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Name: | Gannoch |
Hill number: | 4121 |
Height: | 731m / 2398ft |
Parent (Ma): | 485 Mount Keen |
RHB Section: | 07B: Braemar to Montrose |
County/UA: | Aberdeenshire |
Catchment: | Dee (Aberdeen) |
Class: | Simm, Graham Top (Tu,Sim,GT) |
Grid ref: | NO 49670 88008 |
Summit feature: | cairn |
Drop: | 36m |
Col: | 695m NO491874 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 44 (1:25k) OL54 395 |
Observations: | summit area is very flat |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 66 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Livi2020 | 07/03/2024 | |
Parked at the Forest of Birse road end for a clockwise circuit of 10 Trump's and 1 sub. 7/11 | PGCE | 25/02/2024 |
Simon Winton | 24/02/2024 | |
Andrew Stalker | 08/01/2024 | |
From Birse Castle up the estate road to this one, then on to Hill of Cat, Tampie, Mudlee and Cammie, returning down the excellent path, Fungle Road. Not a soul seen all day. | NormanW | 02/10/2023 |
1 of 4: From roadend CP near Birse Castle. We took the track passing in front of the castle. Signs said Private House but an estate worker simply waved as he drove by. Later in the day a helicopter landed there as we came down the Fungle Road. Grouse season in 3 days. With Karen. | ChrisR | 09/08/2023 |
Tom Mundell | 24/06/2023 | |
Fiona Richardson | 09/06/2023 | |
maknipe | 23/05/2023 | |
iainwalton | 02/04/2023 | |
booboowalking | 19/03/2023 | |
booboowalking | 19/02/2023 | |
Jenn | 30/01/2023 | |
Dave McG | 09/11/2022 | |
From Birse parking (NO532906), along signposted paths towards Aboyne past Ballochan and as far as NO515903, then along track W to estate track leading up to Gannoch, past summit descending SW on track at first then over peats and gullies up to summit of Hill of Cat, returned to col, then E to track leading to summit of Tampie (via a few electric fences) , descended SSW on track and following fence then directly down heather slope to Fungie Road, and back to Ballochan and start (4h50m) | kdbennett | 05/07/2022 |
BlackPanther | 13/06/2022 | |
Alan Whatley | 30/10/2021 | |
carole engel | 11/08/2021 | |
Tricky | 14/07/2021 | |
DaveO | 12/04/2021 | |
gary1981 | 20/03/2021 | |
Ledi | 20/03/2021 | |
dave g | 02/10/2020 | |
An easy circuit from Birse Castle, using the track up to Gannoch Hill, then over Tampie. Down until the route to Mudlee Bracks is visible, then shortcut down to Fungle Road and up an ATV track next to the fence. Over the top and onto the track to Hill Of Cammie. Shite ground N towards Cock Hill, but bits of mown ATV track help, except over the 550m bump and 536m col. Good track thereafter over Cock Hill. I cut back towards the Fungle road on a mown track but this involves fording the Water of Feugh. Would be better using either the bridge by Ballochan or further E but I had left the map in the car... | Gill | 06/09/2020 |
Cairny hill, hill of cammie, mudlee bracks, tampie, gannoch, hill of cat, pullar cuy, creag na h lolaire from the CP at tarfside. | robertphillips | 09/08/2020 |
Beautifully sunny but too annoyingly windy to enjoyably stick to the planned long watershed slog towards Mt Keen and back so happily shortened it into a circuit around the Feugh headwaters from/to Birse Castle where we later dozed in the sun by the lovely chapel. Some great wispy wave clouds. Met Dawn from Balogie walking from her home for a solo backpacking circuit for 2 nights with her 2 terrier dogs with their little panniers for their food. Birse Castle (normally shuttered) was being prepared by the staff for the forthcoming 'glorious' 12th. | Chris Pearson | 06/08/2020 |
BaggerGutt | 13/12/2019 | |
govanah | 29/11/2019 | |
1st top with L on a 5 hour circuit from lovely Forest of Birse with its neat small castle owned by another C Pearson - sadly not me, but Charles Pearson - Viscount Cowdry who has several such properties in this part of Aberdeenshire - this being used for grouse shooting parties - hence the extensive landrover tracks up onto the grouse moors - (and the rows of waiting hooks in the freshly painted outhouse). Charles is the younger brother of Michael Pearson - also Viscount Cowdry who owns the Cowdry estate in West Sussex - famous as a polo venue. Today breezy but shorts possible even just walking (as letting my calf muscle recover). Saw no one - Viscounts or otherwise despite being a sunday. | Chris Pearson | 22/09/2019 |
https://www.strava.com/activities/2326777849/ | Alastair S | 28/04/2019 |
interloper | 26/04/2019 | |
Fletch | 26/04/2019 | |
Easy out and back from Tampie, track all the way. | Lindsay M | 06/05/2018 |
Gonk | 05/03/2018 | |
Gavin Theobald | 21/07/2017 | |
mae | 24/05/2017 | |
A long west to east round from Birse castle via all Graham tops from Gannoch to Peter Hill plus Baudnacauner. Quite a lost of track so speedy going. teeming with mountain hares which looked very conspicuous in the absence of snow. | dickscroop | 19/02/2017 |
Mudskipper | 13/08/2016 | |
Martin R | 07/04/2016 | |
Solo. Done with Cairny Hill and Tampie. Deteriorating weather so abandoned attempt on other tops and walked back to my starting point of Tarfside on Firmounth Road on which a lot of recent work has been done. The summit of Gannoch can be reached from Firmounth Road on a little used track which avoids having to trample through the heather. Cairn with stake is clearly the highest point even if the summit area is rather flat. | pwbellarby | 01/08/2015 |
Rod M | 25/05/2015 | |
hill walker | 02/01/2014 | |
markhammonds | 08/09/2013 | |
justin999 | 04/09/2013 | |
daviemore | 16/06/2013 | |
bertbarnett123 | 08/06/2013 | |
JA | 25/05/2013 | |
thelonious | 31/12/2011 | |
Ibex | 10/09/2011 | |
Stake in cairn, NO 49669 88008, 731m. 15mi circuit including Hill of Cat, GTs and Battock. From roadhead. | RHW | 14/11/2010 |