Welcome to the Galtee Walking Club
Hello and failte to the Galtee Walking Club, Cnocadoiri na nGaltee. Our club has been in existence for going on ten years and was started initially by a core group of hill walking enthusiasts who were born and raised around the foothills of the Galtee mountains and the Glen of Aherlow in south Tipperary. Since then, it has grown and diversified and currently has a membership of over 150, drawn from all over Munster. We offer a number of different graded walks on a regular weekly basis throughout the year which are available to new members or to those wishing to join us for a one off sample hike. Read more >>
Club Trip to Chamonix
September 4th - 11th 2010
Contact Breda Ryan (086) 3946048 or Ann Donohoe (087) 6989479
Basic Map Reading/Navigation Course:- Any members that would like to attend such a course please email info@galteewalkingclub.ie or contact Sean Fitzpatrick 086 8361004 to register your interest (planned for end September)*
News - June 29th, 2010
Our big annual event, The Galtee Crossing, finally got under way last Sunday when a record 100+ hill walkers took the big challenge and walked the entire 31 km Galtee ridge from Anglesborough to Cahir. Anticipation and preparation had been building up for weeks with regular stamina testing on the hills, the administration of it all and the final laying down of vital water supplies on the mountain tops the day before. Indeed there were those who did not sleep a wink the night before with the sheer excitement of it all! By 8am on Sunday morning, it all came to fruition as our ground crew, Josephine, Breda, Ann and Mary took up their positions in Cahir to register participants and send them on their way by bus to the starting point in Anglesborough. The club were delighted to welcome walkers from all the country including nearby groups from Ballyhoura, Limerick, the Peaks and Cork and some Polish and Australian visitors too. A great turnout indeed. Ideal conditions prevailed as they made their first ascent of the most westerly of the Galty peaks, Temple Hill(785m), then further up to Lyracappul (825m) and on eastwards, (breaking into variously paced knots of people), ascending and descending the peaks, taking in Carrignabinnia, Slievecushnabinnia, the great Galtymor (919m), Galtybeag (799m) and Grennane (802m). Being approximately half way at this stage and with the more challenging peaks behind them, they could finally savour the prospect of completing this great personal challenge. Fanned by cool mountain breezes, they could pause to enjoy the stunning distant views all around, the glistening lakes below and the abundant ghost like bog cotton as it gently swayed across the moors
Galtee Challenge/Crossing, 2010
