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| Name: | Meall Alvie |
| Hill number: | 608 |
| Height: | 560m / 1837ft |
| RHB Section: | 08B: Cairngorms |
| County/UA: | Aberdeenshire |
| Catchment: | Dee (Aberdeen) |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Dodd (500-599m), Highland Five, Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,5,HF,Y) |
| Grid ref: | NO 20367 91938 |
| Summit feature: | cairn by tree |
| Drop: | 211m |
| Col: | 349m NO190916  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 44 (1:25k) OL53N OL58S 388N 404S |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 208 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| ELMA / KATE AND TREVOR SHAW | donmeister | 07/10/2023 |
| Same route as Nozzer.Way up was less rough than way down, though did find some random bits of path.Final section 8 Marilyn. 2.8 miles. | JulieB | 02/10/2023 |
| From Keiloch car park along tracks to NO 199 917 then directly up the hillside on heather and blaeberry. Descended south east to NO 208 916 to regain forest track back to car park. | Fife Walking | 30/07/2023 |
| I nice walk from Braemar. | Phreerunner | 23/05/2023 |
| From Keiloch (£3 parking). Took the track NNE past the saw-mill, then fainter track east before reaching Felagie. Where it ended a heather-bash into the pinewoods, and then easier but steeper going under the trees, and finally a 130m heather bash to the summit. Return by outward route. With DB, BC and RP. 5.4km, with 240m of ascent. | Man of Kernow1 | 15/05/2023 |
| Via the Dave McG direttissima from the large layby on the A93. | ARM | 04/03/2023 |
| As Gill. Only about 100yards of deep heather. Lovely pinewoods | PeteN | 28/02/2023 |
| From Keiloch car park. Good tracks take you to the base of the hill. Up through wide-spaced mature trees to the summit. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 09/12/2022 |
| By obvious route from Kielloch, out and back. Some blue sky on way up, rained on descent. Picked ceps. Nice walk, easy going through mature pines. | Rounsfell | 14/10/2022 |
| Same as Dave McG I parked to the south in the long layby on the A93. I plumped for the west end at NO 20446 91068, which worked well for me. Can't say if the east end is any better. The hardcore track at the west end soon became a parking area with a rough, very rough vehicle track heading up hill, which dissappeared leaving many options between well spaced trees to the next track running parallel to the main road. Followed that east and uphill to another rough vehicle track which also dissappeared. Again pick your way through well spaced trees to the wall just below the summit. Follow wall left and uphill hacking through heather then at the top follow wall on tree side to the summit. On descent I did find a vague worn path but in practice I'm sure there are many different routes up and down. 2.08 miles with 2504m of ascent in 1hr 14 minutes. Perfect end of late winters day hill. | mntainman | 12/01/2022 |
| From Keiloch car park, north along track then footpath eastward till approx SW of summit, then steep but pleasant walk through woods to small cairn at top. | willyross | 09/12/2021 |
| From Keiloch (£3), along Felagie track, turning E at NO191919 along rougher track, followed that to near end, then up through pinewoods to Meall Alvie summit, descending same way back to Felagie track, SSW to NO190917, then taking side track NW looping round SE end of Craig Leek to ridge end near NO186919, headed straight up ridge to treeline, then threaded heathery knolls N to summit of Craig Leek, continued N on good footrack to col with Meall Gorm, then N to summit through recently planted pines, return to col, W on ATV track to meet deer fence, then S on forest tracks, via Fog House, back to Keiloch (4hr15m) | kdbennett | 20/11/2021 |
| Park at Keiloch, followed the track north to 192919 turning east again following the track to its end. cutting north to the wall then followed this to a nondescript summit. return by following the wall back to Felagie. with Frank and big J | Nozzer | 08/09/2021 |
| Straight up from layby though open mature pine forest. Recommended ...ant hills, tantalizing glimpses of the big hills, lovely woodland, the dreaded heather only appears need the top. (Today the other route up by the wall would have been a trial as both sides of the wall held large amounts of deep soft snow.) | sarahk | 21/02/2021 |
| Winter darkness rapidly closing in within the hour. After finishing school at Crathie at 3pm and quick change into outdoor clothes. Track from Keiloch and using path 200m before Felagie led to a surprisingly easy mossy way up through the pines -nicely steep -to leave just a small amount of heather to summit cairn. Topographically - at a guess - it looks like this hill was shaped by two parallel glaciers -with the larger main Dee glacier meeting a narrowing squeeze point in its own valley - and 'overflowing' and deepening the connecting col through by Keiloch - and thereby creating such a large prominence for this hill. But maybe just formed under a much deeper single glacier/ice sheet? (there are several giant stand alone marilyns close by like this),and then what about the role of meltwater? I've requested an academic paper on 'roche moutonnees' of the Upper Dee' to try to unlock the puzzle. Managed to crunch my compass in the car door - pungent battery acid like smell of leak. | Chris Pearson | 23/11/2020 |
| ... and on to Craig Leek ... | nix_snilloc | 31/08/2020 |
| Being a short walk, parked at gated entrance NO 1866 9108 (car park £3) | carole engel | 04/07/2020 |
