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| Name: | Cairn of Gowal |
| Hill number: | 471 |
| Height: | 991m / 3251ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 457 Lochnagar - Cac Carn Beag |
| Parent (SMC): | 468 Cairn Bannoch |
| RHB Section: | 07A: Braemar to Montrose |
| County/UA: | Aberdeenshire, Angus |
| Catchment: | Dee (Aberdeen), Catchment Boundaries, South Esk |
| Watershed: | Aberdeen Bay |
| Class: | Munro Top, High Hills of Britain, Subsimm (MT,HHB,sSim) |
| Grid ref: | NO 22672 82079 |
| Summit feature: | a few stones on flat rock |
| Drop: | 22m |
| Col: | 969m NO223822  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 44 (1:25k) OL53N 388N |
| Survey: | Abney level |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 499 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| G R From Spittal of Glenmuick | Idris | 26/06/2023 |
| From Glenmuick Car Park via Dubh Loch | PDuncan82 | 15/06/2023 |
| With Richard before Broad Cairn. | Denise | 18/04/2023 |
| High point marked by small cairn on diamond shaped rock slab buried to its top surface. Rocks, moss and creeping heather. | RichardM | 18/04/2023 |
| Parked at the Spittal of Glenmuick (£5 cash/card in machine). Took the track on the N side of loch and up to above the Falls of the Glasallt from where a stalkers path goes up the SE ridge to Creag a Ghlas-uillt. From there the walk around the top of Allt an Dubh-loch valley opens up - Eagles Rock, Carn a'Choire Bhoidheach, Carn an t-Sagairt Beag, Carn an t-Sagairt Mor, Fafernie, Cairn Bannoch, Cairn of Gowal, Creag an Dubh-loch, Broad Cairn - and follows the track back down on the S side of Loch Muick. Long day with a cold wind but wonderful views. With Gillian, Tony, Richard and Denise, although R&D split off at times with different peak objectives, meeting up again finally below Broad Cairn. | richard69 | 18/04/2023 |
| Round of 9 Tops from Braedownie Hut with ATMC. | andy | 18/03/2023 |
| Broad Cairn, Creag an Dubh-loch, Cairn of Gowal, Cairn Bannoch, Fafernie, Carn an t-Sagairt Mor, Carn an t-Saigairt Beag, Carn a' Choire Bhoidheach, Cac Carn Mor, Lochnager - Cac Carn Beag & Meikle Pap from Spittal of Glenmuick. | JasonStark | 21/08/2022 |
| Five Munro circuit from Spittal of Glenmuick: Spittal - Meikle Pap - Cuidhe Crom - Cac Carn Mor - Lochnagar - Carn a’ Choire Bhoidheach - Carn an t-Sagairt Beag - Carn an t-Sagairt Mor - Fafernie - Cairn Bannoch - Cairn of Gowal - Creag an Dubh-loch - Broad Cairn - Sandy Hillock - Spittal. | Mark Jackson | 05/08/2022 |
| From Spittal of Glenmuick for a round of Crow Craigies, Fafernie, Cairn of Gowal, Creag an Dubh-loch and Craig of Gowal. | rhalstead | 21/06/2022 |
| Glenshee & Lochnagar | maclrc | 07/05/2022 |
| From Acharn CP. Very pretty spot. Beautiful walk up S Esk river valley, onto Broad Cairn, then Creag an Dubh Loch, Cairn of Gowal, Cairn Bannoch, Fafernie, Creag Lachdach, Crow Craigies, back via Glen Doll. With B, B, and R. | jenx | 07/09/2021 |
| The classic round of 5 Munro’s. Stunning | LaurieIson21 | 03/08/2021 |
| White Mounth Munros, Glen Muick - 5 Lochnagar munros, Walkhighlands route | hummusg | 30/06/2021 |
| From Loch Callater - 5 Munros and 11 Munro Tops but only 1 Marilyn! Cloud base around 800m all day. 9 Hours. | Geoff Briggs | 19/06/2021 |
| lonely loop of Lochnagar munros and any tops that seemed to get in the way! 32km, 7hrs | Nicky C | 03/06/2021 |
| Passed over to Broad Cairn | Canny | 03/06/2021 |
| On White Mounth wildcamp taking in all 5 Munros and 11 MTs. Wasn't totally sure if this was a listed hill on the walk. | iangpark | 02/06/2021 |
| With Tom. From (very crowded) car park at Spittal of Glenmuick (8:05) walked along the SE shore of the loch and up the slanting path to the plateau and thence to Broad Cairn (10:50). Cloudy but dry with increasing sunshine through the day; cold wind. Continued over Cairn of Gowal (~11:20), Cairn Bannoch (11:35), Carn an t'Saigart Mor (12:25), Carn an t'Saigart Beag (12:50), Carn a'Choire Bhoidheach (13:25) and Lochnagar (14:15) and finally back to car (16:55). 29 km. Great day in fine granite scenery, met 50+ people, saw ptarmigan with a chick and a tiny shrew on the summit pyramid of Lochnagar. | dbb | 18/07/2020 |
