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| Name: | Whitewisp Hill |
| Hill number: | 1647 |
| Height: | 643m / 2110ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 1642 Ben Cleuch |
| Parent (SMC): | 1646 Tarmangie Hill |
| RHB Section: | 26A: Central Scotland from Dumbarton to Montrose |
| Donald area: | Ochil Hills |
| County/UA: | Clackmannanshire |
| Catchment: | Forth |
| Class: | Simm, Graham Top (Tu,Sim,DT,GT,DN) |
| Grid ref: | NN 95515 01365 |
| Summit feature: | cairn |
| Drop: | 32m |
| Col: | 611m NN946014  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 58 (1:25k) 366E |
| Survey: | Abney level |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 374 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| From Innerdownie on clockwise circuit from Glen Sherup car park. | Jossker | 27/01/2024 |
| Circuit from Glendevon CP of Shee, Cairnmorris, Middle, Skythorn, Tarmangie, Whitewisp, Innerdownie & Black Hills. Very good paths, everything frozen. | sclater | 18/01/2024 |
| Round from Glen Sherup. Day started off wet and windy with aftermath of Storm Babet. Finished dry with sun. | cjo | 21/10/2023 |
| Glendevon Woods CP (NN9710510). Forest tracks to start of ride at NN974041. Innerdownie, Whitewisp Hill, Tarmangie Hill, Cairnmorris Hill, Ben Shee, Wester Glensherup, then a temporary track back to CP, but with some shenanigans to overcome barriered-off bridge | Isbjorn | 22/09/2023 |
| 1 of 4: Parked at the lower Castle Campbell CP. Took the Glen Devon path until below the trees on the flank of the hill. Then very steeply up to the trees and along their lower edge. Not recommended. With Karen. | ChrisR | 06/09/2023 |
| Parked at Dollar Glen car park then hiked up Saddle Hill (very steep, couldn't find a path, not recommended) before Whitewisp Hill and Innerdownie. Then down to Glenquey Reservoir and back along the valley. | SootAndShale | 20/08/2023 |
| With Luna - Dollar Glen Circuit including Saddle Hill and Bank Hill | Bingo999 | 07/08/2023 |
| From King’s Seat, Andrew Gannel and Tarmangie Hills. Easy grass path to top but very steep descent towards Hillfoot Hill. | Campbell Singer | 17/07/2023 |
| DRC Walk, Glen Sherup horseshoe from Woodland Trust CP. | TRG318 | 02/07/2023 |
| With Moira and Ian Davison on the Glen Sherup loop | ColB | 09/05/2023 |
| From Dollar Glen, parking half way up the hill to Castle Campbell. Good track to Craiginnan, then reasonably good ground over Saddle Hill and up. On to Innerdownie, Tarmangie Hill, Cairnmorris Hill, Skythorn Hill, King's Seat Hil and Elistoun Hill and return for a 21k round. | jonglew | 24/02/2023 |
| SHC walk from Dollar Golf Club. Circuit of King's Seat, Skythorn, Tarmangie, Whitewisp and Innerdownie. | TRG318 | 11/12/2022 |
| Round of hills from centre of Dollar by Dollar Burn. Walked up road on E side of Dollar Burn then track above Burn of Care. Then picked route through felled forestry up SW ridge of Hillfoot Hill. Descended W through felled area then steep area between older trees and young forestry. Took a steep and direct route to reach summit of Whitewisp Hill. Easy continuation to Tarmangie Hill, Cairnmorris Hill, Stythorn Hill and Andrew Gannel Hill. Descended E to beallach, then climbed outlier Elistoun Hill before returning to beallach and climbing King's Seat Hill. Descent ESE along ridge and then interesting path by Dollar Burn. Mixture of sunshine and rain. | RobertP | 14/10/2022 |
| From Glen Sherup CP up track and path to Innerdownie then on over Whitewisp Hill and Tarmangie Hill to Andrew Gannell Hill (which I'd missed by 30 yards before). Return via Cairnmorris Hill and a poor early choice down to Glen Sherup. | SS | 03/08/2022 |
| From Tarmangie Hill. | Alan | 07/06/2022 |
| Tillicoultry-The Law-Andrew Gannel Hill-Skythorn Hill-Cairnmorris Hill-Tarmangie Hill-Whitewisp Hill-Innerdownie-King's Seat Hill-Tillicoultry | campagvelocet | 24/05/2022 |
| Over Bentie Knowe from Innerdownie. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 04/03/2022 |
| Innerdownie, Tarmangie Hill and Ben Cleuch from Glen Sherup car park | hummusg | 11/02/2022 |
| https://www.strava.com/activities/6261666519 | Graham22b | 15/11/2021 |
| Along from Tamangie. | Big H | 24/10/2021 |
| yorkielad | 12/10/2021 | |
| From Dollar for a round of King's Seat Hill, Andrew Gannel Hill, Cairnmorris Hill, Tarmangie Hill, Innerdownie and Whitewisp Hill. | rhalstead | 04/09/2021 |
| From Innerdownie along good path. | KeithByTheC | 04/07/2021 |
| Circular walk with John & Mike from the Whittens car park. Not sure we actually found the top | barnz48 | 11/06/2021 |
| Climbed from Glen Sherup with Moira, Cliona, Tricia, Liz and Raasay. Over Innerdownie, White Wisp, Tarmangie and Ben Shee. Beautiful day. | ColB | 22/04/2021 |
