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Name:The Socach
Hill number:4550
Height:718.4m / 2357ft
Parent (Ma):1490  Carn Mor
RHB Section:21A: Tomintoul to Banff
County/UA:Aberdeenshire
Catchment:Don (Aberdeen)
Class:Simm, Graham Top
(Tu,Sim,GT)
Grid ref:NJ 27912 14587
Summit feature:tiny cairn on NE summit 10m S of main cairn
Drop:87m
Col:631m  NJ267148  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 37
(1:25k) OL59W OL62W 405W 420W
Observations:SW summit at NJ 27638 14325 is 0.3m lower
Survey:Seco 2x Hand Level/Leica RX1250
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 44 users)ByDate of Ascent
cloud lifts and the views are pleasant. cold wind.oatcake09/04/2023
2 of 4: From Cairn Vachich and again returning from Dubh Breac Hill. With Karen.ChrisR03/11/2022
A bike assisted round of 4 Simms and 4 Dodds from the track east of the Luib. geal charn, cairn vachich, the socach, dubh breac hill, knapps, green hill, breagach hill, green hill south top, biked down track to near torrandhu and back along A939.robertphillips18/07/2022
A very cold day for this lovely walk, going up Glen Ernan and down by the fishing loch. Nice hard neve covering the stony track up from the shooting huts, fog, frost and a verglassed track on the top, rock hard snow drifts over the descent track - micro-spikes needed for the first time this year.Gill220/12/2021
Good parking at 335158 then pleasant walk up following Water of Nochty and Quillichan Burn.Tony S18/06/2021
Walked along track from Cairn Vachich. Not possible to ford Ernan Water as it was in spate but luckily there is a bridge just a bit further upstream187lenny20/10/2019
A very good and easy afternoon stroll from Edinglassie. Up past the fishing loch and up the hill from the N; down the S ridge and back down the beautiful Glen Ernan. On tracks all the way, so maximum enjoyment of the splendid views.Gill12/10/2019
From Dubh Breac Hill. Up good track from south of the col. KeithByTheC15/05/2019
From track junction SW of Rhinstacks accessed via Firs Cottage. Low cloud pretty much all day made route finding an issue. Left turn above Rhinstacks not obvious but other otherwise an easy route to Moss Hill. Did not find the E-W path shown on map before Little Geal Charn but did find summit. Route on to Letterach not obvious in cloud and wandered around a bit. Did get there but actual summit not clear on a flat summit area. Continued past top until it started to descend and then picked up 'high' points on way back. Dropped west off 'ridge' too early, worked my way back to col NE of Dun Muir where I could see no evidence of the two cross paths shown on map - still in cloud. Not sure where I was I decided to call it a day and headed SE to pick up tracks. When I did and confirmed where I was I decided I still had time for three more tops so pushed on to Finlate Hill, The Socach, Dubh Breac Hill and N to the track back to the car. Despite cloud a pleasant enough day.dickscroop22/08/2017
After Carn Vacich, on clockwise circuit from Milton. Tiny cairn on NE summit 10m S of main cairn. SW summit only 1m lower by hand level sighting both ways hence worth a visit. Bitter cold wind.RHW30/04/2017
Parked below Torrandhu then up track to Carn Mor, over Sron Aonghais, Geal Charn for Iain Brown's 2500th HuMP then onward to Cairn Vachich for carrot cake and Jura malt to celebrate my 3000th TUMP. Then onward to The Socach, Dubh Breac Hill, Knapps, Green Hill and Greenhill South Top to complete our 23KM journey.Dugswell223/10/2015
Big wide open spaces and fast walking on easy tracks.alda19/10/2015
Ascended after Geal Carn and Cairn Vachich, but this is a better summit - it was also my 1,500th Sim.JohnW06/04/2014
Jenn21/06/2023
Alan Whatley24/10/2022
Simon Winton10/05/2022
booboowalking08/04/2022
chrispine07/10/2021
thelonious19/06/2021
Lorna S18/06/2021
sarahk28/02/2021
Gonk07/10/2020
govanah08/08/2020
hill walker25/07/2019
BaggerGutt15/05/2019
mae26/04/2019
Dave McG05/05/2018
Erik B05/05/2018
Gavin Theobald29/05/2016
Martin R23/10/2015
iaindbrown23/10/2015
interloper23/10/2015
Fletch23/10/2015
neilsan23/07/2015
Lindsay M26/10/2014
Bob6725/09/2011
Alan Moore30/10/2010
Colin Crawford22/05/2010
chalky195302/09/2009
StueyB10/04/2005
JA03/03/1999
IainT19/11/1993
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