Hiking · Aberdeenshire

Lion's Face & Cromlins

A 5.4 km point-to-point route near Braemar, with 159 m of mapped climbing and an estimated time of 1.6 hours.

Distance5.4 kmClimbing159 mEstimated time1.6 hrDifficultyeasy

Route overview

What the mapped record shows.

Lion's Face & Cromlins is a complete hiking route mapped from OpenStreetMap. It covers 5.4 km as a point to point route.

Route shapepoint-to-point
ActivityHiking
SurfaceAsphalt
Descent144 m

Mapped surface mix

Natural93% Paved7%

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