For anyone who has been to County Fermanagh it is hard to escape the backdrop of Cuilcagh mountains. These mountains are set on the border between County Fermanagh and County Cavan, with the border running across the mountains summit. For a day trip I decided to take a walk to the summit to see what all the fuss was about.
The walk towards the summit on the Fermanagh side has been gravel pathed up to a point about 3 miles from the carpark at Marlbank. The walking is fairly easy with a few inclines along the way. However past the gravelled point things become a little bit trickier. The path soon turns to floating marsh for a mile and a half with some steep inclines. The path has been marked out across the marsh using posts with the walker following from post to post. The hardest bit of this walk has to be the final incline towards the summit. At times it was necessary to crawl as you approached step like features in the mountain side.
Getting to the summit felt like an acheivement and for people new to hill climbing this would be a great place to start. If you feel at any point in the walk it is becoming too much you simply turn back and head back to the car. Below are some photos of the summit and I highly recommend this place to anyone!
A view looking down from Cuilcagh
The edge of Cuilcagh from the incline to the summit
The floating bog just before the final incline
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