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| Name: | Meall a' Bhuachaille |
| Hill number: | 601 |
| Height: | 810m / 2657ft |
| RHB Section: | 08A: Cairngorms |
| County/UA: | Highland |
| Catchment: | Spey |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Corbett, Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,C,Y) |
| Grid ref: | NH 99087 11533 |
| Summit feature: | cairn |
| Drop: | 436m |
| Col: | 374m NJ005112  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 36 (1:25k) OL57N 403N |
| Survey: | obvious summit |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 717 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Circular from Glenmore Lodge. Up the Ryvoan Pass past An Lochan Uaine to the bothy. Obvious path up to cairn at the summit. Descent N to the col and W through the forest and past the Reindeer Centre. Spectacular clear sunny evening. | Vulcan | 29/03/2024 |
| Snow. Went to the green loch and up to the Bothy. Up the Corbett and had to rush down before the storm moved in that day at 11am. | Shinydiscoba11z | 30/12/2023 |
| With Dad. | fraser g | 17/11/2023 |
| From parking at Allt Mor car park. | JasonStark | 29/07/2023 |
| Up from Ryvoan in wind and fog | CatLeChat | 23/07/2023 |
| Up from Ryvoan and then along the NW ridge on very defined path. | sclater | 06/07/2023 |
| Run from Coire na Ciste car park | aucuparia | 15/06/2023 |
| Very cold day with Tony. Up to saddle from visitor centre and then along ridge. | HardenC | 09/03/2023 |
| With Hannah, Megan, Sammy & Niamh. From Glenmore up to summit. All seasons in the space of an hour. Dropped down to Ryvoan Bothy and then round to the Green Loch. The kids first Corbett! 🏔️ | benji_willy | 24/02/2023 |
| From Glenmore Lodge. With Sam and my nephew Michael who was visiting us. | ChrisR | 25/10/2022 |
| Anti-clockwise route from Reindeer Centre. Very busy route to the bothy and the green lochan, surprisingly steep ascent path from the bothy but made for a quick ascent. Part way along the (also quick) descent, encountered a middle-aged couple sitting on the path with their back to me coming down.. she was completely topless! Bit too busy for that up here Mrs! Total time 2h 18min | mproudfoot | 30/07/2022 |
| Ascended on path past Green Lock and Bothy. Came down path to Reindeer centre. | Woolly Hattie | 23/06/2022 |
| With Rod and Grant from Glenmore out past Green Loach and Ryvoan then up good path to Meall a'Bhuachaille. Followed ridge out to Craiggowrie then dropped to forest quickly then through deserted Badaguish and back to car. | SS | 09/06/2022 |
| With Steve & Rod | Oik | 09/06/2022 |
| From Allt Mor car park along trails to Ryvoan bothy, up track to summit of Meall a' Bhuachaille, then along ridge to Creagan Gorm, Creag a' Chaillich and Craiggowrie, descending on track initialing N, turning to SW, reaching forest, heading S to main forest road to Badaguish, thence to Glenmore and back to Allt Mor on the road (5h10m) | kdbennett | 27/04/2022 |
| creag nan gall, meall a bhuachaille repeat, creagan gorm, creag a chaillich, craiggowrie, creag a ghreusaiche, creag phitiulais from Glenmore. | robertphillips | 16/04/2022 |
| With Bob Gibbs. | Chris Ellis | 18/01/2022 |
| Start at Glenmore Lodge. Ascent via Ryvoan Pass, Ryvoan Bothy and return via same route. | lindslow | 24/09/2021 |
| 12.7 miles 2382ft walk. Start at Glenmore campsite, to Meall a' Bhuachaille, Creagan Gorm, Creag a' Chaillich and Craiggowrie , back to Glenmore campsite. | stephenbuda | 08/09/2021 |
| 1/4 Meall a Bhuachaille, Creagan Gorm, Creag a Chaillich and Craiggowrie, from Glenmore Visitor Centre via Ryvoan on the pass. Super walk with great views of the Cairngorms when weather was not up to walking the bigger hills. | nickywood1 | 06/07/2021 |
| Glenmore visitor centre - Ryvoan bothy - Meall a' Bhuachaille - Creagan Gorm - Creag a' Chaillich - Craiggowrie - back to bealach and down to visitor centre. | Mark Jackson | 16/06/2021 |
| Just wanted to go to Ryvoan Pass from the Glenmore car park, but at the bothy we said: hey, how hard could it be? As it turned out, quite. But worth it. | bartongabor | 03/04/2021 |
| Great hill walk via Ryvoan bothy and An Lochan Uaine (Green loch) from Loch Morlich. | Kimmy117 | 04/10/2020 |
| plod up | Nicky C | 19/08/2020 |
