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| Name: | Carn Ballach (NE Top) |
| Hill number: | 629 |
| Height: | 919.3m / 3016ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 621 Carn Dearg |
| RHB Section: | 09B: Glen Albyn and the Monadh Liath |
| County/UA: | Highland |
| Catchment: | Findhorn, Catchment Boundaries, Spey |
| Watershed: | Inner Moray Firth |
| Class: | Deleted Munro Top (xMT) |
| Grid ref: | NH 64781 04814 |
| Summit feature: | cairn on large rock |
| Drop: | 6m |
| Col: | 913m NH644046  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 35 (1:25k) OL56 402 |
| Observations: | ground 40m S at NH 64789 04777 is 4cm lower; rock by fence post 150m NNE at NH64840 04954 is 15cm lower; ground 150m W at NH 64634 04790 is 1.1m lower |
| Survey: | Leica RX1250 |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 271 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| gavinmcc | 24/02/2024 | |
| Epic day with Tom and Duncan. Initially missed the bridge across the river. Only a little wet snow to slow us down on the tops. | alexmaclennan | 16/02/2024 |
| Between Carn Dearg and Carn Sgulain | Denise | 06/10/2023 |
| Parked at the end of the public road in Glen Banchor. Carn Dearg, Carn Ban, Carn Ballach SW Top, Carn Ballach NE Top, Meall a'Bhothain, Carn Sgulain W Top, Carn Sgulain, A'Chailleach, Geal Charn. Very wet underfoot and gale force winds initially on Carn Dearg (hat blown over the cliffs) but easing later with cloud lifting. With Gillian and Denise. | richard69 | 06/10/2023 |
| Drove up Strathdearn on Friday 4th August, hiked up along the River Findhorn, to its source 1km south of Dalbeg at the meeting of River Erskin and Abhainn Cor Clach. Camped there with a few thousand midges. Saturday 5th August, I hiked up the 'crow road' along the Abhainn Cor Clach, crossing it at NH 6397 0753, before ascending Fionn-tom Mor. I continued south (disturbing dozens of deer) to eventually ascend Carn Ballach (NE Top), then west to Carn Ballach (SE Top). I stopped for lunch on Carn Ban. Here I messed up and thought I could north to rejoin the Crow Road path. But I couldn't find a safe crossing point on the Abhainn Cor Clach and there was no obvious path on the north side of the glen. So I spent far too long walking upmand down the south bank while moving downstream, looking for a spot to cross. But never did, I eventually ascended Fionn-tom Mor again then descended to my original crossing point, which had risen after the rain. | chillyman8 | 05/08/2023 |
| MKInnes | 04/08/2023 | |
| I can see why this is xMT, not a single distinguishing feature | Trantham Clan | 22/05/2023 |
| Fine day doing the circuit with tops in sunshine from Glen Banchor car park | PDuncan82 | 13/05/2023 |
| granitegirl | 18/02/2023 | |
| anguscow | 16/02/2023 | |
| Glen Banchor car park - Carn Dearg - Carn Ban - Carn Ballach - Carn Ballach NE Top - Meall a’ Bhothain - Carn Sgulain - A’ Chailleach - Geal Charn, Creag na h-Iolaire - Glen Banchor. | Mark Jackson | 19/08/2022 |
| pwatson1980 | 15/06/2022 | |
| loop from the cp, 27km in 6 hrs with 992m of ascent, taking in Carn Dearg and SE top, Carn Ban, Carn Ballach SW and NE top, Meall a Bhothian, Carn Sgulian west top, Carn Sgulian and a'chailleach | Nicky C | 12/06/2022 |
| Neil Midgley | 07/06/2022 | |
| andy.painter | 28/05/2022 | |
| BIGGEST BOG FEST EVER | supermario | 15/11/2021 |
| From Newtonmore - A'Chaileach, Carn Sgulain, Carn Dearg. With Sue, Jack and Ellie. Post GMC trip. | Geoff Briggs | 09/11/2021 |
| Toril | 18/09/2021 | |
| solitaryfellwanderer | 05/09/2021 | |
| govanah | 17/08/2021 | |
| govanah2 | 17/08/2021 | |
| PVokes | 06/08/2021 | |
| Sprog | 19/07/2021 | |
| Solo. 31km. Ascended via Creag na h-Iolaire to A' Chailleach, then across to Carn Sgulain, down ridge via all summits to Carn Dearg and then Carn Macoul on descent. Returned via Glen Banchor to parking. Fairly still, clear on all summits, sun at times. 9 hours. | meltdiceburg | 18/07/2021 |
| amcvey | 26/06/2021 | |
| The 3 Monadh Liath Munros - Walkhighlands route | hummusg | 23/06/2021 |
| amblemark | 03/06/2021 | |
| Conor | 01/06/2021 | |
| rocket-ron | 31/05/2021 | |
| Round off three Munros and the various tops. Total distance 28km and ascent of 1350m | Pilotralph | 30/05/2021 |
| anguscow | 26/05/2021 | |
| weaselmaster | 30/04/2021 | |
| Sick Kid | 30/04/2021 | |
| stuartgreig | 23/10/2020 | |
| See Carn Dearg for description of route. | lindslow | 20/09/2020 |
| Sonja89 | 01/09/2020 | |
| Ibex | 14/08/2020 | |
| From Carn Macoul, circuit of the Munros and tops. Sunny and hot. With B and R. | jenx | 08/08/2020 |
| Andrew Stalker | 02/08/2020 | |
| Dave McG | 17/07/2020 | |
| With Winnie, wintry | Strathcarron | 29/10/2019 |
| Tartantraveller | 21/09/2019 | |
| Gavin Theobald | 22/06/2019 | |
| Toril | 22/06/2019 | |
| Gallovidian | 19/06/2019 | |
| dazza4994 | 01/06/2019 | |
| Keith Armour, Craig Brackenridge, Barry McGarahan | ian-e | 05/05/2018 |
| Sick Kid | 13/01/2018 | |
| weaselmaster | 13/01/2018 | |
| Capt Malbec | 23/09/2017 |