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1/5/10 Jane and David O. Parked on B976 , 1.5 kms East of Abergeldie Castle. Followed track SW below Craig Nam Ban and then up the west side of same and onto the ridge. Snow shower. Disturbed large herd of Red Deer. Easy undulating run along the ridge, past a couple of cairns to the top of Sgor an h-lolaire. Snow had passed by this point so views were fine. The old abandoned farm of Camlet sits just below - high up in Glen Girnock. Would be a great place to live if you didnt need/want to get to work. Returned the same route (more or less).
10/07/10 Sarah
Parked on back road at Abergeldie and headed up through the forest. Was meant to be on a path which I soon lost, but picked up lots of bits of deer track to join the ridge. Not a great day - low cloud and drizzle as you can tell from the photo. From the top of Sgor an h-Iolaire dropped to the SW onto the big track and headed S towards Meall Gorm...
9/7/10 Dave H + Gary
There have been three different routes up this hill so far, but I bet we had the most fun. Biked up to the top of Glen Girnock, almost as far as Bovaglie, with the idea that there was a decent path up to the top. There wasn't although we did manage to ride most of the way along the side of the trees. Eventually had to strike off through the heather to the top. Only took about 45 mins altogether though. From there we decided going back the same way was no fun, and it didn't look too good off to the east, so we followed the path along the ridge. To our amazement this path is rideable all the way to the deer fence at the bottom of the hill (the path goes along the ridge to the northern cairn, then heads left to join the path marked on the map. This disappears into the trees and is untraceable, but an evolved path carries on NW near the edge of the plantation). If we had gone right at the fence we might have been able to follow the path J+D took, but instead we went to the cottage on the minor road then took the S Deeside road back to the car. I doubt anyone had ever ridden this route before, but it was surprisingly good. Ok there were one or two fallen trees which were almost invisible (I found a couple, but only fell off once) but if you like singletrack, and don't mind a bit of pushing through heather, it's well worth it.
1/5/10 Jane and David O. Parked on B976 , 1.5 kms East of Abergeldie Castle. Followed track SW below Craig Nam Ban and then up the west side of same and onto the ridge. Snow shower. Disturbed large herd of Red Deer. Easy undulating run along the ridge, past a couple of cairns to the top of Sgor an h-lolaire. Snow had passed by this point so views were fine. The old abandoned farm of Camlet sits just below - high up in Glen Girnock. Would be a great place to live if you didnt need/want to get to work. Returned the same route (more or less).10/07/10 Sarah
9/7/10 Dave H + Gary
There have been three different routes up this hill so far, but I bet we had the most fun. Biked up to the top of Glen Girnock, almost as far as Bovaglie, with the idea that there was a decent path up to the top. There wasn't although we did manage to ride most of the way along the side of the trees. Eventually had to strike off through the heather to the top. Only took about 45 mins altogether though. From there we decided going back the same way was no fun, and it didn't look too good off to the east, so we followed the path along the ridge. To our amazement this path is rideable all the way to the deer fence at the bottom of the hill (the path goes along the ridge to the northern cairn, then heads left to join the path marked on the map. This disappears into the trees and is untraceable, but an evolved path carries on NW near the edge of the plantation). If we had gone right at the fence we might have been able to follow the path J+D took, but instead we went to the cottage on the minor road then took the S Deeside road back to the car. I doubt anyone had ever ridden this route before, but it was surprisingly good. Ok there were one or two fallen trees which were almost invisible (I found a couple, but only fell off once) but if you like singletrack, and don't mind a bit of pushing through heather, it's well worth it.
