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Name:Craigendarroch
Hill number:1508
Height:401.6m / 1318ft
Section:21A: Tomintoul to Banff
Classification:Ma,Hu,Tu,4,Y
Drop:158.9m
Col:242.7m  NO 3581 9694  
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Entry no.Date recordedGrid Ref.Feature / Observations / SurveyRecorded byStatusSubpointLatest review
3972202/01/2023NO 36555 96532  F: NR
S: 1m LIDAR
jimbloomer
Subpoint
1DM
4220125/02/2024NO 36559 96523  F: Outcrop
O: 5m SE of viewpoint indicator
DSM
Summit
DM
-577023/03/2009NO 36555 96528  F: landmark indicator
O: large cairn 30m S at NO 36560 96495 is lower
S: obvious summit
P&EH
Subpoint
1DM
-577125/09/2004NO 36556 96521  F: landmark indicator
O: large cairn 30m S at NO 36560 96495 is lower
S: obvious summit
JB
Subpoint
1DM
-577223/08/2012NO 36555 96525  F: landmark indicator
O: large cairn 30m S at NO 36560 96495 is lower
S: obvious summit
LR
Subpoint
1DM
-577323/03/2009NO 36560 96496  F: large cairn
O: landmark indicator 30m N at NO 36555 96525 is highest point
S: obvious summit
P&EH
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Parked in the car park by the road to the school. In the signposted entrance from Craigendarroch Walk.Followed the black hillpath signs in an anticlockwise direction. Good views from the summit. 2.1 miles, 1.5mils on the hillpath circuit.JulieB02/10/2023
Fourth ascent, one not recordedcoldfeet730/06/2023
From Ballater up waymarked trail on Craigendarroch to a track heading N to the east of Balmenach. Beyond Tom Garchory there is a good track not on the map roughly following the old mapped fence line to the top of Morven. Met the keeper of the visitors book on the top before a direct descent SSE towards Roar Moss for the track S through the woods to the Deeside Way and return to Ballater. Cold, windy but clear with good views from Morven. With Gillian.richard6919/04/2023
Nice evening stroll with orientering map.davechaffey10/01/2023
Signposted circular clockwise route from Craigendarroch Walk. A beautiful winter day with snow-covered trees and paths. A real Winter Wonderland. Had a couple of pints in The Balmoral on the way back to the hostel. With Mntainman.Dangerous Dave14/12/2022
To pay our respects to the Queen who has died this last week, felt more fitting to climb here and look over to the Lochnagar estate area than go down to London. Beautiful wee hill. Balmoral flowers very affecting to see too. RIP Your Majesty.nickywood115/09/2022
From car park by church in centre of town. Sunny, pleasant walk by marked track. Rounsfell08/08/2022
Lovely wee hill. From Ballater (Craigendarroch Walk) following the arrow markers.Fife Walking04/08/2022
One of the best little hills I've done for years. Loved the way the path skirts crags and bolder fields. The top has great views, but not in 10 years time when the trees are grown. Started at sign posted entrance at Craigendarroch Walk, 30m from main Braemar road. Followed black arrows to top and over to descend the other side. All sign posted.Jhimmy10/07/2022
Exploring the area on the first day of a week in Ballater.rhalstead19/06/2022
From Ballater, using the summit loop path clockwise. First through beautiful oak woods, then birch, pine and bilberry higher up. Even a seat by the summit marker to admire the view of Lochnagar. Continued down on a steep rugged path to join the hill circular path. With BC and DB. 4.2km, with 200m of ascent.Man of Kernow125/05/2022
Climbed via steep path through woods adjacent to Craigendarroch resort. Path becoming rocky near summit. Huge cairn found just below actual summit where there is a toposcope and bench. Views of Lochnagar obscured by low cloud and descended quickly when we heard thunder in distance.southern_rambler23/05/2022
What a super little hill on a beautiful spring day, a lovely change to Corbett bagging. Parked on Craigendarroch Walk, did a clockwise route over the summit and back.Owen B22/04/2022
with Raul and Jatinjabailey31426/03/2022
Riverside walk from campsite, up Craigendarroch, back to Ballater for tea. with B, B and R.jenx09/09/2021
From Ballater. Great little hillLongwojo04/08/2021
Walk Highland route - worth it. Too lovely for just up and downsarahk21/02/2021
with JaniceJamesSDonald05/11/2020
Quick stroll up from the twin on a blustery day; atmospheric and peacefulRockdoctor09/09/2020
Followed the red route. Nice to find an oak woodland in these parts. Fab views from summit seat, although it was so warm I had to be woken up after dozing off!summitter05/09/2020
From the centre of Ballater on marked trails.Winterfloodian15/08/2020
Followed the Walk Highlands route. Great wee summit.BigJ15/07/2020
