📌 Ochil Hills, Perth & Kinross
★★★

Craig Rossie stands out from the other summits on the north side of the Ochils hill range. Instead of gentle grassy inclines, small crags and scree patches characterise its slopes, especially if you approach the walk’s start point from the eastern side. A beautiful path curves up the broad ridge for a direct ascent – Auchterarder, the A9 and a busy railway line laid out behind across fertile Strathearn. Descending to the south brings peace and quiet as well as views into the heart of the range, with a good track back to base once you’ve negotiated the odd swampy section before.

📷 Chronological photo guide

🌍 Location

📌 Start / finish at track junction on the B8062 just east of Pairney Farm, 2 mi east of Auchterarder town centre

🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NN 979133

🛰️ GPS coordinates: 56.300890,-3.652374

🚌 Bus stops on A8062 just south of A824 junction (1 mi)

🚗 Limited parking – space for small cars only either at track junction (do not block access) or on the B8062 itself

📝 Key info

▶ 7 km / 4 mi | ▲ 360 m | ⌛ 2-2.5 hr

Features: △ Craig Rossie (410 m)

Moderate | Lovely grassy path to summit, though quite steep. Faint path / tracks to Beldhill Burn (with one or two boggy patches to cross) before a clear track is reached.

➡️ Clockwise circuit: start – Pairney Farm – gate at 🧭 NN 978125 – Craig Rossie – Beld Hill – Beldhill Burn – Heuch of Coul – old quarries – start

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🥾 On our last visit

Wildlife: Cows (including a Close Encounter of the herd kind on the track during descent), sheep, unidentified bird of prey circling high above.

Weather: Sunny with a few clouds; only just above freezing with a biting NW wind in exposure.

January 2017
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