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Irish Mountaineer of the Year




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Do you have what it takes to claim one of Ireland's top-3 annual mountaineering awards? If so, we are delighted to offer you that chance. The Irish Mountaineer of the Year award is a unique outdoor sports competition based on the official Irish mountain list (i.e. the Irish Hewitts). The award is open to all hillwalkers who visit mountain summits throughout Ireland during the Sport Hillwalking season. To take part, mountaineers must log their visits on location using the Peakhunter app.

The Irish Mountaineer of the Year award is the highest level of recognition in this specialist Sport Hillwalking discipline. A dedicated award is also available in each of the other two disciplines: Highpointeering and challenge hillwalking.

We encourage mountaineers to also take part in the All-Ireland Hillwalking Championships - the official national-level multi-discipline Sport Hillwalking competition open to all mountaineers, Highpointeers and challenge hillwalkers in Ireland. 
 

Take part


​In order to take part, hillwalkers must submit a Sport Hillwalking Entry Form before the halfway point of the Sport Hillwalking season and register for our 25 Irish Mountains Challenge on Peakhunter. Once registered, they need to visit mountain summits throughout Ireland during the Sport Hillwalking season and log them on site using the Peakhunter smartphone app. 

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Instructions

  • Download the Peakhunter app to your smartphone and set up a profile. Peakhunter is our official logging partner.
  • Sign into the Peakhunter app on your smartphone. You should only have to do this once.
  • Log a location in Ireland using the Peakhunter app and include a photo of yourself at the location. This will be part of the identification verification process.
  • Complete and submit a Sport Hillwalking Entry Form between 1st February and 30th June. 
  • Register for the 25 Irish Mountains Challenge on Peakhunter. Access to this will be via a link which we will provide to you through the Peakhunter messaging system.
  • Visit mountain summits in Ireland. Log each visit while present at the respective location using the Peakhunter app.
  • The Sport Hillwalking season generally starts on 1st March and ends on 31st October each year. During this eight-month-long competition, you are permitted to count each mountain summit once.
  • You can keep track of all participants' scores throughout the competition on the live leaderboard.
  • You are also welcome to take part in the Irish Highpointeer of the Year and Irish Challenge Hillwalker of the Year competitions as well as the All-Ireland Hillwalking Championships.

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Winner selection

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  • The highest-scoring man and woman on the 25 Irish Mountains Challenge leaderboard at the end of the Sport Hillwalking season will each earn the title of Irish Mountaineer of the Year and will each receive a Gold award.
  • In the event of a draw, the winner will be top-scoring individual who logged their High Points in the shortest time.
  • The 2nd and 3rd highest-scoring men and women on the 25 Irish Mountains Challenge leaderboard at the end of the Sport Hillwalking season will each receive a Silver and Bronze award respectively. 
  • The award winners will be announced in early November.

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Previous results



  • The 2023 Irish Mountaineer of the Year competition will commence on 1st March 2023.
  • The winner will be announced in November 2023.
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Year Irish Mountaineer of the Year Number of Mountain Summits
2023 TO BE ANNOUNCED IN NOVEMBER 2023 -
2022 MOUNTAIN MIKE 184

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Irish Mountaineer of the Year - A Sport Hillwalking award for the specialist discipline of mountaineering in Ireland


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If you are planning to visit any of the locations on the Irish High Point lists, please be aware that Highpointeering, rambling, hill-walking, hiking and mountaineering are risk activities. High Point Ireland and Donard Media (the website's publisher) accept no responsibility for any injury, loss or inconvenience sustained by anyone using this website. Personal safety is entirely the participant's own responsibility.
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