White Coomb

[Bay Bloke]

Fantastic day climbing in the Moffat Hills, weather great (sun burned neck in April!?)


Start in the national trust car park then quickly ascend via well maintained path overlooking the waterfall

view from car park

Path then levels and fairly quickly Loch Skeen is reached. lots of great photo opportunities here.

Lochcraig Head

Lochcraig Head again

I think the best path skirts to the right of the wee lochan but we kept to the left and joined the fence a bit further on. Little boggy

Donalds Cleuch Head

I found the ascent up Lochcraig Head a bit of a lung burster, hopefully my fitness will grow through the spring/summer after a winter on my backside...


Quick descent from west shoulder of Lochcraig Head then back up to the ridge again, after that it's a mainly flat and pleasant stroll to White Coomb.

Highest point of the day

white coomb summit

Descent from White Coomb is great fun with some very minor hands on scrambling.

After that it's a matter of following the dyke wall down and picking your spot to cross the burn, lots of boulders to assist. Wouldn't fancy it in spate though

To close we retraced steps to car, great to see lots of day trippers going to see the waterfalls

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[Bay Bloke]

lots of edits placed after first private draft, hope it reads ok!!

[mountain coward]

Reads fine - some great pics of the waterfall there... what's that path like which goes up past it for those who fear steep drops and slopes?

[Bay Bloke]

Reads fine - some great pics of the waterfall there... what's that path like which goes up past it for those who fear steep drops and slopes?

In good weather it's fine, obviously well maintained by the trust with a good gap to the steepish drops on the left side. There were lots of day trippers in trainers ascending on our way back, one even had a est 5 year old on his shoulder (that was pushing it!)

[mountain coward]

Great - so if I don't like it, I can get someone to carry me along the path

[GarryH]

I found the ascent up Lochcraig Head a bit of a lung burster,

So did we BB but the views were worth it