From the parking place access to the mountain is via the
driveway of the youth hostel following the arrows for the stile and
Benlettery. Choose a path up the mountain that you will be able to
use on your descent. The hike from the car park to the cache is
approx 1.5 hours. The altitude difference is 550m. Alternatively
you can follow the GPX route for a longer 7km/5hr round trip which
will bring you to Binn Gabhar summit also. To download the GPX file
click
here.
Proper waterproof walking boots/gear is are required. Depending
on the time of the year this area can be very boggy so gaiters
might be advisable. Walking sticks would definitely be recommended
due to loose stone terrain in some areas and the steep grassy slope
on descent.
Some trivia about this mountain (taken from
MountainViews.ie):
The townland of Lettery (Leitrí, 'wet hillsides') is on the south
slopes of this mountain. The alternative name Bindowglass or
Bendouglas (Binn Dúghlais, 'peak of the black stream') is recorded
as early as 1684 by Roderic O'Flaherty. O'Flaherty mentions a pool
of water on the summit which turns the hair white of anyone who
washes in it. In the days before accurate measurements of altitude,
he erroneously believed that Bindowglass was the highest of the
Twelve Bens and was two miles high. This misconception was
corrected by James Hardiman, who edited O'Flaherty's work in 1846,
aware that the Ordnance Survey had found that "Ben Corr and Ben
Bawn exceed it in height by several hundred feet".
There are fantastic views of the peaks of the Twelve Pins and
east to the Maumturk Mountains.
Enjoy.