View of Glasgow from Crow Road – Crichton's Cairn loop from Muckle Alicompen

Hiking trails & Routes

View of Glasgow from Crow Road – Crichton's Cairn loop from Muckle Alicompen

Moderate

4.3

(11)

hikers

View of Glasgow from Crow Road – Crichton's Cairn loop from Muckle Alicompen

02:48

8.71km

340m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 18, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

Get Directions

25 m

View of Glasgow from Crow Road

Highlight • Viewpoint

Mid way up the Crow Road, one of the best views over Glasgow (on a nice day).

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74 m

Singletrack Descent With Valley View

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Singletrack decent with technical sections and wide open hill bombing. Great fun, slippery when wet!!

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4.19 km

Cort-ma-Law Summit

Highlight • Viewpoint

The path to Cort Ma Law is very boggy most of the year. Best tackled after a long dry spell or hard frost.

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4.77 km

Cairn on The Slacks

Highlight • Summit

There must be some sort of metal below ground as my two compasses were off!

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4.81 km

Crichton's Cairn

Highlight • Summit

Great place for downhill mountain biking, hill running and hiking!

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8.71 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.59 km

108 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

7.58 km

1.01 km

129 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 6 October

12°C

2°C

48 %

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Max wind speed: 19.0 km/h

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Comments

August 22, 2026

It was quite swampy when I did this today despite the weather being decent.
Definitely wear some waterproof boots.
The diagonal path going to the main peak (waypoint 4) is a sabotage; there isn't a very good trail and I sank about 10 inches deep in a swamp.
Just go to waypoint 5 then to 4, then back to 5 …