White Hill

About White Hill

Set upon the vast, peaty plateau of the Mounth, this rounded summit offers an authentic taste of the high eastern moorlands. It overlooks the historic Capel Mounth pass, providing an understated, windswept vantage point with clear sights across to the stony cone of Mount Keen and the dark cliffs of Lochnagar.

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• •The name is a literal Scots-English description, referring to the hill’s appearance when holding late-lying winter snow or the pale, bleached grasses that dominate the slopes in summer.
• •It sits adjacent to the Capel Mounth, an ancient right-of-way and former drovers' road that has for centuries provided a direct link between Glen Muick and Glen Clova.
• •The summit serves as a watershed between two major Scottish river systems; northern rainfall drains into the River Dee, while southern runoff eventually reaches the North Sea via the River South Esk.
• •To the west, the view is dominated by the sprawling mass of the Lochnagar forest and the high peaks of the White Mounth, including Broad Cairn and Cairn Bannoch.
• •The name 'White Hill' suggests a level of radiance that is frequently contradicted by the sprawling, chocolate-colored peat hags that define the local terrain.