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| Name: | Creag Liath |
| Hill number: | 6056 |
| Height: | 861m / 2825ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 457 Lochnagar - Cac Carn Beag |
| County/UA: | Aberdeenshire |
| Topographical area: | HE12 Lochnagar-mellon |
| SMC/RHB section: | 07A: Braemar to Montrose |
| Catchment: | Dee (Aberdeen) |
| Class: | High Hills of Britain, Subsimm (HHB,sSim) |
| Grid ref: | NO 24441 88154 |
| Summit feature: | small cairn on outcrop |
| Drop: | 24m |
| Col: | 837m NO244878  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 44 (1:25k) OL53N OL58S 388N 404S |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 27 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Parked just outside the distillery for a circuit of 12 summits. 8/12 | PGCE | 07/08/2024 |
| Parked at the Crathie car park, set off at 11:30 with the intention of camping on the Lochnagar plateau and listening to the Eurovision final. But the wind was stronger than forecast once out of the trees and I was not prepared for the weight of my bag (Im very unfit). So I dumped my overnight stuff in the Gelder Sheil bothy. Then ascended up Creag Liath followed by Meall Coire na Saobhaidhe, returning to the bothy bypassing the first summit. I spent Saturday 11th at the bothy, which was in a very good condition, met a nice couple from Edinburgh (Nick and Helen). I walked out on Sunday morning, with a lighter bag. | chillyman8 | 11/05/2024 |
| Biked up from Easter Balmoral on a good track to within about 1km from the top. | robertphillips | 30/03/2024 |
| A big walk round from Balmoral. With B and R | jenx | 30/09/2023 |
| See https://scotlandhills.net/balmoral-estate-and-glen-clunie/ | hill walker | 19/03/2023 |
| From NNE, Easter Balmoral, good track most of way. Dry pm after a wet Cairnwell morning | RHW | 06/05/2022 |
| Solo. From the car park at Spittal of Glenmuick. After ascending Little Pap, Cuidhe Cròm, Cac Càrn Mòr, Cac Càrn Beag and Meall Coire na Saobhaidhe. Went to Creag Liath. Summit has a few stones on a rock. Returned ESE, going to the north of Meikle Pap, to join usual ascent route of Lochnagar and so back to the start. Much light rain on the latter part of the walk. | pwbellarby | 02/08/2016 |
| long walk in from Balmoral by Gelder Shiel then a straight grunt up the east slopes to a stony plateau with great views into the Corrie | torkm | 29/05/2016 |
| From Gelder Sheil, heading for Lochnagar MTs. Diary confirmation as sub CT | bertbarnett123 | 30/07/2014 |
| RBS HWC Sunday outing. I approach from Easter Balmoral in the north. I found a dead wild cat kitten. | langskill | 14/05/2006 |
| Cloudy, strong cold wind, good views. | iangalbraith | 21/09/2003 |
| Dave McG | 16/03/2024 | |
| Minto | 01/10/2023 | |
| IainT | 13/07/2022 | |
| BaggerGutt | 29/11/2021 | |
| Alan Whatley | 28/10/2021 | |
| Alan Moore | 30/08/2021 | |
| mae | 16/05/2021 | |
| richtea5040 | 27/04/2021 | |
| govanah | 21/03/2021 | |
| Bob67 | 18/07/2020 | |
| chalky1953 | 25/06/2019 | |
| alda | 18/10/2015 | |
| interloper | 18/10/2015 | |
| Mudskipper | 16/06/2013 | |
| Ibex | 02/06/2013 | |
| Trailmaister | 30/03/1993 |