23/08/07 Karen, Jo and Sheila
At last summer has arrived! A beautiful warm sunny day. Parked at end of Glen Callater. Took a landrover track up the hill after a mile on the main track. This goes almost all the way along the ridge then along a good path to the summit. Returned by Callater Lodge.
28/09/07 Dave H
Just had time for this before it got dark - parked at the end of the glen at Auchallater and just ran straight up the hill. Steep to start with, but there are animal tracks through most of the heather and after about 10 mins it gets less steep and the going is very good. In fact there is a track almost all the way. Pleasant run along the ridge south to the top. Good views of the new snow on the Cairngorms, despite rather a lot of cloud. Took 40mins to the top, 25 back down. I thought this hill might be a bit boring but it was a surprisingly good run. An interesting alternative would be to follow D+E's route but drag the bike all the way to the top of the hill and ride back the way I went. Or you could start at the plantation further up Glen Clunie and go straight up from there if you want a really steep climb. I took the picture from p12 on a much sunnier evening (ie it is a picture of this point, rather than from it).
28/09/07 Dave H
Just had time for this before it got dark - parked at the end of the glen at Auchallater and just ran straight up the hill. Steep to start with, but there are animal tracks through most of the heather and after about 10 mins it gets less steep and the going is very good. In fact there is a track almost all the way. Pleasant run along the ridge south to the top. Good views of the new snow on the Cairngorms, despite rather a lot of cloud. Took 40mins to the top, 25 back down. I thought this hill might be a bit boring but it was a surprisingly good run. An interesting alternative would be to follow D+E's route but drag the bike all the way to the top of the hill and ride back the way I went. Or you could start at the plantation further up Glen Clunie and go straight up from there if you want a really steep climb. I took the picture from p12 on a much sunnier evening (ie it is a picture of this point, rather than from it).09/08/07 Evelyn & Derek
Reading from Dave and Kathy's route into 22/23 that it was mostly bikeable, we decided to try that and add 21 for good measure. Take the right fork at the junction at NO 166 853. We couldn't find any way across the river except wading so count on wet feet from here onwards. The map shows the track turning to path further on but its been upgraded and is cycleable all the way to NO 164 834 where it meets an old landrover track going up the hill - leave bikes here and head for the small rise at NO 162 837. From here you'll see the path climbing the eastern edge of Creag nan Gobhar. There is a peaty section to navigate but it wasn't too bad.
The climb is straightforward. There are two cairns on top but the one you'll reach first on the eastern edge is the highest point. Its worth trekking over to the other however as you'll get a good view back down onto the A93 and Braemar in the distance.
On the way back you get a great view of Loch Callater
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