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Name:Steygail
Hill number:1776
Height:573m / 1880ft
Parent (Ma):1740  Green Lowther
RHB Section:27C: The Glenkens to Annandale
Donald area:Lowther Hills
County/UA:Dumfries and Galloway
Catchment:Nith
Class:Hump, Dodd (500-599m), Donald Dewey, Submarilyn, Yeaman
(Hu,Tu,5,DDew,sMa,Y)
Grid ref:NS 88870 08427
Summit feature:no feature
Drop:145m
Col:428m  NS891087  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 71 78
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Survey:Abney level
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 67 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
From lay-by (NS8874-0673) Track to Dalveen farm passing to the west to pick up track above Bught HaasAndrew Simmons13/02/2023
Parking in layby at NS912083. Hurdle at wall corner of woods gives access to a brutal ascent of Laght Hill, big dip then relentless uphill along SUW to Comb Head, then easier on to Cold Moss and Lowther Hill, out and back to East Mount Lowther, on to Wether Hill and finally, up the steepest grass I have ever encountered, to Steygail, descended via Westside Height to Dalveen and back up the A72 race track.Isbjorn08/05/2022
Full anti-clockwise circuit of Laght Hill, Cold Moss and Steygail. Good parking a few hundred metres W burial ground. From Cold Moss, along SUW down to col, up to about 600m contour, then round west and south to Wether Hill. Steeply down to col, then extremely steeply up NW face to NW ridge of Steyail. Down NW, then W ridge, to burn confluence. Followed burn to above Dalveen Farm, then up around field wall and then ATV track to A702 just above impressive gorge.Minto27/02/2022
Route over Lowther Hills from E, parking just N of Overfingland. Took Southern Upland Way to Laight Hill, over Comb Head and Cold Moss. Continued to Lowther Hill, walking around the compound fence, then over to East Mount Lowther. Returned almost to access road then contoured S and via Wether Hill to narrow beallach and steep climb to Staygail. Descended via Westside Height to Carron Water and return mainly following fence line on hillside above road and then joining line of Roman road to Overfingland. Misty and drizzly for some time but start and end of route were brighterRobertP04/09/2021
Used angled path from Upper Dalveen to make the ascent a little less brutalalda12/04/2021
From layby (NS 8874 0673), took track to Dalveen Farm circumnavigating it to the W to pick up track above Bught Haas.jonglew17/03/2021
Lockdown revisit, P layby S of Potrenick Brig & came up via Langcleugh Rig, Lowthers & Windy Hill. Steep grassy slope. Lunch above Blue Scar, then back up to SUWagentmancuso05/03/2021
A round of Laght Hill, Cold Moss and Steygail from layby near the burial ground. Interesting steep sided hills. Impressive sub-Marilyn. Found a useful old track leading back up from Upper Dalveen that saved any road walking. With R and B.jenx03/09/2020
From the Toll cottage.richtea504021/07/2020
2nd ascent; first soloajwxyzt21/07/2020
Climbed from bottom of Dalveen pass, up past Upper Dalveen and then a good path up the hillside. Then made a day of it going over Wether Hill, Lowther Hill, Cold Moss and finally Laught Hill.3 kinnears31/05/2020
Parked in gerrybowes layby and went up the road to Dalveen, past the house and up almost to the highpoint of the track. Followed ATV tracks up and around to the summit. (Never seen so many vole holes on a hill, & saw 4 voles) Descended in a SW direction and followed the ridge to meet the track at a bridge at NS87881 07788 (picnic table there too!).Returned by the track past Dalveen. Pleasant walk with good views.LizH16/03/2020
Up and down by track and excellent ATV track from roadside near Dalveen. Perfect gradient for a speedy ascent.SS06/04/2019
Parked in small layby 500m S. of Dalveen entrance at NS 88428 06022 - Up farm track which passes on left side of buildings & up to high point - From high point, well-used ATV track to unmarked summit. Friendly young farmer out on hill doing the rounds. (S)gerrybowes13/12/2018
From East Mount Lowther. Returned to the bealach. Then took faint path down the Enterkin Burn glen, fording it lower down to climb east on sheep-paths to the bealach between Steygail and Cold Moss. Then very steep ascent up north flank to summit. To descend, contoured round to NE ridge, picking up ATV track down to Upper Dalveen. To avoid farm, worked my way with difficulty on very steep slopes to descend east flank, and up to A 702. Should just have continued to Upper Dalveen! Then took A 702 NW back to car near Overfingland. Solo.Man of Kernow117/07/2018
Cycled through Dalveen farm then legged it over Dalveen Rig following argo track to Steygail summit.Eddie26/09/2017
With Cold Mossnickywood113/03/2017
On Lowther round, before EML.iangpark06/09/2016
up from bridge over lavern burn.robertphillips19/05/2016
steep pull from Cold Mosscjo22/01/2016
From the B797 at nice parking at NS 83772 09811.Alan Moore02/10/2015
From Dalveen, up Dalveen Rig, down the west ridge to the Enterkin Pass. All easy going.borderterrier05/07/2014
Track through Dalveen farm and up Dalveen Rig. With Tom Echrisbien20/03/2010
Steep but straightforward ascent from bridge over Lavern burn.agentmancuso05/05/2008
In the lead on OMM 2007 with Darren on Day 2 Medium Score. We were set off first of the day and went steeply straight up above the whole stiill waking OMM campsite to the summit which we skirted by a few metres to save a few precious seconds as not exactly on our route - so summit not ticked!Chris Pearson28/10/2007
fine shapely steep grassy hill cf Howgills. RHW23/03/2003
Colin Crawford19/02/2024
stevent080915/04/2023
interloper12/05/2022
Rambling Ray20/09/2021
Simon Winton08/10/2020
AndyS20/07/2020
PeterAH16/03/2020
Tom Mundell14/03/2020
Trekking toes14/03/2020
Paul H09/11/2019
Steve Q09/11/2019
tomandivy13/07/2019
Lindsay M02/03/2019
thelonious27/05/2018
Dave Geere21/12/2017
FCL05/04/2017
Martin R11/03/2017
IainT12/10/2016
maknipe14/04/2016
Lucky14/04/2016
BaggerGutt30/03/2016
daviemore25/07/2015
carole engel21/09/2014
iaindbrown02/05/2014