Key Details
Distance and Elevation
Distance: 6.8 miles / 10.9 km
Elevation: 2083ft / 635m
recommended Footwear
Trail shoes or road shoes will be fine, may prefer trail due to some rocky paths.
Recommended running
Easy time on feet run where you take in some expansive views and enjoy bagging 2 munros.
local coffee fix
Tarmachan cafe in Crathie, near Balmoral castle is a great spot to visit for a coffee and some food. Options at the ski centre or in Blairgowrie too.
Local running shop:
FKT/Segment King:
FKT/Segment Queen:
Route details
Park in the southern most part of the ski centre car park and follow the large ATV/emergency vehicle track up the hill. There are a few forks but this path will take you pretty much all the way to the summit of Glas Maol, where there is a big wind shelter. From here follow a small track south east towards the increasingly rocky and narrow, surprisingly so for this area, ridge that takes you to the summit of Creag Leacach. Retrace your steps to get back, with the possibility to cut across the shoulder of Glas Maol rather than re-summit. A fairly straight forward route, but you do climb immediately out of the car park so no time to ease in.
Similar alternatives nearby
- Balmoral Cairns
- The Western Glenshee munros
- Morrone
Time on Feet 