Loading...
| Name: | Craiggowrie |
| Hill number: | 4157 |
| Height: | 687m / 2254ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 601 Meall a' Bhuachaille |
| RHB Section: | 08A: Cairngorms |
| County/UA: | Highland (UA) |
| Catchment: | Spey |
| Class: | Simm, Graham Top (Tu,Sim,GT) |
| Grid ref: | NH962134 (est) |
| Drop: | 31m |
| Col: | 656m NH965128  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 36 (1:25k) OL57N 403N |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
N.B. Some hill summits are on private property or on land where there is no public right of way. Permission should be sought from the landowner where access to a hill summit is through private land(*).
*For information about access rights in Scotland see the ScotWays website.
Please report via the contact page any logs you see below which describe or encourage acts of trespass, and
mention the hill number and hill name.
| Logged Descriptions (logged by 108 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Descent to Badaguish pretty unpleasantly wet underfoot until you reach the proper forestry paths. Running the ridgeline inc Meall a' Bhuachaille, Creagan Gorm, Creag a' Chaillich and Craiggowrie. With GFE. | Fionalevey | 04/08/2019 |
| 10.8 mile walk from visitors centre, along forest track up to Ryvoan Bothy then very good path up onto Meall a'Bhuachaille then along ridge to Creagan Gorm, Creag a' Chailleach and Craigowrie, desending via boggy eroded path back to forest then along forest lanes back to the car. Changeable weather sunny/cloudy with showers but very windy, the big Cairngorms kept going in and out of cloud/showers, busy on Meall a' Bhuachaille, but not so busy on the rest of the ridge, great circular with great views. | DanTrig | 18/06/2019 |
| From the visitor centre. Pretty decent path to Meall a' Bhuachaille, then over more muddy ground to Creagan Gorm, Creag a' Chaillich, and Craiggowrie; returning through The Queen's Forest. Takes about 3.5 hrs in total. | summitter | 28/12/2018 |
| Final top on the ridge. | jenx | 29/08/2018 |
| With Jenx and Bryher from nr Glenmore lodge, circuit of the fine ridge | nordicstar | 29/08/2018 |
| Roadside parking by Pine Martin cafe. Good path up to the ridge following the Allt Coire Chondlaich. Meall a' Bhuachaille, Creagan Gorm and Craig a Chaillich first. | jonglew | 10/06/2018 |
| KeithByTheC | 26/07/2017 | |
| 3rd summit of day on circuit from near Loch Morlich YH, logged out of order. A couple of HP contenders, in cold and rain and poor visibility. | RHW | 07/05/2017 |
| End of ridge descended to Milton Cottage, don't be tempted to find track alon Coire Sgurm? Forest has expanded a lot since map drawn. | alwaysinshorts | 28/02/2017 |
| hill race | CraigW | 22/10/2016 |
| Walked up from Glenmore Lodge, carried on for the full ridge. | rossdrummond | 24/09/2016 |
| From the Reindeer Centre, delightful walk across all the tops on a decent path, finally descending to Badaguish Outdoor centre. | hils | 06/02/2016 |
| Meall a'Bhuachaille, Creagan Gorm, Creag a'Chaillich, Craiggowrie from visitor's centre car park. Bright sunshine. | RobertP | 03/11/2015 |
| With Meall a' Buchaille from Youthe Hostel on a beautiful sunny day. Solo | munromurph | 08/11/2014 |
| hill race | CraigW | 25/10/2014 |
| See Creagan Gorm | dickscroop | 07/10/2014 |
| On own. | MorecambeMonkey | 20/04/2014 |
| Last one of the day. | Play2End | 01/01/2013 |
| hill race | CraigW | 27/10/2012 |
| on traverse of Corbett | oatcake | 04/05/2011 |
| Hyperopic | 26/02/2011 | |
| as part of traverse from Meall a Bhuchaille and back to glen more through forest | emily | 07/06/2009 |
| see Meall a'Bhuachaille log. Excellent walk with brother, Pete | pwheeler | 26/05/2007 |
| With Ali. Started at Glenmore Lodge and walked through Queens Forest. Ascended Craiggowrie from W and carried on to saddle beneath Meall a'Bhuachaille before descending. | paddyirish | 10/02/2006 |
| Cairngorm Club bus meet. I shared the driving of a minibus with Ken Thomson. The party ascended Meall a' Bhuachaille from the north, although there were some variations. We left minibus somewhat east of Torehill Cottage. We walked along road past cottage and turned left on to track going south. This was followed - there was some dispute about navigation. The track became a path and then petered out so we continued up the hillside to the summit of Meall a' Bhuachaille. We proceeded along the ridge west and north west over Creagan Gorm (732m), Creag a' Chaillich (711m) and Craiggowrie (687m). We descended NE, crossed the Craiggowrie Burn, followed the side of a wood and then a track back to the road about 1 1/2 km from Torehill Cottage. Clear with excellent views of snow-covered peaks. | pwbellarby | 13/11/2005 |
| The final top of in a SE-NW traverse . Took the forest tracks back to Loch Morlich | garyhoney | 14/06/2005 |
| 4 of 4: From Creag a' Chaillich. | ChrisR | 08/07/2003 |
| Red Course - Ian, Joel and the others. | Dangerous Dave | 19/02/2003 |
| Staying at Badaguish and combined a walk from the SMC Corbetts guide with one from the Munros guide, taking in the whole ridge before going onto Bynack More. | Swindon Bagger | 24/02/2000 |
| Round from Glenmore to Bynack Beg More, Meall a'Bhuachaille and on to Craiggowrie. | Eddie | 22/09/1995 |
| From Loch Morlich YH | Buteobuteo | 23/06/1995 |
| With Robin | thenomad | 04/03/1995 |
| Mixed weather, good views. | iangalbraith | 18/04/1992 |
| With Meall a'B | nix_snilloc | 01/06/1991 |
| Jurek, Jasio and Adam - date estimated not sure of the year but it would have been in August Now correct date. | chrisbien | 13/08/1990 |
| First of several ascents from Glen More. | JohnW | 05/08/1987 |
| Date uncertain, circuit from Glenmore | rjf35 | 01/05/1979 |
| Family | Uisdean25 | 10/04/1970 |
| Toril | 27/10/2019 | |
| Bob67 | 26/10/2019 | |
| weaselmaster | 16/06/2019 | |
| Sick Kid | 16/06/2019 | |
| Archie | 03/06/2019 | |
| KathW | 03/06/2019 | |
| Conor | 04/01/2019 | |
| monkey | 30/10/2018 | |
| Tony J | 09/06/2018 | |
| carole engel | 09/06/2018 | |
| Alex C | 09/06/2018 | |
| geoffreycurnock | 26/05/2018 |