| With SJW. WE had a 10.5 hour, 23 mile circular around the Loch Muick horseshoe coming up from Loch Muick at Broad Cairn, around to Carn an t-Sagairt Mor, across to Lochnagar, Meikle Pap and back down to Loch Muick. | meltdiceburg | 08/08/2019 |
| A round of 5 munro with a couple of extras | Pilotralph | 03/07/2019 |
| Lochnagar, Carn a' Choire Bhoidheach, Carn an t-Sagairt,Cairn Bannoch, Broad Cairn | Huwel | 24/04/2019 |
| With Karen & Buster. Stayed at Glaa allt Shiel Bothy. T-shirt weather. | Highland Days | 26/02/2019 |
| From Invercauld bridge | Peterb | 07/08/2018 |
| With Kat | j_com | 22/07/2018 |
| With Mark. | grimjimm | 27/06/2018 |
| Flat summit, just off path. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 17/09/2017 |
| on TGO Challenge | oatcake | 19/05/2017 |
| Munro Top bagging from Glen Clova: Acharn - Glen Doll - Crow Craigies - Fafernie - Cairn Bannoch - Cairn of Gowal - Craig of Gowal - Creag an Dubh-loch - Broad Cairn - Bachnagairn - Acharn | davidpettit84 | 16/04/2017 |
| With Mark. | Jonathan Willingham | 04/04/2017 |
| yorkielad | 04/04/2017 | |
| From Glen Doll carpark via Jock's Road to Davy's Brouach, Crow Craigies, Fafernie, Cairn Bannoch, Cairn of Gowal, Broad Cairn, Bachnagairn and a long walk back to the carpark in the last remnants of daylight. Bitter 40mph winds on the tops. With Mark and Hamish & Huey the springer spaniels. | Saggers | 28/10/2016 |
| C/W round of broad cairn, creag an dubh loch, cairn of cowal, craig of gowal, crow craigies, fafernie, cairn bannoch, carn an t sagairt mor, carn an t sagairt beag, carn a choire bhoidheach, top of eagles rock, creag a ghlas uillt,from cp at glen muick. | robertphillips | 17/09/2016 |
| High level circuit of Loch Muick from Spittal of Glen Muick, Broad Cairn to Lochnagar | kdbennett | 24/07/2016 |
| Weather fair. | MountainMac | 11/05/2016 |
| Counter clockwise circuit of the White Mounth Munros from car park at Spittal of Glen Muick | Hyperopic | 09/05/2016 |
| With Christine | Keith99 | 20/07/2015 |
| On the TGO Challenge with Sue - Hill 23. | Phreerunner | 18/05/2015 |
| Group walk of the White Mouth five from Loch Muick car park. 7h 56min total time. | mproudfoot | 23/08/2014 |
| not first time | clashcityrocker | 11/01/2014 |
| With friend. From Spittal of Glenmuick on bikes to Glas-allt-Shiel. Objective: all Munro tops of Broad Cairn and Cairn Bannoch. After Broad Cairn, Craig of Gowal, Crow Craigies, Fafernie, Cairn Bannoch. Continued SE aiming for the Munro top called Cairn of Gowal. We came to a point where there was higher ground on our left but a cairn on a summit point SE of where we were, which we decided to go to. However, when we turned round and faced the way we had come we realised that the high ground we had by-passed was higher than where we were. Subsequent examination of various editions of Munro’s tables and maps showed that the top where we were was where the Munro top called Cairn of Gowal height 983m stood as listed in editions of Munro’s tables from 1974 to 1990. However, the 1997 edition gives a relocated position at height of 991m on the high ground we had bypassed. So we went back to the summit of the 991m top. We finished with Creag an Dubh-loch. | pwbellarby | 06/09/2013 |
| Adding old logs | Angelaf | 06/08/2013 |
| Whiteout | Kevin29035 | 09/02/2013 |
| From Glen Muick: Glorious day. Meikle pap, Lochnagar, White Mounth, Carn an t-Sagairt Mor, Cairn Bannoch, Broad Cairn before a long descent to Glen Muick. Stayed at Ballater Bunkhouse. | jigglybones | 30/08/2012 |
| Started at Grange and walked up to Catbells via Hause Gate. Heavy going at first. Gentler route available | Sally Beck | 14/04/2012 |
| KeithByTheC | 28/05/2011 | |
| Ashley, Lochnagar curcuit | JamesSDonald | 13/10/2010 |
| 3 of 4 From Cairn Bannoch. | ChrisR | 06/10/2010 |
| Solo on TGO Challenge 2010 | alistairpooler | 24/05/2010 |
| Whiteout! | Alastair S | 16/03/2010 |
| Easy walk over from the S top | torkm | 25/07/2009 |