| walk with club, Beverly Mari Kelvin and myself | JamesSDonald | 02/04/2021 |
| From Hillfoot CP, Dollar via Saddle Hill, Whitewisp, Tarmangie, Kings Seat and off nr Windy Edge return. Deep snow, mix of firm and soft above 1500ft. Cold westerly and warming sunshine. Beautiful winter’s day for a local classic. (5hrs!) | niallp | 25/01/2021 |
| With Lorna and David. | Skerryvore | 19/12/2020 |
| DRC Walk from Dollar. Saddle Hill, Whitewisp, Tarmangie, Whitewisp again and Innerdownie, back via Glen Quey. | TRG318 | 04/10/2020 |
| With Susan, Max, Josie and dogs. Warm, sunny day with perfect viz. | alexmaclennan | 17/09/2020 |
| Glen Sherup Horseshoe | Alan Bothwell | 05/09/2020 |
| Beautifully sunny day. Loop from Dollar. | quadbarrel | 05/09/2020 |
| Round of Glen Sherup, widdershins. Warm sun, cool W wind, dry with some cloud. Views partial but long: B a Ghlo, Tinto, Bass Rock, B Vorlich etc. Saw 3 or 4 others, so quiet. Great walking: dam, B Shee, Cairnmorris Hill, Tarmangie, Whitewisp, Innerdownie. Not so hill-fit being first hills for months. this summit a bit nondescript | niallp | 20/07/2020 |
| From Castle Campbell CP, Saddle Hill, Whitewisp, Tarmangie, King's Seat and Bank Hill. | TRG318 | 17/01/2020 |
| Park of five hills covered from Castle Campbell, following sign to King's Seat, then down north side, across Burn of Sorrow and then to Tarmangie and Whitewisp. | csinclair185 | 03/01/2020 |
| I circled the summits around glen Sherup in the Ochil Hills, getting the two Donalds, Innerdownie (610m) and Tarmangie Hil (645m), plus a couple of tops, Whitewisp Hill (643m) and Ben Shee (516m). Accessed from the Glen Sherup forest car park, across the A823 from the Glen Devon Holiday Park. Clear blue skies all day, which was actually too bright and hazy to give any views to the south, but windy and cold on top, 04:25 hours all in. | chillyman8 | 03/01/2020 |
| The 2nd of 5 D/DDew on a clockwise circuit of Glen Sherup, starting with Innerdownie & finishing on Ben Shee. From Innerdownie, continued along path/ATV track to fence junction - Through gate and up path to summit cairn. Continued to Tarmangie Hill. (S) | gerrybowes | 21/08/2019 |
| Parked at Glendevon and walked to Castle Campbell. Then King's Seat, Andrew Gannel, Skythorn, Tarmangie, Whitewisp, Innerdownie. Direct return to Glendevon on grassy path. | PGCE | 26/02/2019 |
| Large cairn in rough grass and delightful views on clear sunny breezy day. Continued back to Dollar Glen and Campbell Castle via Saddle Hill. | Denise | 05/10/2018 |
| From Tarmangie Hill, summit cairn, good views. | RichardM | 05/10/2018 |
| A terrific traverse of 8 Ochil New Donalds with Martin66, Smithy & MarkH with cars at both ends. From the parking area by the side of Castlehill Reservoir, up the track to Glenquey, followed cut grass path from NW of reservoir beyond its limit on map all the way to the summit. Continued easily over Whitewisp Hill & Taramangie Hill. Dropped steeply SW & slogged up the path to King's Seat (worth continuing to SE end for view). Dropped W & up path NW to Andrew Gannel Hill. Crossed fence & took direct path to Ben Cleuch: a rather untidy summit. Round to the bump of Ben Ever & down tracks to Alva Glen. Brilliant round in great weather. | NotReallyABagger | 11/08/2018 |
| Easy bag from Castle Campbell carpark | AndrewFinnimore | 08/08/2018 |
| Innerdownie, Bentie Knows, Whitewisp Hill, Taramangie,Scad Hill, Ben Shee. All but last two in mist. 4 hour round. | Longwojo | 12/06/2018 |
| 2nd of 9. | iangpark | 19/04/2018 |
| Route to Tarmangie Hill. | smocks and denims | 04/01/2018 |
| Glorious winter's day, snow on the ground, bitterly cold wind. Dollar to Glendevon over King's Seat, Tarmangie, Whitewisp and Innerdownie | Colin Crawford | 27/12/2017 |
| Round of 6 tumps from Glen Sterup: Black, Innerdownie, Whitewisp, Tarmangie, Cairnmorris and Shee. Good tracks and paths. Stay on the east side of the deer fence at the Innerdownie col. | Topographer57 | 19/11/2017 |
| From Glen Sherup car park through forest on good track/path to ridge and up Innerdownie with fine views. Then on round to Whitewisp Hill and Tarmangie Hill on ATV tracks. Easy enough crossing to Cairnmorris Hill then down to low point below Ben Shee. Go0d track/path to top then down via dam to car. | SS | 22/10/2017 |
| Continuing with J, F & A from Innerdownie down over Bentie Knowe and up over stile to summit of WH. Re-joined fence to climb to Tarmangie Hill. Weather clouded over a little but still good for walking. First visit was on 08/09/2015. Third visit repeated route of second, 8 KHWC walkers; good weather but showers threatened. | jacobus | 03/07/2017 |
| 11th time. | russell61 | 05/04/2017 |