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| Name: | Dumbuck Hill West |
| Hill number: | 19581 |
| Height: | 126.4m / 415ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 1668 Duncolm |
| RHB Section: | 26A: Central Scotland from Dumbarton to Montrose |
| County/UA: | West Dunbartonshire |
| Catchment: | Clyde |
| Class: | Tump (100-199m) (Tu,1) |
| Grid ref: | NS 41892 74613 |
| Summit feature: | not recorded |
| Drop: | 32m |
| Col: | 95m NS 4191 7474  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 64 (1:25k) OL38 342 347 |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 13 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
| From Hunter's Avenue over fields. Way easier than getting there via Overtoun on my last attempt. Ascent as others have described. Was glad of @adrian holding the rope. Yellow sling also helpful. | sclater | 29/09/2021 |
| Evening ascent, yellow sling useful. Neil provided the rope for our successful ascent. Good to have this one done. | Adrian | 29/09/2021 |
| Parked Barnhill road, Dumbarton East, followed dog walker's woodland path 400m than across horse paddocks South to wooded quarry sides. Struggled up to rim- steep and vegetated - then to little used quarry rim track ( used this track to exit more easily). Quarry all quiet on a sunny Sunday afternoon. Found yellow sling and ascended steep wooded slop to base of rock rib on quarry rim. Easy Scramble with comfort rope to ramp on rim with mesh reinforcement, from which walked south to summit. Superb views of Clyde and Dumbarton Castle but visible in all directions. Continued around rim via upper quarry track and vegetated rim to Main top. | Denise | 11/07/2021 |
| Intended as a quick excursion to break the 500mile journey home from Skye these 3 small hills take longer than expected. We park on Barnhill Road and the 'usual route' to the wooded W edge of the quarry. Gaining the quarry edge through trees, nettles, brambles and steep rock debris and consolidated grit is the hardest thing we've done for a while. Once at the base of the N ridge of the summit a series of earthy steps in rock/heather passes the yellow sling and gains the ridge just below the rock step. Good holds on solid rock negotiate the exposed step (YDS2/3) and reaches easier ground and ascent next to edge of wire netting to high point where the small rock remains. Excellent views of Dumbarton, the Clyde and Glasgow and little doubt very obvious from folk below. Having brought along the rope it seemed a pity not to make use of the the alpine quality belays for the descent. Sunday evening and the quarry quiet we depart on the much easier operational quarry road NE. | RichardM | 11/07/2021 |
| Met RHW and Minto at NS 4153 7524. Took track along N side housing ~400m, across paddocks to base of the scramble (NS 4190 7468). First pitch an easy scramble, BE's yellow sling not really necessary. Second pitch more serious. RHW solo'd, dropped comfort rope, very handy. Then easy to summit using top edge of mesh to assist. | jonglew | 26/04/2021 |
| A return visit with RHW and JG, both of whom romped to the summit while I took photos (and plucked up courage). Some time later I made it to the pine tree, then freaked out when an excavator in the quarry below dumped tonnes of rock! I then realised the pine tree wasn't the way to go. So I returned to the ground to regather composure for another attempt. Which going via the yellow sling is MUCH easier! Grateful for a rope from above to scramble up a recess in the prow. Then easily traverse right with good holds, and up a little grassy gully to the substantial wire netting. Once there it is an easy walk which felt quite safe to the summit. A recompletion of West Dumbartonshire, and also Region 26A. | Minto | 26/04/2021 |
| With the two Js. Standard NE ridge route. Mon eve, a little showery but prow dry and scrambling easy, but rope made descent easier. 2 men working on an excavator, apparently didn't see us | RHW | 26/04/2021 |
| Managed to climb it on my second attempt; this time with climbing shoes. Like everyone else, followed the route from the quarry road offshoot and then up the wooded area by the yellow sling onto the ridge. From there climbed to another much smaller ridge and moved to my right. After that it was a fairly easy scramble to the top. My pictures are on the Tumps Facebook group. | JAdair97 | 25/04/2021 |
| Thanks Brian for the yellow sling marking the route and providing reassurance in both ascending and descending. The vegetated terrace to the south of the rock nose may not last forever and would advise carrying a long sling or short length of rope for a direct descent. Solitary stone still sits on summit. Other excellent views are available, without the adrenaline rush. | lordtonult | 05/04/2021 |
| Dry and windless day. From rim of quarry. Look for my yellow sling tied to a tree on your right, aim for that then up onto ridge. Thereafter one short scramble. Summit is a lovely place to sit and admire Dumbarton and the Clyde. Okay I am biased I live 30 mins. from the summit. | bjewing | 05/03/2021 |
