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| Name: | Criffel |
| Hill number: | 1777 |
| Height: | 569m / 1867ft |
| RHB Section: | 27C: The Glenkens to Annandale |
| County/UA: | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Catchment: | Nith |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Dodd (500-599m), Donald Dewey, Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,5,DDew,Y) |
| Grid ref: | NX 95727 61867 |
| Summit feature: | trig point |
| Drop: | 487m |
| Col: | 82m NX909683  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 84 (1:25k) 313 |
| Observations: | Douglas's Cairn 45m NE at NX 95763 61890 and ground 20m SW at NX 95718 61850 may be as high |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 393 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| geoffreycurnock | 22/03/2024 | |
| highlandrock | 25/02/2024 | |
| Tony J | 18/02/2024 | |
| Walk up from the car park via track in search of snow bunting but no luck with only a solitary raven to be found. | 3 kinnears | 07/02/2024 |
| From small cp at new glen. Space for five cars. Up past Knockendoch and up to top. Fine and cold weather fantastic views. A classic HUGH! | colazione | 07/01/2024 |
| MKInnes | 06/01/2024 | |
| kiltedbiggles | 06/01/2024 | |
| jamiehighton | 05/11/2023 | |
| With Sue from the free Ardwall car park and a donation to Moffat Mountain Rescue in the box. Did not take the proposed path diversion but ordinary route up through the forest and out on to the open hillside to the cairn and trig point on clear good paths. Poor distant visability but weather improved on way down. | Frank | 13/08/2023 |
| Arrived with AlmaAurea & Meltdiceburg of Team HAM on an epic hike for geocaches on an amazing day weather wise. Well worth the hike and a visit to the trig point too! | Hitman9956 | 09/07/2023 |
| Up and down new path with u3a in fairly poor conditions. | SS | 28/06/2023 |
| With G | PJT | 26/06/2023 |
| vuirich | 05/06/2023 | |
| Ratboy87 | 01/06/2023 | |
| Nice walk not too tough lovely scenery nice stream parts from path midway ish up the hill loch kinder nearby with crannog in middle good view | williamglew | 28/05/2023 |
| IMacd45 | 16/05/2023 | |
| ZiggyTheGreyt | 18/04/2023 | |
| VincentH | 09/04/2023 | |
| A W Bryan | 23/02/2023 | |
| From the free car park. Excellent route up through the forest and out on to the open hillside to the cairn and trig point on excellent paths. Donation to Moffat Mountain Rescue in the box. | smocks and denims | 26/01/2023 |
| David S | 03/10/2022 | |
| Trailmaister | 01/10/2022 | |
| Machyde | 09/09/2022 | |
| David Berry | 14/08/2022 | |
| from Ardwall, up and down path. | IanHHill | 13/08/2022 |
| Duncs | 08/07/2022 | |
| Crawford Lindsay | 25/06/2022 | |
| wintergreen | 25/06/2022 | |
| Up and down track. Superb weather and views. | dal | 04/06/2022 |
| Solo trip. The hill was mobbed (what do you expect on a fine Saturday). Very impressed with the quality of the track. View all the way to Isle of Man. | Invicta14 | 28/05/2022 |
| With J on a sunny late afternoon from Ardwall car park (donation box for Moffat MRT). Up & down the constructed motorway for the superlative view at the unexpectedly deserted top. Isle Of Man visible. Skylarks & meadow pipits everywhere. | NotReallyABagger | 28/05/2022 |
| Alex-012 | 21/05/2022 | |
| Early morning ascent following a bivvy on Knockendoch. Descended via the excellent new path to Ardwall then mostly road walking back to Dumfries. About 20km. | Christo1979 | 24/04/2022 |
| From Ardwall using excellent new path with Cat. Rather faster than I'd have done on my own. | SS | 15/04/2022 |
| Up new path from small CP nr Mid Glen, over Knockendoch, very pleasant approach. On to Boreland Hill, rough going. | agentmancuso | 25/03/2022 |
| Jannyp | 09/03/2022 | |
| Up and down very well constructed path from Ardwall. Cloud on top. | raffemeister | 12/01/2022 |
| mae2 | 05/01/2022 | |
| holtsd | 10/11/2021 | |
| bobhem25 | 13/10/2021 | |
| ketzster | 11/10/2021 | |
| From Ardwall with Rosie. Lovely day. Fantastic views. 1 HR 30 mins return | Longwojo | 18/09/2021 |
| New path from Ardwall so no bog until you reach the top. | m0jla | 14/09/2021 |
| From Ardwall car park. No over night parking allowed | CarolRuthven | 12/09/2021 |
| Park at farm, very pleasant climb with Adrian, hot & sunny. Return by same route. | alwaysinshorts | 05/09/2021 |
| AdyGray | 03/09/2021 | |
| From New Abbey via Knochendoch and back via tracks near the loch.Grey day but still good views. With Bridget. | catman | 31/08/2021 |
| From the main car park. Moderately steep incessant path from CP to top. New path is gravel based and not too nice on my knees coming down, Trekking poles recommended. Good views, probably better if you explored the area. | Jhimmy | 28/08/2021 |
| Evening walk to Criffel on the tourist path and then an out and back to Knockendoch. Beautiful sunny evening, glorious views and sunset. Second visit but obviously not logged the first time. Solo. | meltdiceburg | 25/08/2021 |
| circuit combined with Knockendoch and Criffel. Difficult section with cow-filled field, too much interest in the dog so we skirted north of the boundary dyke and through a very wet rough woodland to regain the track. With SMcC, CH, C, and the dog | catlovesmaps | 23/08/2021 |