Morrone

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Its summit may be spoilt by a communications mast and track, but Morrone still rises proudly above Braemar and is a popular ascent. Its lower slopes are clothed with the important habitat of Morrone Birkwood.

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Region: Cairngorms

Altitude: 859 metres

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Detailed route description and map

Morrone from Braemar

Other routes and challenges

Morrone is almost invariably done as a short day using the route above. One possibility for a much longer walk is to continue along the ridge, passing over Càrn na Drochaide (830m) and Sgòr Mòr (887m), possibly en route for the Munro An Socach.

Walker-friendly accommodation in the area

Braemar Hotels

Braemar B&B

Braemar cottages

Cairngorms hostels

Panoramic summit view (click to open)


Morrone



Users' walk reports for Morrone

There are 2736 Walkhighlanders who have climbed Morrone. They have contributed 48 public walk reports including this summit. These are ordered below with the most popular ones first. The rightmost column shows how many summits were included in their report, which may help you to find the most relevant reports.

Walk report AuthorDate walked LikesHills
  2/7/12  12 M7C4
  17/5/15  8 C5
  16/7/12  7 C1
  27/9/14  6 C5F1
  17/8/22  5 C1
  30/4/18  4 C1
  18/11/17  4 C1
  5/3/12  4 M2C3
  15/8/23  3 C1
  21/6/15  3 C1
  31/5/23  2 C2
  18/8/19  2 C5
  5/12/10  2 C1
  7/3/23  1 C1
  26/9/22  1 C1
  14/3/22  1 C1
  10/8/21  1 C1
  6/10/20  1 C1
  19/8/20  1 C2
  14/4/19  1 C1
  28/3/18  1 C1
  18/3/17  1 C2F1
  1/11/16  1 C1
  28/6/14  1 M1C1
  28/10/13  1 C1
  20/9/13  1 C1
  4/5/13  1 C1
  12/8/12  1 C1
  3/8/11  1 C1
  15/9/20  0 C1
  15/8/18  0 C1
  9/8/18  0 C1F1
  10/6/18  0 C1
  15/4/18  0 C2
  30/7/15  0 C1
  17/4/15  0 C1
  24/1/15  0 C2
  5/10/13  0 C1
  27/8/13  0 C2
  25/5/13  0 C1
  21/4/11  0 C1
  3/4/11  0 C2
  12/12/10  0 C2
  28/7/10  0 C1
  1/4/10  0 C1
  12/9/09  0 C1
  2/1/09  0 C1
  7/7/06  0 C4

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