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Windy Gyle and Auchope Cairn loop from Sourhope — Roxburghshire

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Windy Gyle and Auchope Cairn loop from Sourhope — Roxburghshire

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Windy Gyle and Auchope Cairn loop from Sourhope — Roxburghshire

06:49

21.3km

660m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 10, 2024

Tips

Includes a segment that may be dangerous

A part of this route comprises technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience may be required.

After 13.0 km for 2.47 km

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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6.60 km

Summit of Windy Gyle

Highlight • Viewpoint

Windy Gyle might be overshadowed by the mighty Cheviot but it’s one of the jewels of this range. Standing at 2,031 feet (619 m), the summit boasts breathtaking views and is topped with a Bronze Age burial cairn, Russell’s Cairn.

Tip by

10.1 km

King's Seat Trig Point

Highlight • Summit

A fantastic place to stop on this undulating moorland in The Chieviots, on the Pennine Way trail, here following the Scottish/English border. The Cheviot can be seen in the distance from here. Desolate-looking, you could say, or wild and beautiful.

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13.7 km

Auchope Cairn

Highlight • Summit

The amazing view from this peak was described by James Logan Mack in 1924 as the most extensive in Britain: from here, apparently the peak of Lochnagar can be seen …

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21.3 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.91 km

4.43 km

3.01 km

2.50 km

1.70 km

647 m

Surfaces

10.1 km

4.21 km

3.46 km

2.76 km

453 m

139 m

Elevation

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Highest point (740 m)

Lowest point (210 m)

Weather

Saturday 30 May

18°C

9°C

49 %

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Max wind speed: 24.0 km/h

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Windy Gyle and Auchope Cairn loop from Sourhope — Roxburghshire

Summit of Windy Gyle

King's Seat Trig Point

Auchope Cairn

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