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| Name: | Aonach Beag |
| Hill number: | 279 |
| Height: | 1234m / 4049ft |
| RHB Section: | 04A: Fort William to Loch Treig and Loch Leven |
| County/UA: | Highland |
| Catchment: | Lochy, Catchment Boundaries, Nevis |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Munro, High Hills of Britain, Murdo, Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,M,HHB,Mur,Y) |
| Grid ref: | NN 19709 71493 |
| Summit feature: | small cairn |
| Drop: | 404m |
| Col: | 830m NN186722  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 41 (1:25k) 392 |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 798 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Solo | Topsaswell | 17/11/2023 |
| With Keith | christine99 | 25/05/2023 |
| With Christine | Keith99 | 25/05/2023 |
| Via Aonach Mor (and the gondola from ski centre) | geoffh12 | 07/05/2023 |
| Winter | ChrisVDM | 19/03/2023 |
| Mamores -> Grey Corries -> Nevis circuit post-Winter ML Training | tleach12 | 27/02/2023 |
| https://strava.app.link/n55TaSRgJyb | John | 05/02/2023 |
| Aonach Mor, Aoanach Beag, CMD and Nevis from Nevis Range Car Park. Steven Fallons route Lochaber 4000s, but with walk back to start point at end | hummusg | 21/07/2022 |
| Great day out but tough due to the snow. Weather a bit misty to start but got better. Climbed on my own | Kevthecat | 26/03/2022 |
| Up from the Gondola on our first winter day for 2 years. Great fun over Aonach Mor and onto Aonach Beag and back again. | atreides7887 | 06/03/2022 |
| From Stob an Chule Choire back to the ridge and along the wide ridge path then the steeper but easy walk up the ridge path to the summit area. In swirling cloud the shattered quartzite bands on the flat top and deep gulleys east made for a raw and wild feeling top. Surprised it's 13m higher than Aonach Mor!Followed the east edge of the ridge path south east to Stob Coire Bealach | Denise | 16/09/2021 |
| From Aonoch Mor , and a lot more interesting. | Mark Sims | 25/08/2021 |
| Alpine style, left Sez at the bealach whilst making quick dash to summit and back | Littledave | 02/08/2021 |
| Solo, running fr Aonach Mor, easy w surprisingly little ascent. Glorious day with excellent views, sunshine. Back to find the steep downhill path towards CMD... | NorfolkPT21 | 19/07/2021 |
| From glen Nevis . Hoped to make a ridge but foggy so turned back | nrowan | 20/06/2021 |
| Solo, anti-clockwise from Glen Nevis. Aonach Beag, Aonach Mor, Carn Mor Dearg & Ben Nevis. Great views of CMD arete towards Ben Nevis | Huwel | 22/10/2020 |
| Also with Aonach Mhor | paulpitcher | 06/09/2020 |
| Aonach Mor top gondola station - Sgurr Finniosgaig - Tom na Sroine - Stob an Chul-Choire - Aonach Mor - Aonach Beag - Carn Mor Dearg - Carn Dearg Meadhonach - Carn Beag Dearg - down N ridge and forest tracks back to gondola bottom station. | Mark Jackson | 23/08/2020 |
| From Nevisrange | Strathcarron | 19/08/2020 |
| Climbed in Lochaber Traverse with wild camps | D.Hoyle | 10/08/2020 |
| Aonach Beag tops | Scmccabe | 06/08/2020 |
| Cheeky marathon from Glen Nevis to Spean Bridge via the Aonachs and Grey Corries. | quadbarrel | 30/11/2019 |
| With Lionel, Jennie and Tony after Aonach Mor. | Chris Blake | 17/09/2019 |
| Only a quick stop on the top as it was sheeting down! It was 'all down hill from here' having ascended from Glen Nevis, with a descent to Nevis Range next, via a few more hills. | DanMaisieBex | 20/08/2019 |
