Crock - By the Tourist Trail

[Sgurr]

Could start an Old Crock's Club, but maybe have to find a new venue for the AGM, possibly Cruach Lerags, though I think there is actually a reasonable way up this.....it's just that we didn't find it at the time. Hill of the Wangie and Knockan both seem to have been tamed (Knockan by a wind farm & H o' W by felling) since folk originally got lost in them. Anyone have any other candidates?

[Benjaminnevis]

Could start an Old Crock's Club, but maybe have to find a new venue for the AGM, possibly Cruach Lerags, though I think there is actually a reasonable way up this.....it's just that we didn't find it at the time. Hill of the Wangie and Knockan both seem to have been tamed (Knockan by a wind farm & H o' W by felling) since folk originally got lost in them. Anyone have any other candidates?

Well i did strathfinella as i reckoned it would be good training for Crock

[Sgurr]

Well i did strathfinella as i reckoned it would be good training for Crock

Wow, the trees have grown a bit since we did it in 2002

[Benjaminnevis]

Well i did strathfinella as i reckoned it would be good training for Crock

Wow, the trees have grown a bit since we did it in 2002

I think if you can find the track up the center of strathfinella early you could pop up and down in a couple hours how ever i started in auchenblae and it was a nightmare . looks a bit more open when you did it Sgurr but now totally inclosed and you have to ask why did they plant trees that close to the trig point. there is tree felling on going i think but not sure if i prefer the maze of trees or the mess the tree felling leaves.

The potential for a great circular walk on strathfinella hill with some path construction tho.

[wjshaw2]

The tourist trail as detailed no longer exists I am afraid. From a couple of hundreds metres before Tulloch to 300 metres past it there has been extensive felling. It is still best to carry on up the track past Tulloch and past the stacks of cut trees until the big clearing is reached. I chose a route up following tracks made by the logging machines that carry on almost to the hill top. There is no corridor of trees , in fact nothing between the access track and the top of the Crock other than thousands of stumps! There was fresh snow covering the hill all the way down to the Freuchies today, yet track to summit was under 20 minutes despite the snow.

Crock is no longer surrounded by forest. Pity really. As long as you don't trip over tree roots it's a pretty easy hill now, but also pretty boring.

The portal is still there! I walked down it yesterday having hacked up the hill from the east. Actually, having something to hack with would've made it much easier. Walk report in production...

[Gordie12]

The portal is still there! I walked down it yesterday having hacked up the hill from the east. Actually, having something to hack with would've made it much easier. Walk report in production...[/quote]

Great news, the portal remains!!!!

If you did Crock from the east did you come from Hare Cairn????

[wjshaw2]

I did indeed