Mount Battock - Angus/Aberdeenshire, Scotland - Mountain Summits on Waymarking.com

Mount Battock is the most easterly Corbett in Scotland, a mountain between 2,500 and 3,000 feet. It rises on the watershed of the Mounth, the most easterly range of the Grampian Mountains, between Glen Esk to the south, and the Forest of Birse to the north. Its high slopes carry arctic-alpine vegetation and its relatively flat summit contains an Ordnance Survey trig pillar and two stone built refuges facing eastwards out of the prevailing westerly wind. The views on a clear day are extensive towards lowland and highlands, with the mountain of Lochnagar prominent to the west, and The Cairngorms on the north-west horizon. The summit straddles the border of the counties of Angus and Aberdeenshire.

STEEPNESS: The bulldozed tracks which now proliferate the area ease the gradient from both west and east. The southern approach is more taxing, with the seldom climbed northern approach having the steepest slope.

TERRAIN: Grass and heather, with many bulldozed tracks on the approach.

ACCESSIBILITY: Most ascents are from Millden in Glen Esk to the south, which is the shortest route at 5 miles. Another longer route comes up from Glen Dye to the east.

NAVIGATION: Tracks and fenceposts are a help in mist as the summit area is not well defined. From the south a bulldozed track heads up Wester Cairn before heading eastwards along the summit ridge following a line of fenceposts to the summit. The route heading over the Hill of Saughs from the south also follows a line of posts defining the county boundary, straight to the summit. From Glen Dye to the east, various tracks eventually lead to the summit.

DANGER: None except in the late summer into autumn when the grouse shooting and deer stalking begins.

Altitude in Feet: 2555

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