Track)      2019-03-19 by David Darby (GPS Track)      2019-07-02 by Chris Gordon      2019-07-09 by Seán Caulfield (GPS Track)      2019-09-06 by Bill Hughes      2019-09-28 by Patrick Bergeron (GPS Track)      2020-03-30 by Padraig Breen (GPS Track)
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The craggy summit of Ireland's high point. Photo by Leon Firth (1993-07-03).
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Prominence	Clean Prominence: 1039 m/3409 ft   Optimistic Prominence: 1039 m/3409 ft   Key Col: Atlantic Ocean    0 m/0 ft
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 402.29 km/249.97 mi    Isolation Limit Point: 53.0683, -4.0775 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Snowdon  (ENE)
Ranges	Continent: Europe Range2: Northwest Europe Range3: Ireland (Highest Point) Range4: Southwest Ireland (Highest Point)
Drainage Basins	Atlantic-Ireland-Scotland Atlantic Ocean
Island	Ireland (Highest Point)
Route #1	Unmaintained Trail Trailhead: 145 m/476 ft Vertical Gain: 894 m/2933 ft Distance (one way): 5.07 km/3.15 mi
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

Approaching Carrauntoohil from Cronin's Yard (2014-06-25). Photo by Michael McCarty. Click here for larger-size photo.

My hair looks electric, but it´s really just the wind :P (2014-03-15). Photo by Louise Ekroth. Click here for larger-size photo.

We started of at Stepping Stone B&B (opposit side of the mountain then most people). Beautiful trekking (2014-03-15). Photo by Louise Ekroth. Click here for larger-size photo.

The Ascent up Devil's Ladder. At the bottom right of the photo, you can see me, for scale (2015-09-10). Photo by Michael Vecchiarelli. Click here for larger-size photo.

Crossing the summit. (2015-09-10). Photo by Michael Vecchiarelli. Click here for larger-size photo.

Summit of Carrauntoohil 1038m (2005-03-22). Photo by Lee Humphries. Click here for larger-size photo.

At The Cross (2016-04-29). Photo by Tobias Coetzee. Click here for larger-size photo.

From the base (2016-04-29). Photo by Tobias Coetzee. Click here for larger-size photo.

Carrauntoohil and Devil's Ladder Route, from near Cnoc na Toinne (2019-07-02). Photo by Chris Gordon. Click here for larger-size photo.

1041 m - Carrauntoohil (2017-11-16). Photo by Jan Matiášek. Click here for larger-size photo.

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