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Name: | Croft Head |
Hill number: | 1894 |
Height: | 636.2m / 2087ft |
RHB Section: | 28B: The River Tweed to the English Border |
Donald area: | Ettrick Hills |
County/UA: | Dumfries and Galloway |
Catchment: | Annan |
Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Graham, Donald, Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,G,D,DN,Y) |
Grid ref: | NT 15309 05647 |
Summit feature: | no feature: ground 2m NW of fence junction |
Drop: | 194m |
Col: | 442.2m NT 1596 0582 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 79 (1:25k) 330 |
Survey: | Leica RX1250 |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 409 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
VincentH | 31/03/2024 | |
Croft Head, Loch Fell, Wind Fell, Hopetoun Craig, Ettrick Pen, Bodesbeck Law, White Shank, Smidhope Hill and Capel Fell from Selcoth | hummusg | 19/02/2024 |
Quite a long out and back walk to here and Capel Fell from Moffat hostel. Dense cloud and intermittent heavy drizzle but pleasantly mild for the time of year though. | Alex C | 15/02/2024 |
weaselmaster | 22/12/2023 | |
Sick Kid | 22/12/2023 | |
Tonester | 16/11/2023 | |
IMacd45 | 05/11/2023 | |
sarahk | 04/11/2023 | |
clanbonham | 04/11/2023 | |
From West Knowe on route to Capel Fell. 6th in clockwise circuit of the Ettrick Hills. Steep grassy descent NNW to the Southern Upland Way track. Did a bag drop at the wooden bench at the start of the climb up Croft Head which made for quick easy progress up an excellent path to the summit gate!! 
Quick decent back down track for a wee rest on the bench and ruck sac back on for the ascent back up to Capel Fell. | Jossker | 16/10/2023 |
Jim B | 15/10/2023 | |
anguscow | 14/10/2023 | |
From Selcoth Fishery (parking with permission) up a steep landrover track beside the Steinstane Burn to Croft Head summit. Then joined SUW path for zig zag descent down Cat Shoulder. Ascent of Capel Fell on ATV track following fence on south east shoulder. Descent on tussocky grass following fence down south west shoulder. Easy crossing of the burn at bottom of Bill Cleuch to join landrover track for walk back to Selcoth. | Fife Walking | 01/10/2023 |
solitaryfellwanderer | 03/09/2023 | |
BrianMatthews | 17/08/2023 | |
Selcoth (parked with permission by water tank before road turns right to fishery) - Croft Head, West Knowe, Loch Fell, Lamblair Knowe, Wind Fell, Capel Fell, Sailfoot Law & Broken Back. | sclater | 11/08/2023 |
AlanD | 26/06/2023 | |
prwild | 01/06/2023 | |
1 & 4 of 4: Out: parked where the SUW leaves the road at Bellshaw Pool. Return: from Ettrick Pen after dropping down to Over Phawhope. The lower SUW was closed. With Karen. | ChrisR | 24/05/2023 |
GavinTheobald 3 | 20/05/2023 | |
Sailfoot - Capel Fell - White Shank - Potburn - Ettrick Pen - Loch Fell - Croft Head - Sailfoot | davidpettit84 | 07/04/2023 |
jgregor | 02/04/2023 | |
andy63 | 08/03/2023 | |
Pommyjon | 28/01/2023 | |
Graham Banks | 21/01/2023 | |
Iloveducks | 05/01/2023 | |
Circuit of Marilyns and tops from Sailforth. 
1 of 6 | thekirkie pirate | 13/11/2022 |
Round of 4 from Fishery to N. 4/4. Steep up from S, should have gone up track to E. | davechaffey | 29/10/2022 |
I had a late afternoon / evening walk from Sailfoot taking in Croft Fell and Capel Fell. Very enjoyable walking and views. | meltdiceburg | 21/08/2022 |
Parked at end of public road near Potburn 
for the Ettrick Horseshoe. Counter clockwise taking in White Shank, Smidhope Hill and Capel Fell. I wasn't looking forward to the outlier of Croft Head, but the ascent up West Knowe, was worse, as there is decent zig zag path up Cat Shoulder. From it was easy over Loch Fell, Wind Fell then Hopetoun Craig and one final pull up Ettrick Pen. Which had the first proper summit feature of the whole day, a large cairn. 
Dropped down to the NW to pick up the forestry track, then past Over Phawhope bothy and back to the car 8hrs after setting off. | chillyman8 | 31/07/2022 |
Huwel | 31/07/2022 | |
stevent0809 | 11/07/2022 | |
Started from the turning circle at the end of the minor road leading to the head of the Ettrick valley and followed the SMC route taking in the summits of Ettrick Pen, Hopetoun Craig, Wind fell, Loch fell, West Knowe, Croft head, Capel fell, Smidhope hill and White shank. A tough and long walk taking seven and half hours for the Twelve and half mile with 4000ft of ascent. Route finding was generally easy following fencing but a brutal descent of West Knowe is needed to reach the valley floor. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 01/05/2022 |
now on the high route of SUW. Very windy day, used lee side of fence. | oatcake | 24/04/2022 |
jfwilson | 21/04/2022 | |
With L & R | Janet M | 03/04/2022 |
Rod M | 03/04/2022 | |
Lindsay M | 03/04/2022 | |
AFD90 | 02/04/2022 | |
Delyoung | 22/03/2022 | |
pwithnall | 02/01/2022 | |
ScottyBoy76 | 10/11/2021 | |
Set off from Selcoth following tracks initially then straight up to Capel Fell. Then followed tracks to Wind Fell, Loch Fell, West Knowe and Croft Head before heading back to Selcoth. | jigglybones | 16/10/2021 |
Colin Crawford | 16/09/2021 | |
Robin56 | 12/09/2021 | |
bobhem25 | 08/09/2021 | |
Went from Selcoth Farm in Moffatdale. Followed track marked on OS 78, intermittent. Met a Shooting Party and was invited to change my route, which probably made the walk easier overall. Climbed up to the ridge and found a track for the descent via the next valley [Steinstane Burn] which joined/turned into the curving track marked on the map and I think this would be the easiest route of ascent. | IanHHill | 06/09/2021 |
Very steep ascent from path beneath Capel Fell. | johninthehills | 04/09/2021 |
Warm and sunny day for the walk up from Selcoth to nab a couple of geocaches. | Walker Dan | 27/08/2021 |
After Capel Fell through spectacular scenery along SUW, then returned to Potburn. | Lionel Bidwell | 26/08/2021 |