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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) | By | Date of Ascent |
Followed the path from Windy Slack. Fine view of the Pentlands | hillsman | 04/03/2024 |
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. | Topographer57 | 05/09/2023 |
as others parked at entrance to Blackhope Farm and followed the signed track to Gladhouse Reservoir to HP and short detour to flat summit | grumpy | 04/05/2023 |
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. | curlebd | 01/05/2023 |
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. | RobertP | 24/02/2023 |
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. | jonglew | 16/11/2022 |
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 Digard | 13/09/2022 |
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. | PeterD | 15/05/2022 |
Wet, windy and misty. Up the path from the farm track of the Innerleithen B road. Down the same way. | JAdair97 | 02/03/2022 |
Unknown date when bagged the Hill & Trig. Followed the boundary fence line from road side. Retrospective log. | Andrew Simmons | 18/12/2020 |
Up the E ridge. Parking by bridge over stream | jimbloomer | 11/03/2018 |
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. | Thearlaichdubh | 26/12/2017 |
parked at entrance to blackhope farm, atv track to the top. | robertphillips | 29/01/2017 |
Parked at farm track entrance. Minor track leads to within 50m of summit. | Minto | 14/01/2017 |
From Blackhope Fm entrance on the way to Huntly Cot Hills. I'd missed the top when visiting the trig a few years back. | agentmancuso | 07/01/2017 |
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. | RHW | 10/12/2016 |
Bagging the trig. | BigJ | 11/11/2015 |
Track from B7007 | chrisbien | 03/11/2013 |
cmac | 29/07/2023 | |
Martin R | 27/07/2023 | |
Matt | 15/09/2022 | |
MuckleG | 15/10/2021 | |
ridgewalker23 | 25/09/2020 | |
mae | 21/09/2020 | |
asbown | 10/06/2019 | |
Pete R | 20/10/2018 | |
silverhow | 04/09/2018 | |
iaindbrown | 19/02/2016 | |
carole engel | 10/07/2015 | |
Anton | 10/07/2015 | |
Ianto&Sue | 02/04/2015 | |
Colin Crawford | 24/02/2015 | |
ancient brit | 19/04/2013 | |
fasgadh | 07/11/2004 | |
PM | 11/05/2003 | |
AFD90 | blank | |
Belfarm | blank | |
Trailmaister | blank | |
Robertgee | blank |