Description of Walk - Lough Dan to Glendalough
This walk starts at LoughDan house and finishes at Glendalough. Once again we start our walk with fine views of Loughdan as we make our way up the early slopes of Kanturk mountain and across a fine moorland of heather, alive to the strange sounds of nature from a Varity of insects busy with their way of survival to hill birds including red grouse, snipe and plover to mention a few, you will also share your walk with sheep and deer at some point.

Those birds were once hunted extensively as a much south after game bird, however their numbers almost fell to extinction following changes to moor management practices including a forestation and extensive sheep farming in the 1950 to 1990 period, efforts are now being made by National Park Authorities and Wicklow Uplands Council a voluntary N.G.O. to redress this and other upland problems

You soon reach the numerous small hills of the Kanturks and wind your way ahead looking out for a distinctive egg shaped granite rock, perched what appears precairosly on top of a small hill and has been in this position since the last ice age, it is now your marker to allow to easily find the path which leads on to brown mountain. >From here you have perfect views of Lough Dan House to the east and to the west, Glenmacanass waterfall. Moving along the easily followed path, and after a short sharp climb uphill you soon reach the summit of scar mountain 641 metres. This is a good place to have lunch where you can enjoy the immensity of the range of mountains to the north, west and south where they seem to extend to eternity, and to the east a complete contrast with low rolling hills which extend down to the coast. On a clear day the summit of Snowden in Wales can be seen from here towering above its neighbours, you now continue down the east face to rejoin the Wicklow Way at Drumeen and continue over white hill cross the military road and continue on to Glendalough and the end of our walk where you will be collected and driven back to Loughdan House,