Loading...
Name: | An Sgarsoch |
Hill number: | 407 |
Height: | 1006.5m / 3302ft |
RHB Section: | 06A: Glen Tromie to Glen Tilt |
County/UA: | Perth and Kinross, Aberdeenshire |
Catchment: | Catchment Boundaries, Dee (Aberdeen), Tay |
Watershed: | Aberdeen Bay, Firth of Tay |
Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Munro, High Hills of Britain, Murdo, Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,M,HHB,Mur,Y) |
Grid ref: | NN 93340 83676 |
Summit feature: | small pointed embedded rock c.20m NNE of large cairn |
Drop: | 319m |
Col: | 687m NN857808 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 43 (1:25k) OL51E 394E |
Observations: | large cairn at NN 93335 83656 may hide ground as high |
Survey: | Abney level/Leica RX1250 |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
N.B. Some hill summits are on private property or on land where there is no public right of way. Permission should be sought from the landowner where access to a hill summit is through private land(*).
*For information about access rights in Scotland see the ScotWays website.
Please report via the contact page any logs you see below which describe or encourage acts of trespass. Please quote the hill number and hill name.
Logged Descriptions (logged by 598 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Carn an Fhidhleir & An Sgarsoch from Geldie Lodge | geoffh12 | 27/09/2023 |
Bike from Linn of Dee to Geldie Lodge. 8 miles and 4 'paddles' - bring a spare pair of shoes! Heather and bog up to Carn and Fhidleir was a slog and under the cloud base. Then, easier going to An Sgarsoch and clear views from the top. Down the grass and heathery slopes (good going though) and back to the lodge. Cycle and 4 more 'paddles' to Linn of Dee. | tsharp | 12/07/2023 |
Carn an Fhidhleir [Carn Ealar] & An Sgarsoch from Linn of Dee, 44km day. | JasonStark | 27/05/2023 |
Biked up to junction then walked the 2 Munros. Great weather. | Kevthecat | 26/05/2023 |
Càrn an Fhidhleir and An Sgarsoch from the Linn of Dee. Walkhighlands route. | hummusg | 29/09/2022 |
Linn of Dee - cycled to Geldie Lodge - Carn an Fhidhleir - An Sgarsoch - Scarsoch Bheag - bike - Linn of Dee. | Mark Jackson | 17/08/2022 |
1/2 - cloudy. Windy. Some drizzle. Walked in to Tarf Hotel from Blair Atholl. Then followed Allt a' Chaorainn + tributary up to rocky summit.... | wychwood | 13/06/2022 |
Day 1 of 3 backpack from Inverey. | Geoff Briggs | 15/04/2022 |
An Sgarsoch and Càrn an Fhidhleir - cycled in from Linn of Dee to Geldie Lodge with John - track rough in parts but none of it too rough for a hardtail mtb. The only parts we dismounted for were the water crossings and, due to a recent dry spell, the only one that required wet feet was the Geldie Burn itself (used a pair of water shoes to cross). Did a little bit of heather-bashing on the hills, but going was good for the most part and we ended up with a time of 7h 18min from Linn of Dee (9:10am departure) and then back to Linn of Dee (4:28pm). Reckon the cycling saved at least 2.5hrs. | mproudfoot | 15/08/2021 |
1/3 From tent at Red Bothy (MBA work party in progress). Windy, grey, but all summits clear. Up Cnapan Garbh and Druim nan Saobhaidh to summit. | Rounsfell | 14/08/2021 |
Round 2 of Munros. Came up from Druim Sgarsoch (954m). Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 15/07/2021 |
I made the long walk in from Blair Atholl to the Falls of Tarf and then ascended Coire na Creige (771m) which was a pathless boggy climb. Then I walked the ridge to the official summit at Braigh Coire Caochan nan Laogh (743m). I was glad the summit wasn't the cairn shown on the OS map as this saved some time! Then along the ridge to Carn Greannach (882m), Druim Sgarsoch (954m) and the main summit of An Sgarsoch (1006m). Then was the difficult bit as next was the second munro, Carn an Fhidhleir (994m). This had looked a big drop on the map but wasn't quite as bad as I feared. I then followed the rivers down to the Tilt valley and then the long walk back. The 61km walk took 17 hours and it was a personal achievement to do it as a single day walk. Cloud free summits. | meltdiceburg | 11/07/2021 |
#12 of 16 from Linn of Dee. Revisit | RHW | 31/05/2021 |
With Sunny & Iain 
Cycle from Linn of Dee to Geldie Lodge 
Carn an Fhidhleir (Carn Ealar) & An Sgarsoch | Huwel | 15/08/2020 |
Bike&hike | Strathcarron | 06/08/2020 |
Bike in from Lin of Dee - good track to White bridge, then good further half mile, after which very rough. Impossible to bike for me most of time - should have left bike at first building after White Bridge and walked the rest. Also four fords knee deep to cross (with bike!) | carole engel | 06/07/2020 |
