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Name:Big Garvoun West Top
Hill number:6173
Height:699.4m / 2295ft
Parent (Ma):594  Creag Mhor
RHB Section:08B: Cairngorms
County/UA:Moray
Catchment:Spey
Class:Subsimm
(sSim)
Grid ref:NJ 14151 08024
Summit feature:no feature: heather
Drop:24.1m
Col:675.2m  NJ 1439 0821  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 36
(1:25k) OL58N 404N
Observations:level summit area
Survey:Leica RX1250
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 18 users)ByDate of Ascent
2 of 4: From Big Garvoun. With Tim.ChrisR06/11/2023
big garvoun, big garvoun west top, little garvoun, monadh nan eun, the bruach from the CP at corgarff castle biked into the bridge on the river avon at 155 068robertphillips13/11/2021
Walked over from Little Garvoun187lenny25/08/2019
From SE, cool breezy day mostly dry, track N bank R Gairn, line of 12 BMs ending at Corndavon Lodge, path crossing watershed, bridge to gain track S side of Dee, another to N side, track almost to summit of Big G, cairn almost buried in heather, Little G has a better one, W top en route, back to Dee bridge for some Ben Avon tops.RHW27/04/2019
Dry, sunny, good views.iangalbraith13/06/2006
iainwalton27/05/2023
neilsan28/08/2022
Alan Whatley28/06/2021
Dave McG03/06/2019
BaggerGutt12/05/2019
mae27/06/2018
interloper07/06/2018
chalky195324/11/2016
alda18/09/2016
Gavin Theobald27/09/2015
Rod M30/08/2015
ajwxyzt30/08/2015
IainT23/05/2008