Meall Chuaich

This undistinguished hill hidden up a glen near Dalwhinnie offers one of the shorter and more straightforward ascents amongst the Munros. The usual approach follows some hydro-electric scheme works before an ascent up a broad dome. The position gives it great views over Badenoch, however.

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Region: Cairngorms

Altitude: 951 metres

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Routes and maps

Meall Chuaich from near Dalwhinnie

Other routes and challenges

The route given above is much the shortest, although for a longer outing the Fiona Creag Ruadh could be readily included.

The much longer approach from Glen Tromie has the benefit of a track starting across the river from Bhran Cottage. It climbs high up the broad ridge towards Càrn Thomais.

Open summit panorama
Meall Chuaich



Users' walk reports for Meall Chuaich

There are 12402 Walkhighlanders who have climbed Meall Chuaich. They have contributed 124 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 AuthorDate walked LikesHills
  16/3/13  21 M1
  3/2/18  16 M2
  31/8/16  13 M1
  16/10/21  11 M1
  26/5/17  11 M1
  23/2/19  10 M7
  17/12/11  10 M3
  19/11/24  9 M1
  28/5/11  9 M7C1
  25/3/22  8 M1
  14/1/17  8 M1
  20/7/11  8 M1
  14/9/20  7 M1
  8/12/11  7 M1F1
  12/6/26  6 M1
  12/12/25  6 M1
  9/7/23  6 M1
  25/3/22  6 M1
  20/1/18  6 M1
  4/8/12  6 M1
  11/7/12  6 M3
  26/5/25  5 M1
  4/7/23  5 M1
  12/12/22  5 M1
  9/2/22  5 M1
  1/12/13  5 M5C1
  6/10/24  4 M1
  30/6/24  4 M1
  25/5/24  4 M1
  25/2/24  4 M1
  29/7/23  4 M1
  14/7/21  4 M1
  6/10/18  4 M1
  20/1/17  4 M1
  7/2/12  4 M1
  28/2/26  3 M1
  20/8/25  3 M1
  14/6/25  3 M1
  28/1/23  3 M1
  25/8/22  3 M1
  19/5/21  3 M1
  2/4/18  3 M1
  2/3/13  3 M5
  22/8/12  3 M1
  21/2/26  2 M1
  29/4/25  2 M1
  13/3/24  2 M1
  25/7/23  2 M1
  30/5/23  2 M1
  30/3/23  2 M1
  19/9/21  2 M3C3F1
  17/9/19  2 M1
  13/3/19  2 M1
  3/10/18  2 M1
  29/3/13  2 M1
  2/12/12  2 M1
  25/12/11  2 M1
  29/10/11  2 M1
  7/9/91  2 M1
  25/9/22  1 M1
  2/5/22  1 M1
  25/3/22  1 M1
  9/11/21  1 M1
  17/9/19  1 M1
  25/5/18  1 M1
  12/7/17  1 M1
  29/8/16  1 M1
  28/8/16  1 M1
  4/2/16  1 M1
  18/4/15  1 M1F1
  23/11/14  1 M1
  26/7/14  1 M3
  19/7/14  1 M2
  23/3/14  1 M9
  16/2/14  1 M1
  24/4/13  1 M3
  12/12/12  1 M1
  11/12/12  1 M2
  15/9/12  1 M1
  1/9/12  1 M1
  15/8/11  1 M3
  15/12/09  1 M1
  16/8/20  0 M1
  11/8/20  0 M1
  25/5/19  0 M1
  4/10/18  0 M1
  30/9/18  0 M2C1S3
  10/6/18  0 M1
  22/4/17  0 M3
  15/4/17  0 M1
  3/3/17  0 M1
  16/10/16  0 M1
  8/7/16  0 M3
  11/6/16  0 M1
  18/2/16  0 M1
  14/1/16  0 M1
  22/8/15  0 M1
  19/4/15  0 M1
  29/3/15  0 M1
  14/9/14  0 M1
  20/8/13  0 M1
  22/2/13  0 M1F1
  9/7/12  0 M1
  4/7/12  0 M7C1
  28/4/12  0 M1
  5/3/12  0 M1F1
  26/2/12  0 M3
  11/12/11  0 M1
  11/12/11  0 M1
  11/12/11  0 M1
  7/12/11  0 M1
  26/8/11  0 M1
  23/4/11  0 M1
  23/4/11  0 M1
  14/4/11  0 M1
  5/3/11  0 M1
  27/2/11  0 M1
  25/10/10  0 M1
  10/7/10  0 M1
  15/5/10  0 M1C2
  29/12/09  0 M1
  29/12/08  0 M1
  22/7/08  0 M1
  9/6/08  0 M1

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