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Gentle hill |
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Altitude
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939 metres (3080 feet)
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Grid Ref.
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Mount Keen
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Summit of Mount Keen from south (subtitle: its not always sunny when you get to the top).
© Duncan Macleod
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Image by Duncan Macleod
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Mountain Description
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Mount Keen is the most easterly Munro and an isolated mountain with tracks leading to it from the N and S making easy access by cycle. It has a conical summit cone, from which broad ridges lead S to Glen Mark, N to Glen Tanar, NE and E to connect to Braid Cairn. There are crags on the E flank of the N ridge but otherwise all slopes are easy.
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Hazards you may encounter on Mount Keen include
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| Crags within 1km of summit. |
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General Considerations
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| Temperature decreases by 1degree C for every 100m of ascent. |
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| Wind usually increases with altitude. |
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| Visibility can change markedly with cloud level. |
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| River/Stream levels can increase markedly in one day. |
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Available Routes
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Ascent
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Distance
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730 m
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17.62 km
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5 hrs
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Mount Keen
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Moderate walk on easy terrain.
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3 / 5
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Cammy, Sarah and I settling in for lunch at the summit.
© Stuart Fleming
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Image by Stuart Fleming
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Me and the Wee Fernie, at the top of Mount Keen just below the cloud line. But as usual things improved as I got down (sods law) This was my first hill with the bike, Great-but I must remember not to use the front brake on the way down ! 25th May 09
© Colin Fridge
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Image by Colin Fridge
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cold on top of Mount Keen ...15th march 2009...pleasant walk!
© Dougie Mccoll
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Image by Dougie Mccoll
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Me & My Brother Dav at the summit of Mount Keen 150309
© Alan Cantwell
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Image by Alan Cantwell
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Looking towards Lochnagar from Mount Keen 2 Nov 08
© Ethel Jessett
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Image by Ethel Jessett
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Weather & Maps, etc ...
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| Links to the nearest available forecast to Mount Keen. |
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Alan Cantwell
wrote on March 15, 2009:
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This is a nice comfortable Mountain to achieve during the shorter winter day. I, my brother dav, son Alan & Border Collies Tino & Ollie did it in 5 hours (including lunch at the summit)!
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Martin Forbes
wrote on January 25, 2009:
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Climbed this on the 25/01/2009. The climb itself is really quick but the weather conditions were terrible with snow, blizzards and absolutely freezing temperatures. A worthwhile climb and a perfect opportunity to try out my new Scarpa Freney XT GTX Mountain boots.
First munro ive came back with dry feet :). Wooooooooooooooo
Anyway another munro bagged. . . finally. My last 2 attempts at Aonach Beag failed due to time constraints during winter so this worked out well.
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Rob Young
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Started at invermark, found this really easy took about 4 hrs.
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Local Accommodation Options
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| Showing the nearest 10 of 10 within 100Km of the summit of Mount Keen. Would you like to view all 10? |
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| 26.2 km |
Dalmore House - Fife Brae, Braemar, AB35 5NS Tel: 013397 41225
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Croft Holidays - Croft Dhu, Newtonmore, PH20 1BA Tel: 01540 673504
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Creag Meagaidh - Creag Meagaidh, Main Street, Newtonmore, Inverness-shire, PH20 1DP Tel: 01540 673798
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Killin Hotel - Main Street, Killin, Perthshire, FK21 8TP Tel: 01567 820296
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