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| Name: | Bennachie - Oxen Craig |
| Hill number: | 1515 |
| Height: | 529m / 1736ft |
| RHB Section: | 21B: Fraserburgh to the Dee Valley |
| County/UA: | Aberdeenshire |
| Catchment: | Don (Aberdeen) |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Dodd (500-599m), Highland Five, Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,5,HF,Y) |
| Grid ref: | NJ 66281 22591 |
| Summit feature: | turf on rock 5m NNW of viewfinder |
| Drop: | 314m |
| Col: | 215m NJ467224  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 38 (1:25k) OL62E 420E 421W |
| Observations: | boulder 35m NE is nearly as high |
| Survey: | Abney level |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 376 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| See Mither Tap | StueyB | 19/12/2023 |
| Watch Craig and Bennachie Oxen Craig from B992 and Gordon Way | hummusg | 04/11/2023 |
| Enjoyable afternoon walk in clear conditions with Steve whilst on our way over to Autumn Baggerrambles event in Ballater. | Alex C | 29/09/2023 |
| From Rowantree CP, Mither Tap, Oxen Craig and Craigshannoch on good paths. | welshyboyo | 03/09/2023 |
| Emtb from FLS car park to East. Track to South on ascent back down Gordon Way not rideable whole way due to rock staircase. | PeteF | 25/06/2023 |
| From Donview car park. Up marked trail to Millstone Hill, then over to Mither Tap and Oxen Craig, descended S to Gordon Way, and back over Millstone Hill to the car park. | curlebd | 27/05/2023 |
| From the visitor centre (nice and quiet mid-week). Took the southern ridge up Mither Tap, instead of the more vertical front path. Then over the moor to Oxen Craig before dropping down into the forest for some shade on the way back. | Toby-and-Dion | 25/05/2023 |
| From the Bennachie Visitor Centre, using the green trail to the top of Mither Tap, then across the moor by the brown trail to the top of Oxen Craig. Descent south on a good path to join the Gordon Way east back to the visitor centre. With RP, and BC as far as Mither Tap. 11.3km, with 530m of ascent. | Man of Kernow1 | 17/05/2023 |
| Did the Bennachie BIG 3,great, I'll be back. | DavieRuts | 03/05/2023 |
| Over from Mither Tap on a snowy track. | sclater | 02/01/2023 |
| from Back of Bennachie car park | BLACKHILL | 19/09/2022 |
| Climbed loads of times but not for a few years. From Back o Bennachie Carpark which now has parking meters. Didn't have a penny on me or my wallet so just had to chance it. | Jossker | 02/07/2022 |
| From Donview car park [Bennachie Centre car park and trails closed after storm damage], up excellent marked trails to Millstone Hill, thence Mither Tap and Oxen Craig, descended S to Gordon Way, and followed that E and S (over some fallen trees) to the col N of Millstone Hill, then over that (15:05) and back down to Donview (4h20m) | kdbennett | 11/02/2022 |
| Christmas Day tump. Glorious weather if very cold and icy. Along Gordon Way from approx Bennachie Centre to Watch Hill and then back over Oxen Craig with descent south below Mither Tap. Devastation in the trees from Storm Arwen meant a few diversions lower down. | sarahk | 25/12/2021 |
| Solo trip, brilliant sunshine, best day of the week. Must be the most ascended hill in Aberdeenshire. By the tourist route (Mither Tap timeline trail) from the Visitor Centre; from Mither Tap across to Oxen Craig, cut down to the south to join the Gordon Trail back to the car park. | Invicta14 | 20/09/2021 |
| 2 of 3 for the day. Walked path from Mither Tap to east, continued west onto Watch Craig. | JasonStark | 11/08/2021 |
| Walk up from forestry car park and around the open moor and back down. | LaurieIson21 | 04/08/2021 |
| Mama's Perfect Birthday :) | ksturner101 | 12/07/2021 |
| With Will, from the Bennachie visitor centre via Mither Tap | Grinner | 10/07/2021 |
| Good paths from Back o’Bennachie car park to summit and then onwards to Mither Tap. | benalder284 | 27/06/2021 |
| From Millstone Hill mainly by Gordon Way, then onto Mither Tap. Lovely easy walking. 8.20 miles, 2,049ft of climbing | JulieB | 18/06/2021 |
| A super day including Millstone Hill and Mither Tap. | GWR Chris | 09/05/2021 |
| From Rowantree Car Park. Preceded by Mither Tap, then followed by Craigshannoch | Preston | 24/04/2021 |
| Sunny day. Phil. Ascent from North to Oxen Craig, then across to Mither Tap and back to Craigshannoch. Descent via the ridge back to main track and car park. | sarahk | 21/11/2020 |
| Great day out with Lesley Davidson walking the three peaks of Bennachie | Donaldson | 02/10/2020 |
| Climbed with SUSAN along with Mithers Tap | Theflyingrabbit | 17/09/2020 |