| Purgatory in the wet - slippery heather shoots abound. Concerned about the possible horrible vegetation which might be encountered by going directly up from the big lay-by on the N side of the A93, I decided on the Keiloch-Felagie option, expecting some kind of path. Parked near pt 315, NO193903 and walked for about 5 minutes along the road, good verge, to the walkers' CP at Keiloch. Easy to Felagie, then I got into trees ASAP to avoid the heather, but the first wall soon leads into deep heather - I went up easily, R, just before this to encounter second (summit) wall. This gets sunlight, so the vegetation is profuse and purgatorial. I kept inside the trees, 10-50 metres S of the wall. Half way up a band of heather covered rocks had to be fought through. As there is little or no path, you may as well suffer purgatory for free, from the big lay-by, as pay for the priviledge from the Keiloch car park. | Isbjorn | 30/05/2019 |
| Parked on A93 layby to the south @ 2045 9106 and straight up through trees to top. Pleasant enough route and shorter than the Keiloch approach. | Dave McG | 01/05/2019 |
| Solo. Followed Gill's route. Pleasant walk in the the chilly start to a sunny day. 1 1/2 hours. | alexmaclennan | 09/04/2019 |
| tick | chazzyboy19 | 15/11/2018 |
| From Keiloch car park, £2.50 the thieving blighters. NE up the track, turning E onto a rough vehicle track starting almost due west of the summit. To the end of this by a fallen tree and a roll of wire, then up the hill, lanky heather for a few yards, then easy short bilberry and moss between well spaced trees, picking up the wall near the summit, marked by a small cairn. Not the most exciting of walks, hemmed in by trees, though you do get a bit of view at the top. | Gill | 24/09/2018 |
| Up track marked from estate carpark. Some section of deep heather. Small cairn at summit. There appears to be a trough of somesort between summit cairn and wall. | cjo | 15/09/2018 |
| From Felagie following wall, and avoiding worst of deep heather which is found for part of the route | trimarc2 | 17/05/2018 |
| Parked in lay-by near the pay and display. 600th Marilyn. | Peterb | 15/05/2018 |
| 2 of 2: From Keiloch CP. With Karen and Lauren. | ChrisR | 12/10/2017 |
| Via path (track) marked on OS 1:50k and then north east through open Caledonian woodland to the top. | raffemeister | 01/12/2016 |
| Through the woods from no 224 929, with mora. woods in summer not the place to be (flies) | BLACKHILL | 28/06/2016 |
| Short lunchtime walk from Keiloch to Felagie via track, then followed woodland path and wall to summit. Small cairn near tree..sums up the summit. | N.Morters | 16/06/2016 |
| Dug deep for the car park fee at Keiloch. Followed the wall from Felagie to the summit in a round trip of just over 1 hour and a quarter - solo. | bolton | 16/11/2015 |
| Along the forest tracks from Thistledae. Tough going once the tracks finish. Found the cairn, very smart! | Play2End | 31/10/2015 |
| As others up by wall from Felagie Cottage. | Lionel Bidwell | 22/10/2015 |
| With Jenx. Parked down the lane from the walkers CP. £2.50 for an hour seemed steep. Used the track as others then near the wall using woods and tracks to get through scrubby heather. Back to the track. Car was ok where left. | nordicstar | 20/10/2015 |
| From roadside pull-in by 315m spot height. Route and write-up at: http://gayleybird.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/ord-ban-carn-ealasaid-geallaig-hill-and.html. | Gayle | 14/05/2015 |
| from keiloch to felagie then wall to summit. | robertphillips | 05/12/2014 |
| Same as everyone else. Dugswell is only little so explains why he didn't see the wall. | Martin R | 11/11/2014 |
| From Kelloch for £2.50. When track peters out ridge is big and spacious. | Thearlaichdubh | 12/09/2014 |
| Self, Peter and dog; clockwise circuit from Keiloch | Invicta14 | 11/06/2014 |
| Track and path from Keiloch. (Plenty of free parking near to pay and display carpark!) | AndrewFinnimore | 26/10/2013 |
| Late winter afternoon, started at 1455. Conditions cold and still, high cloud, light snow cover. Car park at Keiloch, track to Felagie cottage, stone wall up west ridge leads to the summit. Sparse pine forest and heather provided little resistance, returned in adequate light by 1630. | Topographer57 | 27/12/2012 |
| From Kelloch car park, fine forest walk. | neimcv | 18/09/2012 |
| With ES and IS. | amswanston | 01/09/2012 |
| With AS. Part Carried. With ES and IS. | iks | 01/09/2012 |
| From Keiloch after Craig Leek, as Smudge says easy woodland ascent but I only saw the wall at the summit. | Dugswell2 | 24/05/2012 |
| JEB | HFB | 19/03/2012 |
| With AS. Part carried.With ES and IS. | eks | 09/01/2012 |
| KeithByTheC | 29/05/2011 | |
| I parked at the relatively new walkers' car park at Keiloch. I followed the track that goes NE and eventually reaches a minor road near Inver. However, after just over half a kilometre I left this track to take the footpath, as marked on the map I was using, that heads roughly ESE. It is actually a somewhat rough track. At the end of the track I struck up the hillside to reach the summit of Meall Alvie. The ascent was easy. Although in forest the trees were well spaced with little undergrowth and there were bits of paths or animal tracks I could follow. At the summit there is a smallish, nicely built cairn. | pwbellarby | 08/08/2010 |
| Dry, cloudy, tiny cairn set in trees, good views elsewhere. | iangalbraith | 27/09/2009 |
| Easily negotiated woodland following the wall NW of summit. | Smudge | 23/02/2009 |