Shalloch on Minnoch

Shalloch on Minnoch is the northern termination of the long, high and broad ridge extending north from The Merrick. Its flat summit looks out towards Arran and Ailsa Craig.

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Region: Dumfries and Galloway

Altitude: 775 metres

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Donald Tops

Caerloch Dhu [Shalloch on Minnoch North Top]

659m

Routes and maps

Shalloch on Minnoch via the north ridge

Other routes and challenges

The route given above could be just the start of a long traverse of the Awful Hand range, the ridge running southwards and linking to the Merrick.

An alternative approach is from Kirriereoch to the southwest, enabling a circuit that includes Kirriereoch Hill. The approach involves forestry and some boggy going.

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Users' walk reports for Shalloch on Minnoch

There are 1600 Walkhighlanders who have climbed Shalloch on Minnoch. They have contributed 43 public walk reports including this summit. These are ordered below with the most popular ones first. The rightmost column shows how many summits were included in their report, which may help you to find the most relevant reports.

Walk report	Author	Date walked	Likes	Hills
Galloway Hills – Awful hands, grey faces, and a frozen tent	Gareth M	11/11/23	21	C2F2
Range of the Awesome Hand	Craiging619	10/10/18	20	C2
Galloway Ring of fire, 30 peaks.... all 3 ranges	AWC88	25/6/19	17	C3F2
The Ring of Fire: Compleating the Donalds	Christo1979	3/8/20	9	C3F2
Bonfires on the Heath	weaselmaster	5/11/23	8	C2
Southern Upland(s my) way part 2: The Galloway Traverse	malky_c	16/7/14	6	C2F5S1
Sweating It Out In Galloway	iangpark	29/6/18	5	C2F2
Galloway in a Manger	weaselmaster	17/12/17	5	C1S6
The Awful Hand	EmmaKTunskeen	23/4/22	4	C2
Merrick and Shalloch Circuit- an alternative route	MtnGoat	10/10/20	4	C2
Taking it easy in Galloway	weaselmaster	5/10/14	4	C2F1
The Awful Hand	stewartinnes3	6/2/10	4	C2
Awful Hand north - Shallloch On Minnoch to Kirriereoch	jgregor	10/8/25	3	C1
Loch Doon, Merrick, Corserine and Meaul. A 2 day adventure.	Quiggers1480	21/5/24	3	C3
Sunny Merrick10	SunnyAdventure	21/4/24	3	C2F2
Shalloch on Minnoch and Tarfessock	iainR	6/7/19	3	C1
Snow dodging around the Galloway hills	malky_c	18/3/18	3	C1S2
Oh My Legs!!!	Fife Flyer	20/1/17	3	C1
The Merrick and Shalloch on Minnoch plus 2	tall-story	2/1/17	3	C2
70% cloud free summits ?.....not exactly	rockhopper	15/11/14	3	C2
Mill-404 Error	Craiging619	3/8/24	2	C1
Shalloch on Minnoch, Tarfessock & Kirriereoch, the old way!	37201xoIM	9/10/16	2	C1
First report: Easter overnighter in the Galloway Hills	robmayor	13/5/14	2	C3
Fame at Last in Glen Trool	mountain thyme	2/9/12	2	C2
Shalloch on Minnoch	Distantvisitor	16/4/26	1	C1
Shalloch on minnoch	Coop	17/4/19	1	C1
Cycling into the Awful Hand	McMole	13/8/17	1	C1
Shalloch on Minnoch with the actual summit 200m m away	The Rodmiester	29/5/17	1	C1
Shalloch on Minnoch, Tarfessock & Kirriereoch Hill	colinwatson	22/4/16	1	C1
Border raid II 11-14 April	Gordon Ballantyne	11/4/14	1	C4
Shattered on Shalloch	old danensian	16/1/13	1	C1
The Merrick and Shalloch on Minnoch	bootsandpaddles	26/3/11	1	C2
Is this the path to Shalloch on Minnoch - shalalalalalalala	kevsbald	11/4/10	1	C1
Shalloch on Minnoch - 1 down, 719 to go!(?!)	Craiging619	16/8/03	1	C1
Quick revisit to Shalloch on Minnoch	EmmaKTunskeen	6/6/21	0	C1
Shalloch on Minnoch and Tarfessock	ashastings	6/7/18	0	C1
Daddy long leg attack on Shallon on Minnoch	desmondo1	24/5/18	0	C1
Shalloch on Minnoch from Bell Memoroal Car Park	Gordie12	17/9/16	0	C1
Shalloch on Minoch the neglected hills	mmackellar	16/3/16	0	C1
Shalloch on Minnoch	Benaden887	3/1/16	0	C1
Wetter than an otters pocket	Bbbadger	15/8/13	0	C1
The quick route round two Galloway Corbetts	Johnny Corbett	23/5/13	0	C2
Shalloch on Minnoch	lenster	20/8/11	0	C1

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