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Name: | Millstone Cairn |
Hill number: | 4106 |
Height: | 743m / 2438ft |
Parent (Ma): | 457 Lochnagar - Cac Carn Beag |
RHB Section: | 07A: Braemar to Montrose |
County/UA: | Aberdeenshire |
Catchment: | Dee (Aberdeen) |
Class: | Simm, Graham Top (Tu,Sim,GT) |
Grid ref: | NO 16958 88973 |
Summit feature: | outcrop 7m S of cairn |
Drop: | 37m |
Col: | 706m NO171890 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 43 (1:25k) OL52N OL58S 387N 404S |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 69 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Down from Creag nan Leachda, through gate in deer fence and track to summit cairn. Nicest summit of the day. With dave g & Minto. | Dangerous Dave | 30/09/2023 |
Circuit 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 |
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 | 10/07/2022 |
Last hill of the day. Followed the deer fence back to Auchallater | Andrew Simmons | 08/07/2022 |
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 |
After some hills in the morning, climbed this one from Auchallater. Rough going up the SW ridge through deep heather and new conifer planting. Then on to Creag nan Leachda. | NormanW | 26/10/2020 |
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 |
Debs & Tali, from the campsite, Carn nan Sgliat, Millstone Cairn & Creag nan Leachda. Dropped down to Invercauld, along the road and back over the pass under the Lion's Face | Mountain Goat | 24/03/2019 |
https://www.strava.com/activities/2237779197 | Alastair S | 24/03/2019 |
From Auchallater, clockwise round of the three Humps plus Simm tops with Jenx and Bryher | nordicstar | 19/01/2019 |
A fine snowy circuit. Easy going once above the long heather and tree plantings until the final steep slope down to the bridge. | jenx | 19/01/2019 |
Day 2 of the Grampian Mountain Challenge | Geoff Briggs | 11/11/2018 |
From Auchallater. Continued to Creag nan Leachda and Carn nan Sgliat. | duchally | 24/04/2018 |
Hump bagging in November sun. Round of Slugain, Loisgte, Leachda, Millstone, Sgliat from Auchallater. The summit is within a deer exclusion fence, there is a gate at the col to the east. | Topographer57 | 02/11/2017 |
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 |
Parked at Auchallater (£2-50 charge). Ascended by the south ridge, which is being planted with conifers. | JohnW | 25/10/2016 |
A circular from Braemar with a friend. Carn nan Sgliat (690m), Millstone Cairn (743m), Creag na Dearcaige (774m) and Creag Loisgte (795m). | tobywharne | 12/07/2015 |
See Creag nan Leachda | dickscroop | 19/06/2015 |
Solo | HFB | 12/06/2015 |
Solo. From car park at Keiloch. After ascending Creag nan Leachda. From summit of later NW along summit ridge, then veering left. Close to col with Millstone Cairn came to a new, high fence and went through a substantial gate. Followed a narrow path that ascends Millstone Cairn diagonally northwards so avoiding the steep rocky ground that a direct ascent would have involved. Continued to Carn nan Sgliat. | pwbellarby | 20/08/2013 |
outcrop 7M S of cn, 743m. N ridge steep and slabby, OK with care. | RHW | 02/07/2011 |
Minto | 30/09/2023 | |
dave g | 30/09/2023 | |
Tom Mundell | 10/06/2023 | |
Trekking toes | 10/06/2023 | |
chrispine | 24/05/2023 | |
richtea5040 | 04/05/2023 | |
iainwalton | 30/03/2023 | |
Dottie | 08/11/2022 | |
Simon Winton | 10/08/2022 | |
weaselmaster | 10/06/2022 | |
AndyS | 20/07/2021 | |
anguscow | 01/09/2020 | |
govanah | 12/03/2020 | |
Gonk | 21/05/2019 | |
Dave McG | 01/05/2019 | |
daviemore | 08/09/2018 | |
tgboosh | 08/07/2018 | |
maknipe | 04/11/2017 | |
RichardM | 05/03/2017 | |
Tony S | 28/10/2016 | |
Alan Whatley | 14/06/2016 | |
BaggerGutt | 30/05/2016 | |
mae | 11/05/2016 | |
iaindbrown | 19/10/2015 | |
interloper | 17/10/2015 | |
Fletch | 17/10/2015 | |
elma spencer | 01/08/2015 |