Glen Esk

Day meets

The Grampian Club arranges monthly Day Meets 10 months of the year, usually on the second or third weekend. On each day meet there are different options for walks provided.

They are of varying grades, from easier low level walks to challenging mountain traverses. In the summer months the walks are often longer and there are often opportunities to do several Munros in a day.

If Grampian Club Members have a route they would like to do on the day they can contact the day meet organiser to arrange this (note that the minimum number in a group is preferably 2 in the summertime and 3 in the winter time).

We travel by coach from Dundee, picking up in Perth when heading west. Members are expected to choose walks that are within their own physical capabilities and the Day Meets Team organise attendees into parties of broadly similar ability.

There is a fee for the Day Meets coach (£17.50) which needs to be paid in advance at the time of booking, preferably via the online booking website, Entry Central, or by cheque.

The lone Munro of Mount Keen is the favourite in this area however there are other options for a high circuit of Loch Lee into Glen Effock and a visit to Balnamoon’s Cave in glen Lee.

A range of walks are available in the area, including the following (OS Sheet 44) –

1. Auchronie, Queen’s Well, Mount Keen, Braid Cairn, Hill of Gairney, Auchronie (21km/940m);
2. Auchronie, Loch Lee, Hunt Hill, Cairn Lick, Burnt Hill, Cairn Caidloch, Glen Effock, Auchronie (24km/910m);
3. Auchronie, Loch Lee, Hunt Hill, Cairn Lick, Inchgrundle, Glenlee, Auchronie (19km/740m);
4. Auchronie, Glen Mark and Water of Mark, Wolf Craig, Muckle Cairn, Glen Lee, Loch Lee, Auchronie (23km, 600m);
5. Millden, Mount Battock, Bennygray, Mount Een, Tarfside, Auchronie (21km/900m);
6. Low level – Tarfside, Cairncross, Mill of Aucheen, Millden Lodge, Holmhead, Gannochy, Edzell (20km/260m);
7. Low level -– Millden Lodge, Holmhead, Gannochy, Edzell (14km/160m).