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Name: | Meall Horn |
Hill number: | 1130 |
Height: | 776.7m / 2548ft |
Parent (Ma): | 1130 Meall Horn |
RHB Section: | 16B: Durness to Loch Shin |
County/UA: | Highland |
Catchment: | Durness, Catchment Boundaries, Laxford |
Watershed: | Dover to Cape Wrath, Cardiff to Cape Wrath |
Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Corbett, Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,C,Y) |
Grid ref: | NC 35263 44909 |
Summit feature: | large cairn |
Drop: | 264m |
Col: | 513m NC338461 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 9 (1:25k) 445 |
Observations: | rock outcrop 35m SE at NC 35292 44888 may be as high |
Survey: | Abney level/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 281 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Round trip from the parking area just off the A838 to the north of Achfary. Track past Lone and followed up towards the Bealach Horn, before striking off around 400m across peat hags to gain the ridge between Meall Horn and Creagan Meall Horn. Great views from Creagan Meall Horn by wind had picked up a lot and clouds came down on Meall Horn, followed by sideways rain. Sabhal Mor, descent to bealach then Sabhal Beag, where rain finally relented. Steep but straightforward descent to Bealach na Feithe (aim SE to avoid outcropping crags), then track all the way back to Lone and beyond. Turned ankle did not help, but good track along the Abhain an Loinne did. 25km, 6h10 | Rockdoctor | 22/05/2023 |
Meall Horn and a traverse of Foinaven from just north of Achfary with John & Jon. Took the track and path from the car, to around 400m up then struck NE up to the Meall Horn summit area. Descended back down to below the crags above the track and countoured around to rejoin the track. Left the track at around 500m and then cross the wet moor and up the rocky terrain to An t-Sail Mhor. From there followed the ridge over to Ganu Mor and had lunch. Followed the ridge around to Ceann Garbh and then descended NW into the wetlands and back across to the A838 where a second car was parked. Amazing day under blue skies and a cool breeze - total time 8h 11min | mproudfoot | 08/04/2023 |
From Achfary CP. Good track in, perhaps best to go just beyond 400m contour, there's a faint atv track picks it's way between the peat hags. Direct line hideous. | iangalbraith | 07/04/2023 |
Creagan Meall Horn, Meall Horn, Sabhal Mor & Sabhal Beag. With DC & PM. | CJM | 27/03/2023 |
From the SIM with CM and D.Dave. Very strong wind and cold. Great views northwards. | bolton | 27/03/2023 |
Creagan Meall Horn, Meall Horn, Sabhal Mor & Sabhal Beag. With Chris & Phil. | Dangerous Dave | 27/03/2023 |
Intermittent clearing and clashing. Occasional rain shower, but largely dry. Very slow slog over the boulder slow NE of Arkle to get to col for Meall Horn. Knew its run out of daylight. Long 12 hour day over three Marilyns and two hour 6km walk out in the dark. | vegibagger | 23/09/2022 |
With J during a week in Sutherland. Very windy day with brief blustery showers put us off Arkle, so we set off for Meall Horn from the usual point, passing Lone & continuing up the track. Went further than the SMC guidebook suggests avoiding the boggy stuff & then traversed SE underneath Creagan Meall Horn before slanting up to the summit of Meall Horn. Sheltered from wind on N side of cairn for half an hour then emerged to find the wind moderating rapidly. Returned by the same route, a now very pleasant late afternoon wander in the sunshine. | NotReallyABagger | 18/05/2022 |
Solo | garbo1103 | 19/03/2022 |
Sabhal Beag (G), Meall Horn (C) | Huwel | 10/11/2021 |
Solo. Cycled from Achfary to 400m contour on Alt Horn track. Left bike and traversed E to col and then summit. Very windy and wet, poor visibility. Same route for descent. | John Lee | 09/09/2021 |