| Parked on barnhill road, across pasture fields with horses to quarry rim, went up the slab to the right hand side near a small pine tree to get onto the shelf, the rocky nose is exposed but has good holds then a large rock slab is better passed on its right side gets you to the top, a single small stone marks the summit on top of the wire safety netting, downclimbed to the shelf with my rope anchored onto the safety wire netting, from the end of the shelf dropped down to the south on loose gravel scree rocks for about 8 metres and went around to the left near a pine tree and back up to the rim, | robertphillips | 19/09/2020 |
| Read Dumbowie log for parking. Impromptu Saturday evening - dry/windless/empty quarry; had been reading past logs at 3pm and, given the weather, though might as well give it a trepidatious bash. Had been considering climbing it for years. Initial ~6m slab possibly getting on for Diff, but managed it after couple of attempts - recommend using vegetation to the right, as suggested, as it likely makes for an easier, if steeper, ascent (I only used it for the downclimb). After flat shelf, looked at 'crux' and immediately thought 'nah no chance' but within 15 seconds found myself half way up it, adrenaline pumping. Holds much better and heather to grab but sense of exposure seriously increased - Grade 2 I'd say. Short, narrow, heathery ledge to surprisingly safe summit area. Greatly reduced sense of exposure on downclimb but still took my time - wont catch me doing it in wind/rain! Hellish Dumbuck Hill proper afterwards. | iangpark | 18/07/2020 |
| Not Ticked. Not for he faint hearted. Needs dry weather, otherwise rock greasy, and not too windy. Parked in houses to NE. Up track and across fields below Dumbowie. Leave fields at gate in corner, straight up quarry spoil to edge (safe) of workings. Follow edge this down to the col. All easy enough (compared to CC direct route from A82). This was a Saturday morning, in July, no one around at all. BUT it was the end of Glasgow holiday fortnight, so quarry may be shut. It would also have been the same holiday period when agentmancuso visited the week earlier. It would be very difficult to easily access the col if quarry was working. Looked at options up the last bit, and that described by Colin appears the best. However, it is above an overhanging 20m drop into the trees below. The apparent route along the base of the cliff, under the underhang, ends abruptly overlooking tree-tops! So no-way that way. | Minto | 11/07/2020 |
| Route exploration with Minto. The final narrow and airy 'nose' is a couple of metres of a good gully below a couple of metres of slab (perhaps on a par with Stac Pollaidh). Neither of which in isolation would be overly problematic on a dry windless day, but the combination is out of my comfort zone for a solo free-scramble. The heather/tree route up the first ledge felt safe despite the overhang. | ajwxyzt | 11/07/2020 |
| [continued] The vegetated scramble felt too scary for me, but Andrew Tibbets made it onto shelf / ledge, about 1/3 up the last bit. So West Dunbartonshire and Region 26A shall remain un-recompleted for me. Just as well I'd completed them both before this new Tump was found. Photos and video of Andrew descending are on Facebook - The Tumps | Minto | 10/07/2020 |
| On reading Bernie's entry, perhaps I should add a little more detail regarding my own ascent. I too found the initial shelf of rock to be greasy and very devoid of decent holds. I managed a couple of moves directly above the quarry rim but retreated before putting myself into difficulties. I then dropped down a little to the south of the rim, away from the quarry face and forced a way through blocking trees and scrub to reach the shelf at a slightly lower level. The rock was still greasy and with more vegetation in place but the gradient was shallower, there were some marginally better holds and a slip could probably have been arrested. On the return trip I managed to descend safely facing out from the rock, effectively a bit of a bum slide. The final nose has better holds and feels much more secure to ascend. Hope that helps | Colin Crawford | 05/07/2020 |
| P Hunter's Ave & came up the slightly disguised Overtoun track, along past mast on W side of Dunbowie & straight up to quarry rim. All quiet on Sat morning, so thought things were going well, but gave up after a couple of attempts at scrambling as the rock was just to greasy for my comfort zone. Need to come back on a dry day. | agentmancuso | 04/07/2020 |
| Interesting challenge, this one. I approached through open woods from the A82 west of Milton, no high fences or warning signs apparent. It was an increasingly steep clamber up through the trees, with lots of slippery quarry spoil to negotiate; thankfully, trees had gained a hold on the stuff and they acted as useful grabs. The last bit, from the lip of the quarry, is a scramble, not too difficult but with some airy positions. A little vegetated shelf is best tackled south of the edge then there's a little nose of rock before easier ground to the top. That nose is probably the only viable route and is in full view of the quarry floor so a non-operational day is the best bet. I exited along the lip of the quarry towards Dumbowie, probably a much better approach than the struggle up the woods | Colin Crawford | 20/06/2020 |