{"id":3446,"date":"2025-12-09T13:46:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T13:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thesmhc.co.uk\/?p=3446"},"modified":"2026-02-15T17:46:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T17:46:47","slug":"18th-april-2026-day-meet-bridge-of-dye-to-cairn-o-mount-viewpoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thesmhc.co.uk\/?p=3446","title":{"rendered":"18th April 2026 : Day Meet &#8211; Bridge of Dye to Cairn o&#8217; Mount Viewpoint"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bridge of Dye to Cairn o&#8217; Mount Viewpoint walkthrough via Clachnaben and the Corbett, Mount Battock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>OS Landranger:<\/strong> Map Sheet 44 Ballater &amp; Glen Clova  <br><strong>Sheet: <\/strong>45 Stonehaven &amp; Banchory<br><strong>Start Point: <\/strong>Glen Dye car park NO648867<br><strong>End Point:<\/strong> Cairn o&#8217; Mount viewpoint NO650805<br><strong>Distance from Stonehaven to Start Point:<\/strong> 21 miles via Slug Road<br><strong>Drive time from Stonehaven to Start Point:<\/strong> 40 minutes<br><strong>Walk Distance:<\/strong> 27km<br><strong>Estimated Duration:<\/strong> 9hrs<br><strong>Approximately Ascent:<\/strong> 1220m<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the car park head west to the summit of Clachnaben and on westwards via Hill of Edendocher and Hill of Badymicks to the summit of the Corbett, Mount Battock. From there head roughly south east to the Hill of Saughs and down the shoulder until we meet the path down Glen Dye, take the path for approximately 6km to Charr. Cross the Water of Dye by the bridge, head south on the track for 2\u00bdkm to Old Hangy Burn. From there we head cross-country east to the summit of Cairn o&#8217; Mount and the nearby Viewpoint where the pre-positioned vehicles will return walkers to the Start Point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"436\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesmhc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-15-640x436.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesmhc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-15-640x436.png 640w, https:\/\/www.thesmhc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-15-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thesmhc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-15-150x102.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thesmhc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-15-700x477.png 700w, https:\/\/www.thesmhc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-15.png 761w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Route Profile: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"136\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesmhc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-16-640x136.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesmhc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-16-640x136.png 640w, https:\/\/www.thesmhc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-16-300x64.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thesmhc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-16-150x32.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thesmhc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-16.png 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information please contact Willie Morris. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bridge of Dye to Cairn o&#8217; Mount Viewpoint walkthrough via Clachnaben and the Corbett, Mount Battock. OS Landranger: Map Sheet 44 Ballater &amp; Glen Clova Sheet: 45 Stonehaven &amp; BanchoryStart Point: Glen Dye car park NO648867End Point: Cairn o&#8217; Mount viewpoint NO650805Distance from Stonehaven to Start Point: 21 miles via &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3533,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[225,5],"tags":[226,245,246,108],"class_list":["post-3446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-225","category-day-meets","tag-226","tag-bridge-of-dye","tag-cairn-o-mount","tag-day-meets","has-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesmhc.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesmhc.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesmhc.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesmhc.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesmhc.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3446"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesmhc.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3534,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesmhc.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3446\/revisions\/3534"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesmhc.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesmhc.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesmhc.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesmhc.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}