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Name:Creag Dearg
Hill number:4128
Height:709.7m / 2328ft
Parent (Ma):491  Ben Tirran
RHB Section:07B: Braemar to Montrose
County/UA:Aberdeenshire
Catchment:Dee (Aberdeen)
Class:Simm, Graham Top
(Tu,Sim,GT)
Grid ref:NO 36060 87586
Summit feature:no feature: heather
Drop:64m
Col:646m  NO359863  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 44
(1:25k) OL53N 388N
Observations:ground 900m E at NO 36945 88472 is 1.6m lower
Survey:Leica RX1250
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 31 users)ByDate of Ascent
From the Loch Muick Road. Gate into (and out of) the wood padlocked. Atv track to summit on a very windy day.NormanW29/09/2023
2 of 2: From Fasheilach. Lots of peat hags. From the top we descended on a track to 349890. Then a very faint ATV track and then fainter path to the outward track below Drum Cholzie just above the road. With Karen.ChrisR10/08/2023
From Glenmuick with FasheilachGonk09/06/2022
6 tops from ballater, pannanich hill, knockie branar, cairn leuchan, creag dearg, fasheilach, auchnacraig hill, down to near linn of muick cottage for a good downhill bike run back to ballater.robertphillips04/07/2021
A south to north round of all tops from head of Loch Muick including all tops from Black Hill to Am Mullach using bike to get back to car. Not much of snow left from what had accumulated in previous week.dickscroop17/02/2017
Last of day and a chilly wind. What happened to summer?Martin R20/10/2015
Grouse butt near summit for shelter from the wind, pretty good track down to Glen Muick.alda20/10/2015
Heathery peat hag E of cairn. RHW26/02/2011
With Cairngorm Club. With Don McKean and David Moseley. From Invermark on the normal route to Mount Keen via Glen Mark. We went on to Creag Dearg. Descended into Glen Mark and returned to Invermark. Three white hares and many deer were seen.pwbellarby31/01/1981
Dave McG20/03/2024
Alan Whatley28/10/2022
Tony S23/04/2021
govanah25/11/2020
neilsan07/07/2020
oatcake07/07/2020
Kevin2903504/08/2019
interloper24/04/2019
Fletch24/04/2019
BaggerGutt04/12/2018
mae16/04/2018
hill walker14/04/2018
Gavin Theobald19/07/2017
Mudskipper17/12/2016
thelonious17/06/2012
Bob6713/05/2010
Colin Crawford06/08/2008
chalky195323/09/2007
IainT19/06/2006
StueyB27/10/2004
Minto21/04/1984
ChrisM1992blank