Loading...
| Name: | Hart Fell |
| Hill number: | 1835 |
| Height: | 808m / 2651ft |
| RHB Section: | 28B: The River Tweed to the English Border |
| Donald area: | Moffat Hills |
| County/UA: | Scottish Borders, Dumfries and Galloway |
| Catchment: | Catchment Boundaries, Annan, Tweed |
| Watershed: | Tweedmouth, Ardnamurchan Point to Lowestoft, Cardiff to Cape Wrath, Dover to Cape Wrath, Lowestoft to Duncansby Head, Land's End to John o' Groats, Solway Firth, The Lizard to Dunnet Head |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Corbett, Donald, Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,C,D,DN,Y) |
| Grid ref: | NT 11366 13570 |
| Summit feature: | trig point |
| Drop: | 200m |
| Col: | 608m NT133142  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 78 (1:25k) 330 |
| Observations: | ground 6m N may be as high |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
N.B. Some hill summits are on private property or on land where there is no public right of way. Permission should be sought from the landowner where access to a hill summit is through private land(*).
*For information about access rights in Scotland see the ScotWays website.
Please report via the contact page any logs you see below which describe or encourage acts of trespass. Please quote the hill number and hill name.
| Logged Descriptions (logged by 632 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Parked on the A701 above the Devils's Beef Tub and then Whitehope Heights and Hart Fell. Down into Annandale and then a hard climb up the side of the Devil's beef tub. Lovely views today. | tsharp | 17/04/2024 |
| A very pleasant day for mid February with scenic long range views and mild temperatures to leisurely enjoy up at the top for half an hour or so this afternoon. | Alex C | 16/02/2024 |
| Backpacking trip from Moffat over Hart Fell ridge to St Mary's Loch and return to Moffat via the Southern Upland Way. Past Blaebeck, track above Birnock Water and then steep climb to Swatte Fell. On to Falcon Crag, Hart Fell, Great Hill, Firthybrig Head, Lochcraig Head, Paper Hill, Muckle Knees, Craigdilly, Oxcleuch Rig. Diversion from Southern Upland Way to Peat Hill on return leg. Strong winds and some snow on highest hills to west of A708. | RobertP | 11/02/2024 |
| With Jack Run from Tweedsmuir | fellie | 10/02/2024 |
| With Nick Parker over Annandale Hill, Great Hill, Chalk Rig Edge, Spout Craig, Whitehope Heights, White Knowe, and finally Hart Fell. Back by pretty much the same route. | 3 kinnears | 13/07/2023 |
| From viewpoint on A701. Annandale Head, Great Hill, Chalk Rig, Whitehope , Hart Fell, Arthur's Seat, Ericstane Hill. Great weather, four hours. | Longwojo | 19/05/2023 |
| Black hope Round. Clockwise from Capplegill. 9.2 miles. 3337ft ascent | DaveGraham | 15/05/2023 |
| Wilsons Walkers outing with Alastair, Elaine and Marcia. David had turned back earlier. | langskill | 18/04/2023 |
| Hart Fell ridges horseshoe, near Moffat. Walkhighlands route | hummusg | 03/03/2023 |
| A round of the Moffat Hills before the snow blew in | PhilipChaston | 08/12/2022 |
| Horseshoe from Blackshope â although new âno parkingâ signs made me park at a layby further north. Looped clockwise. Glorious sunny, blue-sky morning but once on ridge, clag descended, only lifting very occasionally after summit. | Rounsfell | 04/11/2022 |
| Parked at Blackhope on the A708, headed up the braken covered slope on the right hand side of the Hang Gill. Seen a goat on his own that let me get within 20m. By the time I reached the top of Nether Coomb Craig, the mist had started to clear, leaving blue skies behind. Finding the summit of Swatte Fell, involved a walk west along the stone dyke. Falcon Craig has a wee cairn west of the fence line. Hart Fell (a repeat hill for me) has a classic trig pillar. The walked around to the yokes, involved a drop into the boggy valley south of Cape Law, above Whirly Gill, but there is a clear path through it, that keeps you relatively high. Once on Under Saddle Yoke, the views into Carrifan showed the rewilding project is really taking hold. Short ascent to Saddle Yoke, then the descent back to Blackhope, during which I seen a flock of 8 goats. Dry all day, 06:10hrs all in. | chillyman8 | 10/09/2022 |
