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May 2021: Four little roly poly hills in the Pentlands

May 2021: Four little roly poly hills in the Pentlands


Postby bkyc » Mon May 03, 2021 7:57 am

Route description: West Kip, East Kip and Scald Law from Threipmuir

Sub 2000' hills included on this walk: Scald Law

Date walked: 02/05/2021

Time taken: 3 hours

Distance: 12.91 km

Ascent: 600m

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Tops covered: West Kip, East Kip, South Black Hill and Scald Law

Stage 1

Map at the start point - straightforward little walk

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Tree-lined, straight as an arrow

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Woods on the left

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Open moorland

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Stage 2

Left to right: Carnethy hill (573m), Scald Law (579m), East Kip (534m), West Kip (551m)
South Black Hill lies between East Kip and Scald Law and is hidden from this viewpoint.

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West Kip

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Stage 3

Views from West Kip: looking across the ridge to the next tops
From foreground to background: East Kip, Scald Law (left) and South Black Hill (right), Carnethy Hill

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Views from East Kip: fork in the path - left main path leads to Scald Law, right faint track leads to South Black Hill.

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Looking back on West and East Kip

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Not difficult / really straightforward to include South Black Hill.
On South Black Hill, looking towards Scald Law and Carnethy Hill

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Stage 4 -

Trig point on Scald Law

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Continue on the ridge line, in the direction of Carnethy Hill

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Return path to Threipmuir: on the old Kirk Road

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Stage 5 -

Whitewashed house at The Howe

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Looking back on the path you would've descended from

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Lots of stepping stones to keep your feet dry

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Water feature within beautiful Green Cleuch

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Stage 6

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Back on the beautiful tree-lined walk at the very start

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Route overview

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bkyc
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Posts: 5
Munros:58   Corbetts:15
Fionas:13   Donalds:13
Sub 2000:14   Hewitts:1
Wainwrights:1   Islands:14
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Re: May 2021: Four little roly poly hills in the Pentlands

Postby snodland » Tue Sep 14, 2021 10:41 pm

I live near these and never tire of going up into them. That's a nice report and some lovely pics. Thanks
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