Just back from an overnighter up Deeside,wasnt as sunny as hoped.A hill called Carn na Drochaide is normally done from Allanaquoich,but I tried a route from Invercauld via Aultdourie and Creag a Chleirich,which gave some excellent views down Deeside and across to Lochnagar.
Carn na Drochaide 818m Par at the Keiloch car park,Invercauld,between Ballater and Braemar.Follow the signs from the car park for 'Linn of Quoich and the Slugain'.There are 2 or 3 of these green metal signs en route,until you come to another split in tracks with a sign saying only 'Linn Of Quoich' to the left.Take this route.The other track goes up Glen Slugain,Follow the track round to the base of Creag A Chlerich/Carn na drochaide.Theres no proper path up from here,but the best views are a short distance above the tree line.Creag a Chlerich not far after,and the summit of Carn na Drochaide around an hour from the track.I walked,but the track from Invercauld to the base of the hill is easily cyclable,though a bit more gravelly further on.good views over to the 'gorms at the summit of Drochaide