Conachcraig

Conachcraig is a bulky hill with three summits, situated just east of Lochnagar, the great bulk of which dwarfs its neighbour. The summit views, however, are superb.

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Region: Cairngorms

Altitude: 865 metres

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Routes and maps

Conachcraig from Easter Balmoral

Other routes and challenges

A much shorter route - but much less scenic than that given above - is as a detour from the usual ascent of Lochnagar from the Spittal of Glenmuick.

Open summit panorama
Conachcraig



Users' walk reports for Conachcraig

There are 1987 Walkhighlanders who have climbed Conachcraig. They have contributed 49 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
  5/7/25  11 M5C1
  13/10/23  9 C1
  17/5/15  9 C5
  14/4/18  8 M5C1
  11/7/13  7 M2C1F1
  22/12/19  6 C2S2
  8/8/18  6 M5C1
  25/6/11  6 M5C1
  16/8/24  5 M1C1
  21/5/22  5 C1
  28/6/21  5 M5C1
  11/4/25  4 M1C1
  18/8/21  4 C1
  16/7/21  4 C1
  21/7/20  4 M1C1
  25/5/17  4 M5C1
  4/5/17  4 C1
  23/7/15  4 M5C1
  4/10/14  4 C1
  19/4/14  4 C1
  12/7/08  4 C1
  16/9/26  3 C1
  13/5/23  3 M5C1
  21/8/20  3 M6C1F1
  30/11/14  3 C1
  10/10/14  3 C1
  21/7/12  3 M2C1
  21/3/10  3 C1
  24/2/19  2 C1S1
  16/9/18  2 C1
  5/4/15  2 C1
  5/2/12  2 C1
  1/5/10  2 M1C1
  5/10/13  1 M8C1
  7/2/12  1 C1
  5/2/12  1 C1
  1/11/11  1 M5C1
  6/8/11  1 M5C1
  12/5/11  1 C1
  14/5/10  1 M5C1
  26/6/17  0 C1
  23/5/16  0 C1
  23/11/14  0 M3C1
  2/9/13  0 C1
  1/6/12  0 C1
  26/5/12  0 M5C1
  26/5/12  0 C1
  9/3/12  0 C1
  29/12/08  0 C1

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