Slieve Foye Ridge from the Windy Gap + Cycle (into the wind)

Date: Saturday, November 5th 2011

Distance: 14.25km

Height Gain: 483m

Time: 2h 28m 35s

Run from Long Womans Grave across the ridge to Foye before dropping down to Glenmore to collect bikes and cycle back to starting point.

Superb morning with a debatable cloud inversion.

Cycle back to LWG into a strong wind was hellishly hellish.

GPS Log

Photos

Slieve Foye Ridge from the Windy Gap + Cycle

Date: Saturday, October 29th 2011

Distance: 13.65km

Height Gain: 516m

Time: 2h 32m 17s

A run of the Carlingford Mountain ridge staring at Windy Gap and taking in Foxes Rock, Ravens Rock, Split Rock and then Slieve Foye.

Shocking conditions (heavy mist and windy). Ably navigated by Jason with iPhone GPS backup.

Dropped back down to the gap between Foye and Barnavave and followed Tain Way back to the road before cycling back to the Windy Gap.

GPS Log

Photos

Paul on Raven's Rock

Jason on Raven's Rock

Jason on Raven's Rock

Jason approaching Split Rock

Jason On Split Rock

Paul On Split Rock

Paul On Slieve Foye

Jason on Slieve Foye

Jason on the Tain Trail below Foye

Jason on the Tain Trail below Foye

Jason on the Tain Trail below Foye

Cycling back to The Windy Gap

Foye and Barnavave in the Mist

Date: Saturday, October 8th 2011

Distance: 8.43km

Height Gain: 408m

Time: 1h 37m 08s

Started at same place as previous week (West of Foye) and took the Tain Trail up to the summit of Foye before heading across to Barnavave and back to the starting point. Ran to the gap below Foye and walked/ran up to the summit (more walking than running).

GPS Log

Photos

Jason on the lower slopes of Foye

Jason at the trig Point on Foye

Me at the trig Point on Foye

The 'gully' back down (in between the rocks) - use rock in backround as a marker

Jason illustrating the return route

Reference point for the climb - stay left of the 'tits'

Reference for the climb - stay left of the pyramid

Jason on Barnavave

The wash-up at the Sump

Jason on Barnavave

Wild Horses below Slieve Foye

Jason on Barnavave

Jason on Barnavave

Training Day 1: Barnavave & Foye

Date: Saturday, October 1st 2011
Distance: 6.33km

Height Gain: 239m

Time: 50m 51s

First time running in quite a while. Training with a provisional plan to do some IMRA races next year. Went a lot better than expected.

Started on the West side of Foye/Barnavave and followed the Tain Way up to the gap. Ran up Barnavave then crossed to the rocks where the climb of Foye starts to get steep. Returned to starting point.

GPS Log

Pics

Looking across to Barnavave from starting point

Jason nearing the top of Barnavave

Jason at trig point on Barnavave with Foye in the background


View from Barnavave out to Greenore


View over Carlingford Lough from Barnavave


Jason on Barnavave


View over to Mourne Mountains


View from the slopes of Foye


Jason running up Foye with Barnavave in the background


Jason running up Foye with Barnavave in the background