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Name: | Carn na Drochaide |
Hill number: | 599 |
Height: | 818m / 2684ft |
RHB Section: | 08B: Cairngorms |
County/UA: | Aberdeenshire |
Catchment: | Dee (Aberdeen) |
Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Corbett, Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,C,Y) |
Grid ref: | NO 12739 93836 |
Summit feature: | large cairn |
Drop: | 222m |
Col: | 596m NO115955 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 36 43 (1:25k) OL58S 404S |
Observations: | all boulders to N and NW are lower |
Survey: | Abney level |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 417 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Beautiful blue skies after a cold clear night; 1h 30m up tracks fr Linn of Quoich via Carn na Criche. 1h straight back down the heather. Great views of Lochnagar and Glen Clunie hills, though main Cairngorm summits were in cloud. | NorfolkPT21 | 16/03/2024 |
Nice stroll up from road end. Good to have a path most of way up 'though intermittent in mid section | davechaffey | 01/10/2023 |
From Linn of Quoich | geoffh12 | 29/09/2023 |
With J during a hot & sunny week based in Tomintoul. Parked at the Linn of Quoich (£3 cash/card). Took track NW just before Allanaquoich as far as 105931 (bearing R at each fork). A cairn indicates a track leading to Carn na Criche & then an easy walk to the summit. Great viewpoint. Headed down S on a narrow path just to E of Carn Dearg where it forks. We took the L fork which petered out after a while. However, about 20m to R, we picked up another narrow path (R fork above?) which pops out on the track just 50m above Allanaquoich. If you're doing the round the other way, look for a small gap in the young trees on R - the path is faint at first & passes more clearly about 25m to R of a prominent lone pine tree a short way up the hillside. | NotReallyABagger | 06/09/2023 |
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From Linn of Quoich | Idris | 27/06/2023 |
From Victoria Bridge. Pleasant sunny afternoon. A little snow in places. | Jon F | 25/04/2023 |
From Linn of Quoich, high mountains shrouded in cloud and windy up top, stop at the Punchbowl on way down 2/2 | PDuncan82 | 27/11/2022 |
Solo cycle from Keiloch, up to Invercauld then NW up Allt an t Slugain to the ruin. Made the mistake of taking the lower path to ruin. (not rideable!) Left bike at ruin and ascended to path junction with the higher track on foot. Climbed SW to Carn na Criche and on to Carn na Drochaide. Descent by similar route. | John Lee | 16/09/2022 |
Linn of Quoich, Carn na Drochaide, The Sneck, Ben Avon West Top, Ben Avon, The Sneck, Cnap a' Chleirich, Beinn a' Bhuird North Top and Beinn a' Bhuird South Top. | JasonStark | 28/08/2022 |
From Linn of Quoich with John (after a morning ascent of Carn Mor - Ladder Hills). Walked along to Allanmore and then went up the zig zag track and followed the path more or less to the summit. Brief stop on the summit due to windy conditions, then returned via the same route. Total time: 3h 03min | mproudfoot | 03/07/2022 |
Staying at mar Lodge. Climbed with Colin and Archie | iansm | 23/06/2022 |
From Linn of Quoich. Straight up from just west of Allanaquoich. Followed the faint path through the heather as best as I could but frequently lost it, especially on the way back down. | Owen B | 20/04/2022 |
From Linn of Quoich, via Carn na Criche with Moira | ColB | 30/01/2022 |
From the Quoich car park. Followed the track north of Quoich water to 105931 and then a decent path takes you to Carn na Criche summit. Easy walking to the top from there. Headed to Creag a' Chleirich. Solo. 7.8 miles and just over 3 and a half hours. | bolton | 27/10/2021 |
lovely inversion | jef | 25/08/2021 |
With Kat | j_com | 12/08/2021 |