Parked in car park by bridge for a long round of 12 Tumps in 13 hours. 4/12. Onwards to Sabhal Mor. | PGCE | 09/05/2021 |
From Lone straightforwardly up Creagan Meall Horn, back to Meall Horn and on to Sabhal Beag (which contrary to book, is the most northerly Graham! Drop don from end of ridge and good path back to Lone. | dickscroop | 19/08/2020 |
From Sahbal Beag. Views just as good on the second visit! | MichaelF | 23/07/2019 |
MMC Durness WE. with Rob Wight and Nick Harrington. An add on to the Foinaven cross walk. A stiff 1 hour there and back. | alexmaclennan | 12/05/2019 |
From Arkle. South of Lochan na Faoileige, then a direct moderately steep ascent. | Owen B | 20/04/2019 |
Cycled to Lone then Sabhal Beag and Meall Horn. | Topographer57 | 26/07/2018 |
Walked the track to the bealach, then on to Meall Horn and down to Lone via the S. shoulder. | iansm | 14/05/2018 |
tick | chazzyboy19 | 30/04/2018 |
With M, staying in Oldshoremore. From Lone, very windy on summit ridge but dry. | douglas_easton | 18/06/2017 |
FR & SR. | Vin | 13/06/2017 |
with Sue and MVW after Arkle | Frank | 13/06/2017 |
From Arkle over Meall Aonghais. Interesting descent through fascinating rocky landscape. Good viewpoint particularly of Cranstackie's SE ridge. | MichaelF | 22/05/2017 |
CDMC Elphin meet, with Alan Dow,Dave Duncan and Vania Kennedy. | clashcityrocker | 02/07/2016 |
Clear. Part of round of 3. | davechaffey | 28/05/2016 |
An Earachd - Lone - Arkle - Meall Horn - Creachan Thormaid - Lone - An Earachd | davidpettit84 | 26/05/2015 |
Veryhappybunny | 06/04/2015 | |
Set off from Achfary car park passed lone boathy assented Meall a Horn then back to Arkle poissable the best way of assentting Arkle. Great views all day | Nozzer | 14/03/2015 |
round of 3 arkle, meal horn, and sabhal beag Cycled from carpark at bridge to woods beyond lone then to summits. | robertphillips | 08/07/2013 |
From Lone as part of long circuit. | benalder284 | 01/07/2013 |
2nd ascent | Denise | 03/06/2013 |
a little grayer today, but still a fabulous view from the top, a lot of snow on top still, needed the crampons on top, Jon as well. Views out to Foinaven, Ben Hope etc. | tallblond | 03/04/2013 |
self | davidsbatty | 21/06/2012 |
alone. Also 21/9/20 CK | SheilaS | 30/04/2012 |
Walk in from NC297402, via Lone. Arkle from here, then on to Meall Horn and Graham of Sabhal Beag. Out to same point via Strath na Seilich. | nordicstar | 26/04/2011 |
Clear windless day only a lttle snow and ice on top | Am Bodach | 30/01/2011 |
NUFWAS Durness trip. With Jon & Housechild. | Grinner | 07/05/2010 |
R Chris | Richard Tait | 06/05/2010 |
and 18/06/2011 | chrispine | 05/11/2008 |
11 of 12: From Creagan Meall Horn. | ChrisR | 07/06/2007 |
From Altnabad and Gobernuisgach Lodge. Over Sabhal Mor. Back by way of Loch na Selge and Glen Golly. | Alan Moore | 08/09/2005 |
Alone with Arkle | SpudGunn | 06/06/2003 |
As for Foinaven | BLACKHILL | 10/06/2001 |
MC JC. Walked in with overnight sacks from Lone. Followed the good track up the Allt Horn and camped to the west of Meall Horn. Set off at 6.30pm for Meall Horn across long transverse grass slope reaching the summit at 7.10pm. Back to camp for 7.45pm and eating pasta and meatballs by 8.15pm. Rained on and off all night. | Martin66 | 05/05/2001 |
From Lone to Bealach Horn, then Creagan Meall Horn to main summit. Descent via Creachan Thormaid. | Aye Jimmy | 04/08/2000 |
From Arkle. What a contrast to Arkle, this was a rounded grassy hill. | fergie | 14/05/2000 |
Date unknown | paulsross | 01/01/2000 |
Picked off the same week as Arkle | gman | 09/09/1999 |
Solo | HFB | 30/07/1999 |
on N-S traverse of Foinaven and Meall Horn with 2 cars | Galltywenallt | 31/05/1997 |