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This is the summed total of all the climbing within a route and is a good indicator of the strenuousness of a route.
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An estimate of the time taken based on a derivation of Naismiths rules. Our calculation is based on the horizontal and ascent components of a climb, we do not make a reduction for descent.
Registered users can customise these walking times by specifying their own walking and ascending speeds. They can also add a fixed time period for stoppages.
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Moderate walk on easy terrain.
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Head to: Edzell
From Edzel (B966) travel N 4km to junction with minor road into Glen Esk. Head NW then W through Glen Esk to car park at Auchronie.
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The total ascent is 730 metres. Allow 5 hours to complete this 17.62 km route.
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In winter months please check the local snow conditions at sais.gov.uk.
The hillphones service can inform you of stalking activities in the area.
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Start form the carpark close to end of public road through Glen Esk
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Follow road NW through Glen Mark on east bank of river to Queen's Well
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4.15 km |
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315 m |
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Leave river and ascend NNW by track past the Knowe of Crippley
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Altitude
670 m |
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At branch, head N on more easterly path to summit of Mount Keen 
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1.75 km |
Altitude
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Return by same route
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Distance
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260 m |
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Mount Keen seen from Cairn Bannoch.
© Graham Young
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Image by Graham Young
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View of the Invermark below
© Hetty Porter
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Image by Hetty Porter
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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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Hazy view towards Lochnagar during ascent of Mount Keen on lovely spring day.
© Marc Dellanzo
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Image by Marc Dellanzo
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Written by
Paul Man
on 30 Dec 2007:
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Instead of retracing your steps on the way down head East from the summit to Braid Cairn, and then onto Naked Hill/Hill of Gairney. From there continue to the farm track to head South and back to the carpark. There are only partial tracks between the Mount Keen summit and the farm track but you can piece it together easy enough. Makes for a much more enjoyable day out, and ups the mileage to around 13miles. Can be pretty boggy at times but was frozen the day i was up.
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Written by
Mike Watson
on 03 Sep 2006:
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Pleasant walk through Glen Mark.
Tantalising glimpses of lochnagar through the clouds but really wished we had our MTB's as track is like a motorway for 95% of the way.
Looked a good one to take beginners.
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Written by
Ronnie Mutch
on 05 Aug 2005:
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Either way this is a boring hill but having done both ways, from the north or south, I would say that doing it from the Glen Tanar in the north is the better option. You can also take the mountain bikes farther if you choose. However, the Queens Well is quite nice which you pass when doing it from the south.
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Written by
Duncan Macleod
on 29 Jul 2005:
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Enjoyed trek. Started and finished in good weather. Low cloud and rain on hill. First Munro, so nothing was going to spoil it.
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Written by
Craig Dunderdale
on 10 Jul 2005:
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From Glen Mark I used a bike and did it in 4hrs. I left the bike at the Queens well which looks beautifull in the middle of the Glen, the paths are like motorways even in the worst of conditions. A nice easy route for beginners. It's almost as obvious as going up the tourist track on Ben Nevis though, I presume because it's so accessible.
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Disclaimer. The details provided above are an aid to planning an expedition, but all distances, altitudes and bearings must be considered approximate. You must navigate with the appropriate map,
a compass, your navigation skills and common sense, MunroMagic.com accept no responsibility for your interpretation of our route information.
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