Camaderry

About Camaderry

Rising steeply between the twin glacial valleys of Glendalough and Glendasan, this expansive granite ridge offers a rugged, often peat-soaked alternative to the popular boardwalks nearby. While the summit is a broad Hewitt plateau, the climb rewards walkers with dramatic, plunging perspectives over the Upper Lake and the historic mining remains of the Miner’s Road.

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• •The name derives from the Irish 'Sliabh Cam Doire', translating to the 'Mountain of the Crooked Oakwood', a reference to the ancient sessile oak forests that have defined the lower glens for centuries.
• •The mountain's flanks are scarred by the 19th-century lead mining industry; walkers can still locate the old adits and spoil heaps of the Luganure mines on the northern slopes facing Glendasan.
• •The summit offers a commanding view of the Wicklow Mountains' highest peak, Lugnaquilla, to the south, while the eastern ridge provides a perfect aerial perspective of the Glendalough monastic site and its iconic Round Tower.
• •It is frequently climbed as part of a circuit including Turlough Hill, home to a reservoir serving as Ireland's only pumped-storage hydroelectricity station.
• •While the Glendalough valley below attracts over a million tourists a year, the summit of Camaderry remains remarkably quiet, mostly because the average visitor's enthusiasm for vertical gain evaporates long before the peat hags begin.