| From Fruid Reservoir out to Din Law then Cape Law and on to Saddle Yoke and its arete. Returned by Hartfell Rig to Hart Fell then followed fence and wall back to Fruid and back to reservoir car park. | SS | 01/09/2022 |
| After Whitehope Knowe, down and then followed the path up to the cairn/trig summit. | JAdair97 | 13/08/2022 |
| 4 of 6: From Falcon Craig. With Karen. | ChrisR | 07/08/2022 |
| High point of the walk beautiful weather | colinfielding | 29/07/2022 |
| From community hall to W. Wind and driving rain on the top, no views. | RobertP | 23/07/2022 |
| on Hart Fell horseshoe | prwild | 26/05/2022 |
| From hall up side of deer fence to ridge. Excellent path/track all the way. Then over to Swatte Fell (this time diverting from wall to take in Falcon Craig) before following atv track to Mountainblow and short walk alomg the tarmac. | SS | 14/05/2022 |
| From Blackshope via west side of of the horseshoe and over the various minor tops. Returned by same route. | Owen B | 18/04/2022 |
| Hart Fell - White Coomb circuit from Capplegill | Geoff Briggs | 11/04/2022 |
| Clockwise around the horseshoe above Blackhope Burn. Superb day. | the pigguy | 24/03/2022 |
| PMC Day Meet, with Dave Scott: Had planned on doing the standard Hart Fell circuit around Blackhope Burn, but there signs on the A708 saying road closed. So prked on the A701 at the forestry gate north of the Devil's Beef Tub layby. Headed up Annanhead Hill, Chalk Rig Edge, then along to Whitehope Heights and Whitehope Knowe, dropped down then ascended up to Hart Fell, for 1pm three hours after starting. Descended down a boggy atv track over Arthur's Seat and down to Eirkstane Farm, ten followed the Annandale Way back to the car. Windy, but mainly dry and overcast. | chillyman8 | 13/03/2022 |
| Blackhope round, great weather, great day | nix_snilloc | 01/03/2022 |
| Hart fell horseshoe walk | alanm9 | 15/10/2021 |
| Private No Parking signs at Blackshope, so parked in layby 200m NE. From Capplegill a good ATV track sidles SW up the hillside at an amenable angle, then NNE almost to the top of Nether Coomb Craig. ATV continues on over Swatte Fell, Falcon Craig and Hart Fell before descending to col at NT133142. From col a path sidles slightly upwards along the W flank of Raven Craig for Under Saddle Yoke and Saddle Yoke. The descent SSE from Saddle Yoke is steep slippery grass | Isbjorn | 13/10/2021 |
| Solo | Munroist3935 | 18/09/2021 |
| Blackhope round | Gary Heath | 23/08/2021 |
| On a circuit of Black Hope, from parking at NT 1470 0984 - with room for six cars. Had read many walk reports of horrible ascents to Nether Coomb Craig, heading up to the NE of Hang Gill. Decided to avoid that pain. Found perfect track all the way up to Black Hope ridge. From gate SW of Capplegill farm at NT 1433 0959, track leads SW up Rabbit Brae to NT 1359 0909, before turning towards the summit. Much less steep route, on good dry track. Nether Coomb Craig, Swatte Fell, Falcon Craig, Hart Fell, Under Saddle Yoke, Saddle Yoke. | Toby-and-Dion | 31/07/2021 |
| Solo fr S of Ericstane, after driving fr Penrith. Fairly good path, good gradient for bits of jogging, 2h up and down, clear skies and warm sunshine at times (ran nearly the whole way down). Weather great as an anticyclone is building. Bit of a breeze on top but pleasant. (Dull compared with Highlands of course!). Drove to Lockerbie Tesco and hotel at Annandale Water Services J16. | NorfolkPT21 | 14/07/2021 |
| From White Coomb via Rotten Bottom and Hart Fell Rig. Descent to west via Arthur's Seat. | mcbboyd | 29/06/2021 |
| From layby to SE for a round of Saddle Yoke, Under Saddle Yoke, Hart Fell, Falcon Craig, Swatte Fell and Nether Coomb Craig. | rhalstead | 28/06/2021 |
| Good parking NT 1543 1050. Field gate and steeply up over rough sheep pasture via 494m spot height to Saddle Yoke -> Under Saddle Yoke -> Cape Law then across to here. On to Falcon Craig -> Swatte Fell -> Nether Coomb Craig, dropping down to Capplegill and along road to car for an 11 mile round. All Dumfries-shire hills on HB now ticked off. | jonglew | 29/05/2021 |
