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The Irish Challenge Walks Calendar

Set-date challenge walks

We aim to populate the Irish Challenge Walks Calendar below with single-click links to recurring open-invitation events. It is worth noting that most set-date challenge walks will have limited spaces available and that these could fill up very quickly when registration opens. The absence of a set-date challenge walk from the list below implies that its organiser does not require any outside help when it comes to filling all available spaces. If you cannot find a suitable set-date event listed below, please check our flexible any-time hillwalking challenges.

Flexible hillwalking challenges

If you do miss out on a space in any of the set-date events, don't worry. We have developed our very own set of flexible single-day hillwalking challenges. Each of these can be undertaken on a day that suits you, costs nothing and has no registration limits. If you complete any of the single-day hillwalking challenges during the Sport Hillwalking season, log all the required summits on the day using the Peakhunter app AND you make the half-way cut in the All-Ireland Hillwalking Championships, you can claim a Certificate of Completion from High Point Ireland. Single-day completions will be counted towards your Irish Challenge Hillwalker of the Year competition point score, so it could be worth checking out if you want to take your challenge hillwalking to the ultimate level. In addition, every individual summit you log in Ireland using the Peakhunter app, whether it is part of a challenge or not, can also be counted towards your All-Ireland Hillwalking Championships point score.

We also offer a wide selection of year-long All-Ireland and Provincial hill list challenges which run from 1st January to 31st December.

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