Grid reference NT2844
5 km N of Glentress, Scottish Borders, Scotland
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Summit 583m, Makeness Kipps
The sinuous forest road contours the catchment area of Soonhope Burn in Heathpool Forest.
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Junction, Forest Road, Glentress Forest
Near the summit of Makeness Kipps
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Path rising at edge of plantation
The path is heading towards the highest point within the Glentress Forest which is at the distant aerial - Dunslair Heights.
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Glentress Black - Kipps
The easy end of the Kipps climb, seen from the summit of Shieldgreen Kipps.
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Leithenwater Forest above Huthope Burn
A clear-felled slope with some of the Bowbeat wind turbines on the skyline.
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A zig-zag path
A path climbing Dunslair Heights. It does not feature on the current mountain bike trail map, although it looks like a climbing track for bikes.
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North side of Dunslair Heights
Heather moor and forestry seen from the exit point of an inconspicuous but useful ride that links to the forest roads on the E side of the main ridge.
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View off Shieldgreen Kipps
A very good viewpoint over Tweeddale, much better than the higher neighbour, Dunslair Heights.
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Forest road, Leithenwater Forest
A little snow from showers yesterday makes for a picturesque scene in the shady side of the forest on this road above the Huthope Burn. Leithenwater is a neighbouring forest to FC Scotland's Glentress.
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Untracked snow, Dunslair Heights
No recent visitors to this forest road on the north side of Dunslair Heights.
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Dunslair Heights
The broad ridge to the north of Dunslair Heights. The path is used by the Glentress black route to climb to the summit.
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Summit of Shieldgreen Kipps, looking northeast
The summit (587m) is a short ridge with a top on either end. Kip or Kipp occurs in several hill names; according to the Concise Scots Dictionary (ed. Mairi Robinson) one meaning is 'a jutting or projecting point on a hill'.
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