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Name: | Creag an Loch |
Hill number: | 3099 |
Height: | 836m / 2743ft |
Parent (Ma): | 457 Lochnagar - Cac Carn Beag |
RHB Section: | 07A: Braemar to Montrose |
County/UA: | Aberdeenshire |
Catchment: | Dee (Aberdeen) |
Class: | Simm, Corbett Top (Tu,Sim,CT) |
Grid ref: | NO 19237 84808 |
Summit feature: | cairn on outcrop |
Drop: | 41m |
Col: | 795m NO190855 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 43 (1:25k) OL52N OL53N 387N 388N |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 71 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
From Auchallater car park. A good track servicing the grouse butts takes you most of the way up to the col, south of the summit. With dave g & Minto. | Dangerous Dave | 30/09/2023 |
From Auchallater via Carn Phadruig, then on to two more simms and a sub. | NormanW | 07/08/2023 |
From Auchallater, did Creag Phadruig, Meall an t-Slugain, Creag an Loch and Creag nan Gabhar, including a wild camp. Ascended via grouse butts track just after Allt Phadruig, then contoured round to the loch. Walked over hills and descended to Loch Callater Lodge by the munro path, then up Creag nan Gabhar. | PiranhaFish | 14/05/2023 |
cicuit from Callater car park | BLACKHILL | 18/04/2023 |
From Auchallater car park then traverse of high ground heading towards Braemar. Snow on ground with sun and light breeze. | cjo | 11/03/2023 |
From Auchallater | Gonk | 01/09/2022 |
4hr round of Carn Phadruig, Creag na Dearcaige, Creag Loisgte, Meall an t-Slugain and Creag an Loch. | summitter | 22/08/2022 |
Route on ridge running all the way from Braemar to Lochnagar, with return along Glen Callater. Started with climb to Creag Choinnich, steep descent to beallach and climb to Carn nan Sgliat. Continued to Millstone Cairn (rough steep climb), Creag nan Leachda. On to Creag na Dearcaige and Creag Loisgte, descent to Loch Phadruig. Climbed Meall an t-Slugain, continued to Creag an Loch, joined path for a while and then Carn an t-Sagairt Mor, Carn an t-Sagairt Beag, Carn a' Choire Bhoidheach, and Cac Carn Mor and Cac Carn Beag of Lochnagar. Return along good path to Glen Callater. | RobertP | 11/07/2022 |
Circuit from Loch Callater. | thekirkie pirate | 03/07/2022 |
Track up the Callater Burn from Auchallater (lovely river) then the track above Lochcallater Lodge, up and round to the 700m contour, then N to the summit. No cairn now, though stones around the boulder. Lovely views. Continued to Meall an t-Slugain. | LizH | 22/06/2022 |
From Auchallater along track through Glen Callater to Lochcallater Lodge, then up excellent path from just before the Lodge to col before Carn an t-Sagairt Mor, then directly up steep slope to Creag an Loch, continuing NNW along ridge to Meall an t-Slugain, down steep slope to E end of Loch Phadruig and up to Creag Loisgte continuing to Creag na Dearcaige, descending very steeply to 668m col, ascending gradually to Creag nan Leachda, descending NW to col with Millstone Cairn (through gate in deer fence), up and down to Millstone Cairn, then descended first NW to col then WSW (over very difficult ground, recently planted with pines) to meet old ATV track and followed that down to A93 just S of Easter Auchallater (through another deer fence gate), and back to Auchallater along A93 | kdbennett | 01/08/2021 |
Parked at Auchallater. Round of 7 Simms: Carn Dubh, Creag an Loch, Meall an t-Slugain, Creag Loisgte, Creag nan Leachda, Millstone Cairn, Carn nan Sgliat. | PGCE | 25/07/2020 |
Fine spring day - 9 tops from Braemar to Glen Callater. | nix_snilloc | 19/04/2019 |
walk up glen callater, then up lochnagar path, then over this top to Meall an t-Slugain...great walk. | hils | 14/09/2018 |
Ascended by walking up Glen Callater. Hard to believe that forty years earlier I walked the same way there and back from Braemar to ascend Lochnagar. | JohnW | 06/08/2017 |
carn nan sgliat, millstone cairn, creag nan leachda, creag na dearcaige, creag loisgte, carn phadruig, meall an t slugain, creag an loch, from parking area 1 km south of braemar on A93. | robertphillips | 02/07/2017 |
See Creag nan Leachda. Last top of day, walked out on track from bothy. | dickscroop | 19/06/2015 |
Solo | HFB | 12/06/2015 |
cairn on outcrop, 848m. | RHW | 02/07/2011 |
Cairngorm Club bus meet. Solo. From Auchallater walked on virgin snow on the track to Lochcallater Lodge. The path to Carn an t-Sagairt Mòr was obliterated. Made a rising traverse to Creag an Loch and down to the col beyond before following the fence posts to the summit of Carn an t-Sagairt Mòr. | pwbellarby | 25/02/1996 |
Minto | 30/09/2023 | |
dave g | 30/09/2023 | |
Tom Mundell | 10/06/2023 | |
Trekking toes | 10/06/2023 | |
richtea5040 | 04/05/2023 | |
iainwalton | 30/03/2023 | |
Dottie | 14/11/2022 | |
Simon Winton | 10/08/2022 | |
PeterAH | 22/06/2022 | |
govanah | 28/10/2020 | |
duchally | 04/03/2019 | |
alda | 03/12/2018 | |
daviemore | 08/09/2018 | |
kathyh | 02/09/2018 | |
tgboosh | 08/07/2018 | |
maknipe | 04/11/2017 | |
PM | 26/08/2017 | |
Sick Kid | 22/06/2017 | |
weaselmaster | 22/06/2017 | |
Dave McG | 15/06/2017 | |
Erik B | 15/06/2017 | |
Craig67 | 29/03/2017 | |
RichardM | 05/03/2017 | |
Tony S | 28/10/2016 | |
Alan Whatley | 14/06/2016 | |
BaggerGutt | 30/05/2016 | |
mae | 11/05/2016 | |
interloper | 17/10/2015 | |
Fletch | 17/10/2015 | |
Mudskipper | 28/12/2014 |