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Name:Torfichen Hill
Hill number:13799
Height:468m / 1535ft
Parent (Ma):1802  Blackhope Scar
RHB Section:28A: Firth of Forth to the River Tweed
Donald area:Moorfoot Hills
County/UA:Scottish Borders, Midlothian
Catchment:Catchment Boundaries, Esk (Musselburgh), Tweed
Watershed:Firth of Forth, Mull of Galloway to St Abb's Head, Tweedmouth
Class:Tump (400-499m)
(Tu,4)
Grid ref:NT 33584 52687
Summit feature:no feature
Drop:32m
Col:436m  NT331527  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 66 73
(1:25k) 345W
Observations:flat grassy summit area
Survey:Abney level
GPS data:show GPS entries for this hill

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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 39 users)ByDate of Ascent
Followed the path from Windy Slack. Fine view of the Pentlandshillsman04/03/2024
Climbed to kill an hour in an unsuccessful attempt to avoid driving on Edinburgh bypass in the rush hour. Attempted and mostly failed to cycle up dry grassy track. Carefully freewheeled back down.Topographer5705/09/2023
as others parked at entrance to Blackhope Farm and followed the signed track to Gladhouse Reservoir to HP and short detour to flat summitgrumpy04/05/2023
Good parking area just inside entrance to Blackhope Farm (NT 3480 5244). Up to the Trig then followed excellent track up to Torfichen Hill, then fenceline to Blackhope Scar then Bowbeat Rig Head.curlebd01/05/2023
Moorfoot round from S of Gladhouse Reservoir. Torfichen Hill, Blackhope Scar, Bowbeat Hill, Dundrech. Descent to River South Esk and track back to start. Icy cold wind and partly frozen ground, views to Firth of Forth.RobertP24/02/2023
Good parking area just inside entrance to Blackhope Farm (NT 3480 5244), and good track all the way up. Picked up the trig pillar ~600m N then doubled back for Huntly Cot Hills, Blackhope Scar, Garvald Law, Whiteside Law and Longshaw Law.jonglew16/11/2022
Walked along the county fence from Wull Muir over Broad Law and Torfichen trig. Stuck to the Midlothian side until near the actual top, as it was easier going on a sketchy quad bike track.Paul Digard13/09/2022
From B road to NW after Wull Muir. Followed fence and faint ATV track to Trig and carried on to the HP. Back same way.PeterD15/05/2022
Wet, windy and misty. Up the path from the farm track of the Innerleithen B road. Down the same way.JAdair9702/03/2022
Unknown date when bagged the Hill & Trig. Followed the boundary fence line from road side. Retrospective log.Andrew Simmons18/12/2020
Up the E ridge. Parking by bridge over streamjimbloomer11/03/2018
P at cattle grid at farm road end. ATV difficult to follow due to drifting snow, then on to trig point and back to road end. Tempreature inversion stopped the views to E and N.Thearlaichdubh26/12/2017
parked at entrance to blackhope farm, atv track to the top.robertphillips29/01/2017
Parked at farm track entrance. Minor track leads to within 50m of summit.Minto14/01/2017
From Blackhope Fm entrance on the way to Huntly Cot Hills. I'd missed the top when visiting the trig a few years back.agentmancuso07/01/2017
From ne, windfarm gate, followed ridge revisiting trig en route. final bit tussocky. Down NE via lochan access track (no good parking) and half km back along road. Track from ese presumably easiest.RHW10/12/2016
Bagging the trig.BigJ11/11/2015
Track from B7007chrisbien03/11/2013
cmac29/07/2023
Martin R27/07/2023
Matt15/09/2022
MuckleG15/10/2021
ridgewalker2325/09/2020
mae21/09/2020
asbown10/06/2019
Pete R20/10/2018
silverhow04/09/2018
iaindbrown19/02/2016
carole engel10/07/2015
Anton10/07/2015
Ianto&Sue02/04/2015
Colin Crawford24/02/2015
ancient brit19/04/2013
fasgadh07/11/2004
PM11/05/2003
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