White Coomb

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White Coomb is one of the finest of the central Borders hills, with several corries to give some character to the wide summit slopes. It is best known for the mighty Grey Mare's Tail waterfall on its lower slopes.

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Region: Dumfries and Galloway

Altitude: 821 metres

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Detailed route description and map

White Coomb and Lochcraig Head via the Grey Mare's Tail

Other routes and challenges

The route given is certainly the classic round, though long expeditions extending over the tops to the north and west are possible.

Walker-friendly accommodation in the area

Dumfries and Galloway Hotels

Dumfries and Galloway B&B

Dumfries and Galloway Cottages

Dumfries and Galloway Hostels

Panoramic summit view (click to open)


Carrifran Gans



Users' walk reports for Carrifran Gans

There are 2501 Walkhighlanders who have climbed White Coomb. They have contributed 58 public walk reports including this summit. These are ordered below with the most recent 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
  24/12/23  11 C1F4
  17/9/23  4 C1
  23/1/22  5 C1
  7/11/21  0 C1
  7/7/21  1 C1
  19/6/21  3 C1
  11/6/21  0 C1
  31/5/21  0
  5/4/21  1 C1
  1/12/20  0 C1
  14/9/19  13 C1
  22/9/18  15 C2
  29/4/18  1 C1
  28/4/18  4 C1
  9/11/17  0 C1
  22/10/17  5 C1
  18/8/17  5 C1
  18/7/17  0 C1
  4/6/17  0 C1
  21/5/17  2 C3
  26/8/16  2 C3F2
  29/7/16  3 C1
  30/4/16  2 C1
  9/4/16  4 C1
  28/3/16  2 C1F2
  28/2/16  1 C1
  29/8/15  1 C1
  14/7/15  1 C1
  27/6/15  1 C1
  4/5/15  1 C1
  10/4/15  1 C1
  4/3/15  3 C1
  24/1/15  0 C1
  2/11/14  1 C1
  1/11/14  1 C1
  11/10/14  9 C2
  24/9/14  2 C1
  12/7/14  9 C3F9S1
  10/4/14  0 C3
  21/12/13  3 C3
  28/9/13  0 C1
  26/6/13  1 C2
  2/6/13  1 C1
  7/4/13  0 C1
  28/3/13  0 C1
  29/11/12  1 C1
  4/8/12  0 C1
  28/7/12  2 C1
  21/4/12  5 C1
  1/4/12  0 C1
  27/11/11  1 C1
  6/8/11  0 C1
  25/7/11  1 C1
  26/9/10  0 C1
  29/8/10  1 C1
  24/4/10  1 C1
  2/4/10  1 C1
  1/1/70  1 C1

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