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| Name: | Groban |
| Hill number: | 1055 |
| Height: | 749m / 2457ft |
| RHB Section: | 14B: The Fannaichs |
| County/UA: | Highland |
| Catchment: | Triples, Catchment Boundaries, Broom, Ewe, Cromarty |
| Watershed: | Cardiff to Cape Wrath, Dover to Cape Wrath, Lowestoft to Duncansby Head, Land's End to John o' Groats, Inner Moray Firth, The Lizard to Dunnet Head |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Graham, Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,G,Y) |
| Grid ref: | NH 09986 70876 |
| Summit feature: | boulder 10m S of cairn |
| Drop: | 306m |
| Col: | 443m NH108704  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 19 (1:25k) 435S |
| Observations: | cairn is at NH 09985 70885 |
| Survey: | Abney level |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 185 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Standard route along Loch a' Bhraoin. Crossed river and then easily but steeply up Beinn Bheag. Steep but easy down to, and up from, bealach to Groban. Descent to NE back to river a bit scrappy and boggy lower down. | benalder284 | 11/11/2023 |
| Bheinn Bheag, Groban & Meallan Chuach (including trig) from Loch a' Bhraoin. Big drops between them. A bit warm (27 degrees) so a dip in the loch was required. | sclater | 08/07/2023 |
| From Beinn Beag. Easy descent to the col. Slope up to Groban not as steep as it initially appeared, mostly grassy. Cloud base around 650-700m, so didn't get the views. Once off the summit plateau an easy grassy descent NNE to the track and a pleasant walk back to the main road as the weather brightened. | Owen B | 21/06/2023 |
| Parked on verge of Destitution Road opposite start of track to bothy. Biked to bothy, Bein Bheag, then onto Groban. Descended down ridge towards bothy. With PM. | CJM | 19/09/2022 |
| Steep pull up from the col after Beinn Bheag. Mist descended temporarily. Descended to reach and cross the river slightly upstream from the bothy and then retrieve the bike. Just under 14 miles return with CM. | bolton | 19/09/2022 |
| From parking area at head of loch Bhraoin, along track to bothy, crossed stream about 1km further along and up hill side to summit. Windy with extensive views. On to Beinn Bheag. | MichaelF | 17/05/2022 |
| Bike from destitution road to c1 mile past doss, Beinn Bheag and Groban, back out. | daviemore | 26/04/2022 |
| with Rob Wight on a long tiring hot day. Standard walk in and out by Loch a Bhraoin. | alexmaclennan | 01/09/2021 |
| Walked from track end at Braemore, along Loch a' Bhraoin, past bothy for 1km or so, then up to Groban. Down to Bealach Gorm, then climbed Beinn Bheag. Returned SSW in trackless country, over Meallan Odhar then by stalkers path and decent tracks to Heights of Kinlochewe, then Incheril (benefit from having second car there). Route very similar to No. 312 of Scottish Hill Tracks by Scotways. | willyross | 17/06/2021 |
| The usual route along Loch a' Bhraoin, then the path to the river crossing (cairns) then deer tracks easily but steeply up Beinn Bheag. Steep but easy descent to Bealach Gorm on smooth grass, then steep but easy climb to Groban. Sleet and rain at the top on a strong wind but dried up on the way down. Descent is also easy, heading for the river meanders. The newer, upper track around Loch a' Bhraoin gives easier going than the lower track but a lot of up and down. A thorough soaking on the walk out. | Gill | 20/05/2021 |
| From Beinn Bheag, across Bealach Gorm, then back to A832 via Loch Bhraoin. | IanHHill | 14/07/2019 |
| From A832. Beinn Bheag, Groban, Ceann Garbh Meallan Chuaich (also visiting the trig point), camping on descent. Excellent views into Fisherfield, hot but mostly with cloud cover, and lots of horse flies on return. | RobertP | 06/07/2018 |
