White Coomb

White Coomb is one of the finest of the central Borders hills, with several corries to give some character to the wide summit slopes. It is best known for the mighty Grey Mare's Tail waterfall on its lower slopes.

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Region: Dumfries and Galloway

Altitude: 821 metres

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Routes and maps

White Coomb and Lochcraig Head via the Grey Mare's Tail

Other routes and challenges

The route given is certainly the classic round, though long expeditions extending over the tops to the north and west are possible.

Open summit panorama

Users' walk reports for White Coomb

There are 3129 Walkhighlanders who have climbed White Coomb. They have contributed 65 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
The Hart Fell Heart Horseshoe to White Coomb	Chris Mac	22/9/18	18	C2
Talla Donalds Day 2&3: Last Donald, Statistics & Reflections	iangpark	14/9/19	14	C1
Just Like Christmas	weaselmaster	24/12/23	11	C1F4
Southern Upland(s my) way part 1: Thankerton to Thornhill	malky_c	12/7/14	10	C3F9S1
White Coombe, Broad Law et alii	rockhopper	11/10/14	9	C2
White Coomb via Carrifran Wildwood	markhallam	20/11/24	7	C1
White Coomb Septuplet	ChelseaMurray	8/2/25	6	C1
Southerly Squelching: White Coomb and Loch Skeen	WeeHills	23/1/22	6	C1
The misty mountains - Donald Day at Talla	Jaxter	22/10/17	5	C1
White Coomb climbed not the obvious way	The Rodmiester	18/8/17	5	C1
White Coomb, sublime Loch Skeen & a sting in the Tail (Burn)	denfinella	9/4/16	5	C1
Slipping and sliding by The Grey Mare's Tail	laconic surf	21/4/12	5	C1
White Coomb and its tops	jgregor	17/9/23	4	C1
Gameshope Circuit from Talla Linnfoots	malky_c	28/4/18	4	C1
White Coomb and lost my pooch	donnaryan69	11/4/25	3	C1
White coomb 7	Coop	8/2/25	3	C1
Taking in the stunning waterfall views	HighlandHikers	19/6/21	3	C1
Chasing The Weather at Grey Mare's Tail	Gordie12	29/7/16	3	C1
White Coomb from Carrifran	SecretSquirrel	30/4/16	3	C1
Some Donald-bothering in the Moffat Hills	bobble_hat_kenny	29/8/15	3	C1
Lots of white stuff on White Coomb	Fife Flyer	4/3/15	3	C1
Rainy Night in Moffat	weaselmaster	21/12/13	3	C3
White Coomb, Grey Mare's Tail, Loch Skene	thepigguy	9/5/25	2	C1
One Team In Talla!	Craiging619	17/4/24	2	C1
White as the Coomb and the snowy charger's tail	EmmaKTunskeen	6/8/23	2	C1
Wet around the Megget	weaselmaster	21/5/17	2	C3
Up to the southern lands	simon-b	26/8/16	2	C3F2
14 Easter Donalds...and my 1000th SIMM	weaselmaster	28/3/16	2	C1F2
5 Donalds from Talla Reservoir	Gavsco	24/9/14	2	C1
A Change Will Do You Good	Fudgie	28/7/12	2	C1
Windy White Coomb	jgregor	7/11/21	1	C1
Southern Uplands: White Coomb	jonathan - norfolk	7/7/21	1	C1
White Coomb and Carrifran Gans	dovecotdave	31/5/21	1
Going further on the Grey Mares Tail	OweyJH1	5/4/21	1	C1
Grey Mare's Tail, Loch Skene, and my first hills over 2000ft	Christo1979	29/4/18	1	C1
Catching Winter's Tail on White Coomb	roscoT	28/2/16	1	C1
White Coomb a Panorama Special	U059361	14/7/15	1	C1
Donald bagging	robertphillips	27/6/15	1	C1
White Combe	ChrisG	4/5/15	1	C1
White Coomb and Lochcraig Head	Avocetboy	10/4/15	1	C1
Bottoms up on the Southern Uplands!	kev_russ	2/11/14	1	C1
Up Southern Lands	martin.h	1/11/14	1	C1
Hart Fell, White CoombRotten Bottom - legs well stretched	old danensian	26/6/13	1	C2
Grey Mare's Tail	RobertD_UK	2/6/13	1	C1
White Coomb and Lochcraig Head	meangarry	29/11/12	1	C1
100mph winds? Don’t think so....it was a lie in for me!	PeteR	27/11/11	1	C1
White Coomb by Grey Mare's Tail	hcameron	25/7/11	1	C1
The Roaring Linn	nxmjm	29/8/10	1	C1
White Coomb	Bay Bloke	24/4/10	1	C1
Spell Woomb on White Coomb	kevsbald	2/4/10	1	C1
The Moffat Hills	MacAoidh	1/1/70	1	C1
White Comb....and finally Carrifran Gans	kiltedbiggles2	11/6/21	0	C1
Lochcraighead and White Coomb from th grey mares tail	sarahbell100000	1/12/20	0	C1
White Coomb circuit	Coop	9/11/17	0	C1
Beautiful day for a walk	Buddiebre	18/7/17	0	C1
Gameshope in every weather	Driftwood	4/6/17	0	C1
White Coomb Moffat	scoob999	24/1/15	0	C1
Border Raid	Gordon Ballantyne	10/4/14	0	C3
Coomb ba ya my Lord	Bbbadger	28/9/13	0	C1
White Coomb via Grey Mare's Tail	Decal Joe	7/4/13	0	C1
White Coomb, a stark contrast.	meangarry	28/3/13	0	C1
Conquering the Raven Castle	nxmjm	4/8/12	0	C1
White Coomb and Grey Mares Trail	rdtoward21	1/4/12	0	C1
White Coomb - Grey Mares Tail - Up and Down	SouthernUplandKing	6/8/11	0	C1
White Coomb	gammy leg walker	26/9/10	0	C1

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