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Name:Wester Balloch
Hill number:3105
Height:806m / 2644ft
Parent (Ma):491  Ben Tirran
RHB Section:07B: Braemar to Montrose
County/UA:Angus
Catchment:North Esk
Class:Simm, Corbett Top
(Tu,Sim,CT)
Grid ref:NO 34119 79006
Summit feature:peat hag
Drop:61m
Col:745m  NO339797  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 44
(1:25k) OL53N 388N
Observations:cairn 100m SE at NO 34193 78941 is lower
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 39 users)ByDate of Ascent
From Loch Lee car park by bike to Stables of LeeGonk06/09/2023
From Clova, up to Loch Brandy then across peat hag terrain to top, first of 4 Simms + sub.NormanW05/06/2023
Geocache on summit full of water and frozen rock hard!BaggerGutt30/03/2022
Box with visitors book open. Almost full of water and book in plastic bag saturated. I left 2 small pages of notepaper inside and put stone on top.duchally25/10/2021
From the CP near the clova hotel, up the path behind the hotel to green hill, the snub, benty roads, wester balloch, wester watery knowe, easter watery knowe, craig damff, easter balloch, black hill of mark, lair of aldararie, boustie ley, lair of whitestone, down the track through the trees to the glen doll CP to pick up my bike for a easy cycle back to the CP at the clova hotel.robertphillips18/07/2020
See Easter Balloch. Mist enveloped wilderness. Signed the Visitors’ Book. On to Wester Watery Knowe.Campbell Singer20/12/2018
Visitors book still dry, equipped with seven pencils, four pens and three pencil sharpeners. Good to see a few familiar names in there - mae, LindsayM, TonyS, GaryJones and the local MP.alda05/10/2018
Log book safely in box and (almost) dry. My entry today was the 2nd of 2018 so not oft visited.Tony S06/05/2018
After Easter Balloch. Surprised to find a visitor's book on top. Not many entries though!Lindsay M14/04/2018
See Monawee. Lid had blown of box for summit book leaving it half full of water and remains of book about 5 metres away in sodden condition. Made entry, any trace of earlier entries disappeared. Put in box and added stone to lid to try to keep it ondickscroop06/09/2015
Done on return trip from Shielin of Mark, Note book, for visitors to record their visit. Placed Oct 14, only been 2 visits since , 19 May and my visit. Placer of box reckoned summit was the remotest in the E Grampians.clashcityrocker23/05/2015
On the TGO Challenge with Sue - Hill 32, on a great day from Broom Hill to Tarfside. Yes, we were the 19 May visitors - just beating clashcityrocker to be first in the visitors book. It's a great place though, and there's plenty of room both in the book and by The Water of Unich for a magnificent wild camp.Phreerunner19/05/2015
8 Sim circuit from Glenesk roadhead. After W Watery Knowe. RHW09/06/2013
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Alan Whatley20/12/2018
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