Queensberry Hill Run

Technical sheet

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 9.13 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 55 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified

  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 472 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 472 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 694 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 222 m

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 222 m - Parking is in the farmyard, please park considerately ensuring not to block any access paths Leave the parking area, heading through the Mitchellslacks farm yard towards field gate, passing several out building. Enter the field, ensuring close the gate behind you and cross over to gate at far side. Pass through this gate (ensuring to leave as you found it i.e. if closed close it) This is the start point
  2. 2 : km 0.01 - alt. 223 m - Follow the path round the straight on - D1
  3. 3 : km 0.18 - alt. 234 m - The path splits here follow the upper branch of the path heading straight on, with burn and lower path on your left - D2
  4. 4 : km 1.69 - alt. 297 m - Keep following the track, you will pass through a couple of gates please ensure you close them as you go - D3
  5. 5 : km 2.31 - alt. 324 m - As you approach the houses, you cross over a large pipe with a burn passing through, with a fence just past it. Turn right as you pass over the pipe and fence following a Quad track up the hill - D4
  6. 6 : km 2.64 - alt. 413 m - Keep following the Quad track, initial part of climb up the hill has the fence on your right hand side - D5
  7. 7 : km 3.18 - alt. 499 m - The quad track goes faint for a few metres but look for it continuing up the hill, ignore the branch going off to the right - D6
  8. 8 : km 4.08 - alt. 645 m - As you approach the summit you will pass a smaller cairn, keep going past this up to the summit and main large cairn - D7
  9. 9 : km 4.54 - alt. 692 m - Circle round the main cairn and head back towards smaller cairn and Quad track back down the hill - D8
  10. 10 : km 5.04 - alt. 646 m - Retrace your steps back down the hill and onto track - D9
  11. 11 : km 6.89 - alt. 328 m - Follow path back to the start point and car parks - D10
  12. S/E : km 9.13 - alt. 222 m

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