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Name:Creag na Spaine
Hill number:8489
Height:471m / 1545ft
Parent (Ma):608  Meall Alvie
RHB Section:08B: Cairngorms
County/UA:Aberdeenshire
Catchment:Dee (Aberdeen)
Class:Tump (400-499m)
(Tu,4)
Grid ref:NO 21818 93299
Summit feature:outcrop
Drop:69m
Col:402m  NO 2111 9263  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 36 44
(1:25k) OL53N OL58S 388N 404S
Observations:cairn 50m NE at NO 21858 93332 is 1m lower
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 17 users)ByDate of Ascent
From SE, good off-road parking, track, up E face with windthrow then mossy boulders but not bad. 2 summits approx equal, NE has the cairn. Descended NE initially then reverted to E face to avoid windthrow and dubious slabs. Fun route.RHW30/09/2023
From the road end, track then up FB near the wall.robertphillips17/07/2022
From Aberarder road. Steep rocky ascent - there is a ride which I missed. On to Meall Alvie...nix_snilloc31/08/2020
From main road to east end of ridge. Steep ascent through open forest. Followed faint fire break on way back. Tall cairn at high point. Spot hieght is covered in fallen treescjo07/03/2020
From the east, not recommended.hill walker16/02/2019
Easy cycle from Keiloch. Round some new forest planting and summit easily found.NormanW01/08/2017
BBRW! After Alvie.Martin R11/11/2014
After ascending Meall Alvie I descended from the summit northeastwards, heading for Craig na Spàine. The initial descent was not altogether easy on account of thick heather cover and steep ground with lots of holes. Eventually I came across a sort of path, formed by cutting the heather. Although it was steep in parts, it made for a relatively easy descent. From col I followed forest roads which ended quite close to the summit of Craig na Spàine. At the summit there is a small, nicely built cairn. The summit is on a small hummock. There is another hummock a short distance SW which I also visited. It might be higher than the hummock with the cairn but it is difficult to say because of the trees. There is no cairn on this second hummock. I descended to reach the track going from Keiloch towards Inver, which I followed back to Keiloch.pwbellarby08/08/2010
Dave McG19/03/2024
Minto30/09/2023
Gallovidian04/03/2023
govanah19/11/2020
Lindsay M28/12/2019
Ibex03/08/2019
chalky195301/01/2017
elma spencer28/12/2015
thelonious13/06/2014