From the village of Monymusk in Aberdeenshire, I set off through the village and onto the vehicle track on the west side of the River Don.
This track was followed north onto the Monymusk to Pitfichie Road and at Pitfichie Cottage I walked along the access road for Royhall. I left this road at an obvious left hand bend and followed an eroded path through the trees onto one of the main tracks in Pitfichie Forest.
I walked south-west along this track.
On reaching the start of the path between Pitfichie Hill and Cairn William I headed up this path to the col between these two hills.
From there a path zigzagged up the east face of the Marilyn, Cairn William on a fairly easy gradient.
After reaching the trig point I continued west on another path which took me to below the West Top.
Here a forest track headed south then south-east to rejoin the main forest track on the south-west side of Pitfichie Forest.
I walked north-east along this track to the point where I had left it earlier in the day then returned to Monymusk by the approach route.
- Time taken – 3.25 hours.
- Distance – 14.25 kilometres.
- Height climbed – 480 metres.