| From A832 via loch a Bhraion | BLACKHILL | 30/05/2018 |
| Along path N of Loch a' Bhraoin, Beinn Bheag first. Excellent views into Fisherfield. 9 hours 50 with plenty of stops to soak up the views & play whats that hills name. | rogreeves | 23/05/2018 |
| Cycled in along the rough track to Lochinvraon. Rough but still worth it. Negotiated river crossings and the straight up east flank. | Campbell Singer | 10/05/2018 |
| Heather | garbo1103 | 04/01/2018 |
| CK | SheilaS | 03/06/2017 |
| G and A with Elspeth | arthurwhittaker | 01/06/2017 |
| From Lochivroan with Dave Laidlaw | Peterb | 11/05/2017 |
| With Craig. Housechild and Vicky returned after the Corbett. | Grinner | 13/04/2017 |
| Cycled up to Lochivraon (track in poor condition) and climbed NE ridge. Continued to Beinn Bheag. | Topographer57 | 17/08/2016 |
| Parked up on main road and cycled down track to Loch Vroan, along the rough road (walking may have been quicker) to the bothy behind locked lodge. The track extends another half km before becoming wet. Cut up the burn to the Bealach Gorm and climbed Ben Beag and Groban from there, back more direct to the lodge and out. | nordicstar | 01/08/2016 |
| The way straight back to bothy from the top works ok and river crossing fairly easy even after a lot of recent rain. A good day out. | jenx | 01/08/2016 |
| From Beinn Bheag. direct retun to path leading to Lochivraon | Buteobuteo | 31/08/2015 |
| 1 of 4: From A832 layby at Loch a Bhraoin. | ChrisR | 25/11/2014 |
| With Dave Roeder. From road (9:30), bike along Loch a'Bhraoin to 113731 (10:25). Crossed river, up Groban (12:10), then Beinn Bheag (13:30), Creag Rainich (16:00) via watershed & back to bikes (17:30) & car (18:20). Low cloud & light rain, so no views; cleared on descent to glorious evening. Unfit; slow progress. | dbb | 05/06/2014 |
| round of 3 groban, beinn bheag, and creag rainich cycled from the road past the loch to the bothy. | robertphillips | 20/10/2013 |
| Groban. Groan back. My back hurts though. Back to bike at bothy. | Martin R | 16/10/2013 |
| self | davidsbatty | 02/07/2013 |
| On solo run from Achnasheen to Braemore. | amswanston | 07/06/2013 |
| walked in to stay at Locha'Broin bothy for two nights, reading Nan Shepherds 'The Living Mountain'. Clockwise circuit round Cean Garbh Meallan Chuaich, Groban, Beinn Bheag and though tired then up Corbett Creag Rainich and top. | vegibagger | 28/08/2012 |
| Beinn Bheag (NH 084714) & Groban (NH 099709) S/F NH 162760 Carried dingy from road to loch then paddled to far end for 2 night camp. Overcast for majority of day with sun in late afternoon. Cloud base >3000' giving spectacular views of Munros. Bothy totally transformed, now has flush toilet! | John Young | 01/08/2012 |
| Sol | HFB | 30/12/2008 |
| from B Bheag. Gingerly down to bealach out of wind. Steadily up on grass to top at 13.30. | arranc | 14/06/2007 |
| Trackless south side of loch, then onto Fannaichs. Sunny, strong gusty wind, good views. | iangalbraith | 30/06/2003 |
| With Ken | fergie | 18/08/2001 |
| fine steep dry grassy hill; great view. Incheril clockwise via Hts of Kinlochewe; lift down with estate worker | RHW | 21/04/2000 |
| Round of Creag Rainich, Beinn Bheag and Groban from Lochivraon bothy. | Eddie | 06/11/1999 |
| Frogreen | 12/03/2024 | |
| danpquinn | 17/02/2024 | |
| Tricky | 05/09/2023 | |
| weaselmaster | 11/07/2023 | |
| Blair282 | 08/07/2023 | |
| GavinTheobald 3 | 30/05/2023 | |
| Robin56 | 28/05/2023 | |
| sarahk | 13/05/2023 | |
| anguscow | 03/11/2022 | |
| Sick Kid | 02/09/2022 | |
| weaselmaster | 02/09/2022 | |
| scott duncan | 13/08/2022 |