| From top station of Nevis Range Gondola (NN 18766 75606). Steep grassy ascent up to the rocky ridge at NN 19356 74520, then up the ridge and across the grassy plateau to the summit of Aonach Mor. Onwards via a clear, grassy path before the rocky path ascent of Aonach Beag. Re-traced the outward route back to the top gondola station. | david230201 | 15/08/2019 |
| With John Esson & Luna | BigNick | 14/07/2019 |
| With Rod | Oik | 11/06/2019 |
| With AM | Dundoctoring | 14/05/2019 |
| From Glen Nevis with the anoachs | cjo | 11/05/2019 |
| From Stob Coire Bhealach. The whole summit dome smoothed out with firm snow, tailwind, sun. Ben Nevis coming into view looks a scale up - proudly proclaiming itself king. This has turned into a champions league mountain walk. On to Aonach Mor. | Wycombe Wanderer | 05/04/2019 |
| From Glen Nevis, via Stob Coire Bhealaich. Onwards to Aonach Mor. With DB and RP. | Man of Kernow1 | 28/09/2018 |
| out and back from Aonach mor with Ascents of adventure | colinfielding | 15/07/2018 |
| Parked at the nevis range ski centre. Took the Gondola up to 600m, then up to Aonach mor and to Aonach Beag. Wonderful views of Ben Nevis. | Alunrees33 | 29/06/2018 |
| Weather fair. | MountainMac | 24/06/2018 |
| ia Glen Nevis . 3 30 to top and skirted around top of Aonach Mor leaving it for July . Down by north side to car park . 6 50 hours . Lovely sunny day . | slynch | 11/06/2018 |
| From Aonach Mor to Allt Daim | emily | 30/03/2018 |
| Solo. A quick 30 mins walk from cairn on Aonach Mor. Spectacular desolate summit on this fortress of a mountain. Back same way and down to Nevis Range car park by ski slopes and bike track. | Dangerous Dave | 30/09/2017 |
| Ascents of Aonach Beag and Mor from Glen Nevis (Steall Ruins) taking in the two Tops of Sgurr a' Bhuic and Stob Coire Bhealaich. | knarf | 17/09/2017 |
| Solo climb - 2nd munro of day. Spectacular hill but ferocious wind made it decidedly tricky. | dave neilson | 16/07/2017 |
| With Jack Tranter's round (backpacking) | fellie | 27/05/2017 |
| Continue of big round in poor weather - from Aonach Mor - eventually located summit in thick cloud - ground very frozen here - then descended SW ridge back to Waters of Nevis and walk out - solo | wychwood | 21/03/2017 |
| With Sam, after aonach mor | mn23 | 08/10/2016 |
| grey corries and aonachs traverse 19 tops C/W from corriechoille, 30 km 12 hours | robertphillips | 01/10/2016 |
| En route to Aonach Mor. | PeakyPete | 02/09/2016 |
| Via NE Ridge - rain and hail on the crux. | Clachaig | 29/05/2016 |
| First of the double on a nice day. cloudy and snowy on top. Clouds cleared to find the tricky slither of land between the two Anochs. | akmilne | 16/05/2016 |
| climbed with Andy | FCMark | 16/05/2016 |
| Both Aonach munros from Glen Nevis with John. Still a fair bit of snow underfoot from around 600m - summit of Aonach Mor was buried under deep snow. Including two of the southern tops (Stob Coire Bhealaich & Sgurr a' Bhuic). | mproudfoot | 02/04/2016 |
| Glen Nevis to Gondola cross walk. Glorious in bright sun and no wind with jon moss, andy paton, graeme wilkinson, tom oldham and, for a bit, matt davies. Grinding ascents on soft snow but fantastic views all around. 6 hours | alexmaclennan | 10/03/2016 |
| Done with Oliver Stephenson, Adrian Shaw, Dee Sehdeva, Peter Kane, Jonathon Howells. | Baggieboy | 18/02/2016 |