| Up from Visitor Centre CP, out into snowy ground becoming ice patches, crampons on. Wind got up as we reached the summit, started snowing wet snow as we continued down towards Ryvoan bothy, stopped there to eat lunch and get out of the weather, down to Glenmore Lodge and car. Tessa. | Cumbrianexile | 01/03/2020 |
| From Glenmore Visitor Centre back via Ryvoan. | screeleep | 31/01/2020 |
| Andrew, Craig, Gerry, Jane, Rick, Toril | NHWC | 27/10/2019 |
| Race. | DaveO | 26/10/2019 |
| Moira | ColB | 10/10/2019 |
| With Lynsey and the kids. The kids' first Corbett :-). Ascended from Glenmore via Coire Chondlaich and descended via Ryvoan and Glenmore Lodge. Visited large cairn (summit) and had lunch next to it with fantastic views. A herd of reindeer arrived on the summit whilst we were having lunch. | alistairpooler | 20/08/2019 |
| 16km from visitors centre - out via Ryovan bothy then followed ridgeline over Meall a' Bhuachaille, Creagan Gorm, Creag a' Chaillich and Craiggowrie then following the forest path back past Badaguish to catch the bus with 10 minutes to spare. First section brilliant easy going, from Creagan Gorm onwards horribly wet underfoot all the way through the edge of the forest. With GFE. | Fionalevey | 04/08/2019 |
| W Dave Wragg from Glenmore tourist car park up and over to Ryvoan. Misty on ascent, cleared on descent. | Rounsfell | 30/06/2019 |
| 10.8 mile walk from visitors centre, along forest track up to Ryvoan Bothy then very good path up onto Meall a'Bhuachaille then along ridge to Creagan Gorm, Creag a' Chailleach and Craigowrie, desending via boggy eroded path back to forest then along forest lanes back to the car. Changeable weather sunny/cloudy with showers but very windy, the big Cairngorms kept going in and out of cloud/showers, busy on Meall a' Bhuachaille, but not so busy on the rest of the ridge, great circular with great views. | DanTrig | 18/06/2019 |
| Stravaigers: Frances, Jane G, Linda, Katrina, Thelma, Sheila & Colin, Mandy, Molly, Ian & Michelle, Ann. via An Lochan Uaine and Ryvoan bothy where we found a dummy dressed as Jacob Rees-Mogg complete with JRM face mask. Overcast and cold but with good views. Lunch at the summit cairn and returned down through forest. During Stravaigers' May weekend in Rothiemurcus. | langskill | 05/05/2019 |
| With Kat | j_com | 23/03/2019 |
| Ascent with group from winter skills course | little al | 03/02/2019 |
| From the visitor centre. Pretty decent path to Meall a' Bhuachaille, then over more muddy ground to Creagan Gorm, Creag a' Chaillich, and Craiggowrie; returning through The Queen's Forest. Takes about 3.5 hrs in total. | summitter | 28/12/2018 |
| Started from reindeer centre, up to summit through woods, then down past Ryvoan and An Lochan Uaine. Clear skies. With AM. 9.5km | PiranhaFish | 17/11/2018 |
| Started from Glenmore Lodge with fresh snow overnight down to the road but not icy. Headed up to Ryvoan Bothy before taking the path to the summit. Cleared by the time we got to the summit but cold northerly. Started snowing once back down into the forest. | papagenos | 27/10/2018 |
| Good to revisit with Rick and Bryher. | jenx | 29/08/2018 |
| W Bryher and Jenx from Glenmore visitor centre, onward over the Hump and Simm | nordicstar | 29/08/2018 |
| Via Ryvoan. | dal | 03/07/2018 |
| Roadside parking by Pine Martin cafe. Good path up to the ridge following the Allt Coire Chondlaich. Turned E at the ridge taking continued good path to summit. Retraced steps initially, then on to Creagan Gorm, Craig a Challich and Craiggowrie. | jonglew | 10/06/2018 |
| Otis | Glenford | 09/06/2018 |
| Way marked path @ NH977098 (behind Reindeer Centre) to Meall a'Bhuahaille. Path continues along ridge - NW - as far as third SIM - Craiggowrie. Then conveniently turns SW to enter forest @ NH950131. Return to start on mapped tracks. Lovely walk. | carole engel | 09/06/2018 |
| Delightful morning walking up from Ryvoan and then we got the thunder and lightning show as we walked along the ridge. | Alex C | 09/06/2018 |
| GHC weekend. Quick ascent circuit via the Green Loch and the Bothy. Cold but clear summit. | Play2End | 25/03/2018 |
| With Al | Howellsey | 03/02/2018 |
| High winds forecast on Cairngorm plateaux so elected something a little lower - still very windy. From Glenmore via Ryvoan then NW along ridge and descended at Craiggowrie - back on track thru forest via Badaguish | wychwood | 27/01/2018 |
| KeithByTheC | 26/07/2017 |