 Torc's height and prominence, qualifies it on the British Isles Marilyn classification, as well as the Arderin classification.Torc is popular for hill walkers as it can be accessed from a marked stone-step path its base at Torc Waterfall, which then becomes a small road (the "Old Kenmare Road") from the top of Torc Waterfall to the mountain itself, and then finishes with a track of wooden railway "sleepers" over the underlying bogland to its summit at .The route can thus be completed without full hiking boots, and requires no special navigational skills.