With Marion after Fhidleir. Good views. | Chris Blake | 06/08/2019 |
Alan P, Chris T, Jane, Gavin, Willie | NHWC | 01/06/2019 |
Great views 360 degrees. | gettingonabit | 17/05/2019 |
Beautiful day | wullclark | 20/04/2019 |
Camping at Geldie Lodge, with Jude and Andrew. | Grinner-Munros2 | 28/08/2018 |
Last of two Glen Feshie Munros. Long walk but enjoyable. | mikejacobs | 07/08/2018 |
Solo | HFB | 26/05/2018 |
On TGO Challenge | Colin Crawford | 18/05/2018 |
Weather fair. | MountainMac | 25/05/2017 |
Cycled from Linn of Dee to Geldie Lodge then anticlockwise round of the 2 Munros. On own. | MorecambeMonkey | 18/05/2017 |
From Linn of Dee via Geldie Lodge to Carn Fhidleir, An Sgarsoch, and return | kdbennett | 19/10/2016 |
Following on from Carn an Fhidhleir. Very hot. Bike took a bit of a battering on way back. | Roblex | 19/07/2016 |
27miles (cycled 16miles) | Tash | 13/07/2016 |
Tash 2 of 2 8.5 hours total Linn of Dee inc bikes to lodge | pigerg | 13/07/2016 |
MTB from Linn of Dee to Geldie Lodge, then round of Carn an Fhidhleir and An Sgarsoch. | rhalstead | 20/06/2016 |
Long run in and back from Lin of Dee, 12+ km. Good path until climb up Carn an Fhidhleir. Included An Sgarsoch as well until return to Geldie Lodge. | gandrew | 22/05/2016 |
Snowshowing Ring of Tarf with Rob Wight on Day 1. Low cloud but dry and light winds. | alexmaclennan | 31/03/2016 |
With Jack, Jim, Gavin 
Easter trip (backpacking) | fellie | 24/03/2016 |
From the col with Carn Ealar. Cloud came down on summit so no view. Continued east and descended to the east of Coire an Tobair. Very enjoyable cycle ride back to Linn of Dee as its slightly down hill with a following wind. | mindlessflogger | 21/03/2016 |
Cycled in from Linn of Dee with John. Camped by Geldie Lodge. Midges appalling | younggl | 15/08/2015 |
Bikes to geldie lodge, marginal river crossing, hike to summit and spent a night in Tarf hotel. With Adam. | sotabagger | 06/08/2015 |
UAfter a day's respite after our 3 summits on Grey Corries we had moved to Braemar. We set off from Linn of Dee by bike into a stiff breeze traversing the level track to the first of two significant river crossings, passing Geldie Lodge. Rob removed his socks and was rapidly cooled before we started the ascents of first An Sarsoch and then Carn an Fhidhleir. The hills were rounded grassy and clear of cloud throughout. Coming down we passed through fields of snow. Recrossing streams with bikes and then a strong following wind permitted an almost hysterical rate of traverse of tracks that have given up the kilometres so reluctantly in the morning. Getting back to Braemar our lodge accommodation was ideal. | david.walker40 | 11/05/2015 |
Camped next to the Geldie Burn. The day before the rivers were impassable due to snow melt. Not today though as there was a heavy frost. Great views. | Play2End | 06/04/2015 |
Fine but largely overcast and hazy. Bike in from Linn of Dee to Geldie Lodge, massive thunderstorm on the way back! | Capt Malbec | 26/07/2014 |
Round of Beinn Dearg, Carn Ealer, An Sgarsoch, Tarf Hotel and Carn a Chlamain from Atholl rifle range. 
Day 42 of 59 for all Munros. 
39km, +/-2300m, 11 hours. | PGCE | 19/05/2014 |
R Chris bike to Geldie lodge | Richard Tait | 05/05/2014 |
Cycled from Linn of Dee to just above Geldie Lodge, then climbed Carn an Fhidhleir and An Sgarsoch. Scorching hot day (over 20C on summits!) made the walk rather demanding! | jonbowyer | 20/07/2013 |
With Anne & Ruth Sinclair. Cycled into Geldie Lodge, fell in at a river crossing felt good to cool down. Very hot a tough day. I did not feel very well on the steeper parts of the ascent will have to look into this. | LizzieG | 19/07/2013 |
Climbed with Carn Ealar | munromurph | 01/06/2013 |
http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=31162 | basscadet | 27/04/2013 |
Climbed with Andy while staying at Ling Hut on DMC trip. 
 
Cycled in from Glen Feshie. 
 
Reasonable day but some patches of cloud and snow at the top causing poor visibility. A bit unsettling coming off Carn an Fhidhleir as there was a high avalanche risk (few inches of fresh snow on top of ice). | amcculloch | 16/03/2013 |
Crap weather. Unable to cross with bike at 2nd ford. Long walk around scarsoch bearg, very wind and rainy/ Big cairn at top. | Jhimmy | 13/09/2012 |
2nd of 2. Took a wrong turn off top and pretty much to turn back on myself. Dropped to boggy belach before ascent to peak. Off North and around bump and back to path. Easier cycle out. 50.3km, 1270m, 9hr55. | bowzi | 01/09/2012 |
From Linn of Dee: Cycled to Geldie Lodge: An Sgarsoch via Sgarsoch Beag then down and up to Carn an Fhidhleir. | jigglybones | 31/08/2012 |