Ettrick Pen

Ettrick Pen is the highest of the Ettrick Hills. Its lower slopes are crossed by the Southern Upland Way; from here it can be reached by ascending from Over Phawhope. The summit is crowned by a large and ancient cairn.

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Region: Borders

Altitude: 692 metres

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Detailed route description and map

Ettrick hills horseshoe

Panoramic summit view (click to open)

Users' walk reports for Ettrick Pen

There are 671 Walkhighlanders who have climbed Ettrick Pen. They have contributed 33 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	Author	Date walked	Likes	Hills
Just Like Christmas	weaselmaster	24/12/23	11	C1F4
Tough Donald Bagging Around Moffatdale	Christo1979	4/11/19	11	C1F4
5 Ettrick Donalds and a Winter Camp	hendry670	1/12/19	9	F3
Southern Upland(s my) way part 1: Thankerton to Thornhill	malky_c	12/7/14	9	C3F9S1
Some Ettrick hills	rockhopper	11/10/15	7	F4
The Ettrick Donalds	roscoT	12/2/23	5	F3
Ettrick Hills via Over Phawhope	iangpark	8/12/18	5	F4
50 Shades of Graham, 70 Shades of Donald	weaselmaster	20/3/16	5	F4
A REAL sting in the tail	Fife Flyer	19/3/16	5	F3
The last of the summer wine. :-\| A WH introduction. :-)	meangarry	17/3/12	5	F1
6 Donalds - Ettrick Horseshoe XL version	gmr82	20/4/13	4	F3
An Ettricks Compleation by Bothy	The English Alpinist	26/4/24	3	F4
Ettrick Pen (horseshoe part 2)	Justdrums	23/9/23	3	F1
Ettrick horseshoe	Guinessman	1/12/17	3	F3
6 Ettrick Donalds from Selcoth Fisheries	RTMcB	8/9/14	3	F3
SunnyEttrick Loop15	SunnyAdventure	30/4/24	2	F2
Ettrick Hills circuit	ChelseaMurray	2/3/24	2	F2
Ettrick Pen, Wind Fell and Capel Fell	jgregor	20/3/22	2	F2
New Year's catch up in the Borders	weaselmaster	1/1/17	2	F6
Some Ettrick Grahams & Donalds	Johnny Corbett	28/2/14	2	F2
Ettrick Horeshoe and Loch Fell added on for fun	rdtoward21	7/5/12	2	F2
Ettrick Epic	kiltedbiggles2	21/7/21	1
A Walk of Two Halves	Gordie12	14/7/21	1	F2
Short Ettrick horseshoe	TheTortoise	7/9/19	1	F2
The Ettrick Hills Part 2	iainR	28/6/19	1	F2
Broken back avoided around Ettrickdale	Driftwood	30/5/15	1	F3
5 Donalds From Selcoth Fisheries	SecretSquirrel	29/11/14	1	F3
A Bag of Ettricks	laconic surf	17/3/12	1	F2
A round of Ettrick Hills	john923	21/4/11	1	F2
A claggy day down Ettrick way!	Gavsco	17/9/14	0	F2
Ettrick pen an all	Benaden887	17/10/13	0	F3
Loch Fell, the Wind and the Pen. Snow Bother! :-S	meangarry	5/2/13	0	F1
The Ettrick Horseshoe.	IainG	13/12/09	0	F2

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