A beautifully sunny late afternoon - finding a lovely path pretty much straight up from the Hilton Grand Vacations Hotel spa with its 99 high end timeshare chalets blended well into the woods. Seems like an oversupply looking at the web of folk trying to sell-on their weeks (£1000 -£5000 week sleeping 6-8) . Craigendarroch is the 'Ayres Rock' of Ballater - a popular climb and viewpoint -cloaked in attractive oak woodlands,scots pine and birch.Very steep and a virtually equal drop all around -a result of glaciation with the cleft of the Pass of Ballater to the north being natural fault line carved out by the ice-and leaving a superb low level granite cliff for climbers - I climbed The Great Flake Route (VS4b)when I was last here 28 years ago in 1991 between summer rain showers. A brief stop in smart Ballater today with its attractive central green -no sign of the flooding havoc of the Dee during Storm Frank in 2005 which buckled the footbridge and swept holiday caravans away.Chris Pearson04/02/2020
Quick late afternoon wander up here whilst Rob went to retrieve the correct pair of wellies.Alex C28/12/2019
SMMC Ballater meet, late afternoon ascent.clashcityrocker07/11/2019
With SJW. Enjoyed a circular walk during Aberdeen Mega week.meltdiceburg06/08/2019
Veryhappybunny31/05/2019
An incongruous start from a new-ish housing estate at NO366961. A barely legible wooden board sign refers to yellow and blue waymarkers. But all the waymarkers are in fact black and, at every junction with a post, ALL directions are 'circular route', so they're a fat lot of use. I went round clockwise and took each uphill choice - if you find yourself on a rocky path through scrubby woodland, with ochre arrows painted on occasional rocks, you'll be OK as it goes to the top. From the viewpoint indicator I took the path opposite to the direction of the bench seat and this took me back down to the housing estate, to emerge 300m NW of my start point. Near the bottom, a forlorn old sign, perhaps once at eye level, but now nailed 4 metres up a tree trunk, points back the way and says 'to top and around' - which might be useful to look for if you go anti-clockwise, but then you may struggle to find the start as some wag has removed all signs of where this path starts up from the housing estatIsbjorn28/05/2019
Anti-clockwise circuit on circular path from Craigendarroch Walk KeithByTheC10/05/2019
Part of the D99 race. Awesome little hillDavidGMould15/03/2019
From Craigendarroch Walk. Mainly on unmapped tracks. Nice rocky top.jonglew20/02/2019
From Hilton timeshare carparking.cjo15/09/2018
During a windy week in Tomintoul. After dropping Smithy at Inverey for attempt #2 of the week on Carn Bhac, moped around in Braemar resting the ankle I'd damaged two days earlier on Sgor Mor before noticing this small hill... Off to Ballater & parked in Craigendarroch Walk just before the first bend. On bend is a waymarker: through gate & straight up path winding around to the summit. View somewhat obscured by trees. Continued N then E following waymarked path coming back out on to road about 200m E of starting point. Ankle feeling good, so quick look on Hill Bagging turned up Geallaig Hill...NotReallyABagger14/09/2018
A great short walk from Craigendarroch Walk in Ballater, starting at the way marker. Through the gate then straight up the south side, following whichever of the paths goes up most directly. Nice trees, nice views from the top. Went down the way marked path on the north side to give a circuit, recommended for fine views of the crags.Gill10/09/2018
Walked up from Ballater, following Walkhighlands route. Brilliant little hill with a beautiful climb (surrounded by heather, trees and rocks). If reading this and considering it, give the hill a go.IainHillHunter04/09/2018
From Ballater housing estate south of hill. One of several marked paths to summit skirting rocky bluff. Less than hour round tripN.Morters08/08/2018
Path from S.E. Great views, and a seat. Swarm of Bees on way down. With M.The Captain24/07/2018
Simple up and down from village following trail but well worth doing.trimarc214/05/2018
From 1st bend on Craigendarroch Walk did anticlockwise circuit along good paths through lovely woodland. Light showers but mostly dry. Start 17:50, end 18:40dbb20/04/2018
1 of 2: From Ballater centre CP. With Karen and Lauren.ChrisR12/10/2017
Steep hike up but pleasant enough through the pine forest from Ballatermadaddo02/08/2017
tickchazzyboy1927/04/2017
Circular walk over the top starting from town centre. Very pretty woodland, oaks lower down, pine and birch higher up.milimana30/08/2016
On way back from Keith to Glasgow. Parked on Craigendarroch Walk. Followed well used path to summit as marked on OS. Retuned via same routeraffemeister03/08/2016
Footpath from Ballater, with mora.BLACKHILL02/07/2016
Lovely walk at 0530 from Station Square, through the woods to the top. Great views especially into Lochnagar. 1 houralexmaclennan19/04/2016
With EA. circular route over the top.GmacT03/04/2016
Weather fair.MountainMac28/03/2016
Family walk with Erik (7) at the front. Anticlockwise circular walk over the summit from Ballater. Lying snow.pwbellarby27/12/2015
Took the path from the side of the Hilton Leisure. 30 minute round trip. Solo.bolton15/11/2015