From the Linn of Quoich. There is a path if you can find it. Nice views to the big mountains. | Jhimmy | 06/06/2021 |
#8 of 9 from Invercauld. Revisit. From col to NW an ATV track leads partway then OK heather | RHW | 02/06/2021 |
Carn na Drochaide (C) and Creag Bhalg (G) from Linn of Quoich | Huwel | 28/04/2021 |
From Keiloch to Slugain Lodge ruin, up the hill from there, down to the Punch Bowl, path then shitty long heather, back along the tracks. | Gill2 | 10/04/2021 |
3/3 After Carn a’Mhaim. Drove from Dee to Quoich. Time includes long sit on top (clear) and meander round Punch Bowl. Grey day with stiff breeze. | Rounsfell | 10/09/2020 |
Climbed from Linn of Quoich car park, included lovely walk down Glen Quoich to make a circuit | Rockdoctor | 08/09/2020 |
From Linn of Quoich CP (currently free) to SW. Track ENE along valley floor to hill track (initially a path) at NO 14086 91927 - just past house and pines as already noted. Just before stream and on reaching a small copse (NO 1364 9210), sharp right on track up moor. Lost it at Clais nan Cat col | carole engel | 10/07/2020 |
AGSFP meet. 5 hours | slynch | 28/09/2019 |
Alan, Gavin | NHWC | 12/09/2019 |
From Linn of Quoich, crossed river by Punch Bowl footbridge, then followed tracks towards Carn Elrig Mor, turning NE on tracks to Carn na Criche and on to Carn na Drochaide, descended directly SW back to Punch Bowl | kdbennett | 18/08/2019 |
From LoQ car park up track to end then decent atv/path to Carn na Criche. Pleasant walk along ridge and back then dropped on different path to reach cairn on track and back to LoQ. | SS | 01/08/2019 |
with olesya and vicki | little al | 03/03/2019 |
Route described in SMC guidebook, ascending from Linn of Quoich via Carn na Criche and descending directly SW | davidpettit84 | 30/10/2018 |
On TGO Challenge | Colin Crawford | 19/05/2018 |
Carn na Drochaide | keithouk | 14/02/2018 |
Solo | HFB | 12/08/2017 |
ghaley | 02/08/2017 | |
With: hb; Parked at Linn of Quoich after morning rain and used new Jan '17 Cairngorm Club bridge (only one now) to cross Quoich Water then straight up Carn na Drochaide and back. Short walk with good views. | Ian Baines | 27/04/2017 |
With: ib; Parked at Linn of Quoich after morning rain and used new Jan '17 Cairngorm Club bridge (only one now) to cross Quoich Water then straight up Carn na Drochaide and back. Short walk with good views. | Helen Baines | 27/04/2017 |
With Yeltzbagger. | Stevie n Tay | 23/03/2017 |
With Stevie n Tay. | Yeltzbagger | 23/03/2017 |
Weather fair with snow on ground. | MountainMac | 27/12/2016 |
From allanaquoich,with mora my dog. bridge gone footbridge condemmed cross at your own risk. | BLACKHILL | 29/06/2016 |
A day of heavy rain, but good views even so. | Gill | 12/09/2015 |
Nice ascent to a flat summit with a cairn. Enjoyed a round by doing the minor tops to the west and dropping down to the track in the glen. | BigJ | 30/06/2015 |
Walk up from Allanquoich top out on a windy day. Traverse the ridge to Carn na Criche then drop in to Glen Quoich and followed the river out on the west bank to the bridge at the Punch Bowl | Nozzer | 30/06/2015 |
Debs | Mountain Goat | 30/03/2015 |
Carn Dearg M.C Braemar meet, with Ken Wright, Angus Youngson, Lindsay Moffat, Cristine Reid, Alan Dow and Dave Duncan. Fantastic views. | clashcityrocker | 08/02/2015 |
An unusually long approach: started at Invercauld Bridge, then camped on the snow beyond the lochan at NO118953, just after Slugain Lodge. The next day, up to the col before turning up onto the hill. | Pete R | 24/01/2015 |
Clockwise from L of Q in winter sunshine. | Martin R | 02/12/2014 |
SR, from Linn of Quoich | Frank | 29/07/2014 |
RBS HWC weekend at Braemar. I walked with Peter P and Jim McF. | langskill | 25/05/2014 |
R with Chris Rup evening trip | Richard Tait | 03/05/2014 |
From Linn of Quoich, lovely conditions. | bowlesy | 25/05/2013 |