| Accessed from Devil's Beef Tub. With H. | harristhedog | 01/03/2021 |
| From Capple Gill with Ewan& Stevie: Under Saddle Yoke and round to Hart Fell. Lots of snow. Aborted at Hart Fell to descend to Blackhope. | jigglybones | 28/12/2020 |
| Parked by Blackshope cottage, W a short way along road, then through pasture and up hill E side of Hang Burn to Nether Coomb Craig, continuing along ridges to Swatte Fell, Falcon Craig, Hart Fell, E over Hartfell Rig up to near 709m spot, out and back to Cape Law, then S via Redgill Craig to Under Saddle Yoke and Saddle Yoke, descending down to Blackshope. | kdbennett | 27/09/2020 |
| From the community centre south of Newton, then northwards along the Annandale Way. Lost the path higher up the hill but a fortuitous stone then grass track took us directly to Pt.565 east of Spout Craig. The two Whitehope tops were surmounted easily enough, before a drop and steep climb up the NW face of Hart Fell. Falcon Crag, Swatte Fell and Nether Coomb Craig were quickly bagged on a gin-clear windless morning, returning to Swatte Fell for an easy descent on an ATV track back to the community centre via Blue Cairn and Mountainblow. Fab walk. About 4hrs. | summitter | 27/09/2020 |
| Escaped from the crazy weather that was forecast for the Northern half of Scotland, with John and Harrison, to hit up the Hart Fell horseshoe with Under Saddle Yoke and Swatte Fell (including tops Saddle Yoke, Falcon Craig and Nether Coombe Craig) - good visibility and conditions, if a little windy on the tops - 4hrs 1min in total. | mproudfoot | 12/09/2020 |
| With Robert Johnston who took Karen's not his own boots, but gamely carried on. Low cloud and occasional drizzle. | alexmaclennan | 23/08/2020 |
| Moira. Warm sunny day. Sweaty 6 hour trudge from Devils Beeftub | ColB | 14/08/2020 |
| From Devil's Beeftub, 15m visibility. | John Lee | 07/08/2020 |
| With David Alexander, using 2 cars. Parked at top of Beef Tub (10:40) and followed Annandale Way initially round the rim over various tops and cols and eventually up the long final ascent to Hart Fell (13:30). Dry apart from one brief early shower, then increasingly fine. Saw a merlin. Long views over the surrounding hills to the Ochils, Cheviots and Lake District. From the summit folowed county boundary over Hartfell Rig and then the superb ridge NE of Blackhope valley down to the second car at Capplegill (16:25). Good path all the way, a bit wet in places. | dbb | 02/08/2020 |
| Done with Dean, nice day. | kojak | 21/07/2020 |
| With Andra. | JohnSteven | 21/03/2020 |
| Parked at Community Hall near start of path to Hartfell Spa. Annandale Way, then Cocklaw Knowe, Whitehope Heights, Hart Fell, Falcon Crag, Hartfell Spa path. | PGCE | 26/02/2020 |
| Hart Fell Horse Shoe great day out. | Fellhugger | 05/08/2019 |
| fa, solo, clear but windy on the tops and cold, conditions good, 25.2 km, 7h 52m, from grey mares cp, tail burn path to loch skeen, mid craig ridge to mid craig, to fence along pt 757, onto firth hope rig, across some fences and out to white coomb summit and visited the 2 cairns, back to f.rig and along the fence and down into rotten bottom, a soft area best to follow a old wall on the south of the fence, pt 687, pt 709, hartfell rig to hart fells summit, windy and cold, descent by arthurs seat, well rig, to the road (some new forestry and there is a deer farms fences to get through - some signs to direct you road them, along the road then annandale way along a river path back to moffat. | rum doodle | 11/06/2019 |
| Hang Gill - Swatte Fell - Hart Fell - Saddle Yoke round. | twg27 | 01/04/2019 |
| On the way back to Bristol. Dave, Dan +1 | mike__riley | 02/03/2019 |
| The Blackhope Round on a day of brilliant blue skies and frost: a superb and memorable day. CW from Blackhope Cottage: Nether Coomb Craig, Swatte Fell (with its reticent summit cairn immediately west of the ruined wall), Falcon Craig, Hart Fell, Under Saddle Yoke and Saddle Yoke. | Nick Down1 | 02/01/2019 |