| With Brian R. from CP to north. Wild weather, clearing. | Play2End | 29/08/2020 |
| One of the many times I've been up my favourite hill | Pilotralph | 13/08/2020 |
| An excellent 12 km 2hr 10mins hill run over the 3 tops with L on a hot (sun)day - appropriately. From 200m S of visitor centre (free Parking at forest track side) L set a hard good pace up the well travelled path to summit in 29mins - good training for lungs and thighs up the giant rocky staircase then lovely smooth easy undulating runnable paths onwards linking Craigshannoch -Oxen Craig -Watch Crag-then back along the south side contouring track (Gordon Way). Lots of little helpful signposts doted over the hill at all of the path junctions. Lots of folk and their children and dogs out on this glorious day - but non from Aberdeen City as they have sadly gone into a new Covid 19 lockdown -with 5 mile limit for recreation travel-thwarting L's brother and family joining us today as they are frustratingly just the wrong side of the border. | Chris Pearson | 09/08/2020 |
| and middle hill from bennachie car park pay to park. well marked paths lovely walk | VerySlowPlodder | 12/03/2020 |
| Tessa and I wanted to attempt the three peaks at Bennachie but we missed Watch Craig. The weather was lovely. We did Millstone Hill thinking it was one of the three. | GrantRSA | 25/01/2020 |
| with Tessa and Grant. Swirling cloud on way down from Mither Tap. | Cumbrianexile | 26/12/2019 |
| Had to get to the highest point on the Walk with Tessa and Ellie. | GrantRSA | 26/12/2019 |
| Aberdeen Adventurers walk. | stalky14 | 15/12/2019 |
| Veryhappybunny | 08/11/2019 | |
| From the Visitor Centre, along the Millstone Hill Trail to Mother Tap (fascinating spot), on to the Quarry Trail to Craigshannoch & Oxen Craig (Bennachie), then dodging the Bennachie 50k runners to Watch Craig. Down to the Gordon Way to Heather Brig, then on to the Heather Brig trail to Millstone Hill, doubling back to the Millstone Hill Trail towards Scare Hill. Only the final couple of hundred metres to the summit are off-path, largely heather and felled forest debris. A forest road leads back to the visitor centre. 4.5 hrs in total. Great walk in lovely Autumn sunshine. | summitter | 12/10/2019 |
| Solo walk after arriving by plane into Aberdeen (set off 5.00pm!). From Bennachie centre to Mither Tap (much the best summit on Bennachie with an impressive Iron Age fortification) to Oxen Craig. Return via Craigshannoch and Mither Tap (just missing summit) and retrace ascent. Fine paths through. Great views over Aberdeenshire lowlands. Weather stayed dry despite ominous looking shower clouds over hills to west. Time 3 hours. | jamessteel100 | 06/08/2019 |
| First real hill walk after heart attack. Walked with Dougie Mitchell. | Donaldson | 06/06/2019 |
| From Mither Tap, along some of the most frustrating paths I have ever encountered - inefficiently meandering about, up and down, seemingly for no purpose other than the sheer hell of it. But, better than flogging through the heather. | Isbjorn | 24/05/2019 |
| Good path from Mither Tap with Marli. Descended through heather to SE to reach path to Millstone Hill. | bolton | 20/02/2019 |
| Lachlans first time, date a rough guess | Vixtermc | 25/11/2018 |
| Excellent linear walk - Black Hill, Watch Crag, Oxen Craig, Bennachie, Millstone Hill. Highly recommend if two cars available. Good paths throughout. Popular hills, friendly walkers. | carole engel | 22/10/2018 |
| Took train from Aberdeen to Insch. Walked SE on road to turning for Back o'Bennachie carpark. Steep but well maintained path up to Little Oxen Craig, then the summit at Oxen Craig. E over the moor to Mither Tap with its spectacular hillfort. Down the path to Bennachie Centre. Then along minor roads to Burnhervie. North through woods to East Aquhorthies stone circle and on roads to Inverurie station. 26km. | PiranhaFish | 06/10/2018 |
| Reached from the Bennachie Centre via Mither Tap on a clear, sunny morning, but windy on the summit. | Windy Corner | 26/07/2018 |
| Early run over Oxen Craig, Craigshannoch and Mither Tap. | quadbarrel | 19/07/2018 |
| Very good paths from Back O’ Bennachie car park. | Lionel Bidwell | 12/07/2018 |
| A day of all weathers... sun, sleet And howling gales. Started in the Rowen Tree Carpark and comlpleted the round trip in 3 hours. | michellebeacom | 22/04/2018 |
| From CP to N - good track all the way to summit. | ger | 20/04/2018 |
| Run from visitor centre over the Mithertap | highlandrock | 03/04/2018 |
| Nice circuit of Bennachie, Mither Tap and Millstone Hill from Mill of Tilliefoure. 2nd of 6 today: Cairn William, Bennachie, Millstone Hill, Hill of Fare, Benaquhallie, Craiglich. | PGCE | 22/02/2018 |