Windy Standard
698m (2291ft)
The Carsphairn Hills, The Southern Uplands, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
The summit of Windy Standard is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
Not familiar with this top?
You can walk/hike to the top of Windy Standard by using this easy‑to‑follow route map:
Walk dg108 Moorbrock Hill and Windy Standard from Craigengillan
Fine views though the ground can be rough
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 13.75ml (22km) |
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| Ascent: | 3,206ft (977m) |
| Time: | 8.25hrs |
| Grade: |  (Hard) |
Route Summary:
Craigengillan - Craigengillan Bridge - Galloway Forest Park - Polifferie Burn - Poldores Burn - Tup Knowe - Soms Knowe - Scar Knowe - Moorbrock Farm - Poltie Burn - Green Hill (Moorbrock) - Moorbrock Hill - Moorbrock Hill (North Top) - Luke's Stone - Keoch Rig - Deil's Putting Stone - Chapman's Cleugh - Windy Standard - Trostan Hill - Dugland - Clennoch Bothy - Green Hill (Moorbrock) - Craigengillan
See Windy Standard and the surrounding tops on our free-to-access 'Google Style' Peak Bagging Maps:
The Carsphairn Forest Hills area of Scottish Region 26: The Southern Uplands
Less data - quicker to download
Scottish Region 26: The Southern Uplands
Less data - quicker to download
A go4awalk.com downloadable Peak Bagging Map in PDF format featuring Windy Standard should be available soon.
You can find Windy Standard & all the walks that climb it on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps:
1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, scaled, summited, hiked & bagged Windy Standard
Mark Davidson walked up Windy Standard on May 17th, 2018 [from/via/route] Walk dg108 Moorbrock Hill & Windy Standard from Craigengillan [with] Alone [weather] Lovely & sunny. Didn't see a soul all day - just fantastic
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More Photographs & Pictures of views from, on, or of, Windy Standard
Moorbrock Hill summit with Keoch Rig (left) and Windy Standard (right) in the background
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