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Name: | An Riabhachan |
Hill number: | 927 |
Height: | 1129m / 3704ft |
RHB Section: | 12B: Killilan to Inverness |
County/UA: | Highland |
Catchment: | Beauly |
Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Munro, High Hills of Britain, Murdo, Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,M,HHB,Mur,Y) |
Grid ref: | NH 13366 34471 |
Summit feature: | large cairn |
Drop: | 302m |
Col: | 827m NH152344 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 25 (1:25k) 430 |
Observations: | NE top (NH 13828 34751) is about 4m lower |
Survey: | Abney level |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 553 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
With Christine | Keith99 | 26/07/2023 |
From Mullardoch Dam, along N shore of loch mostly on path, N side of Allt Coire a' Mhaim crossing at 480m to gain SSE ridge of An Socach. Then followed the ridge line over An Riabhachan, Sgurr na Lapaich and Carn nan Gobhar. Descended E from bealach N of Mullach na Maoile to Allt Mullardoch then S to meet outward track. | welshyboyo | 28/05/2023 |
Walked in from Loch Mullardoch dam day before and camped at the buildings at NH141311 (intermittent faint FP and bog-fest between hydro building and Allt Taige; better defined W of Allt Taige, but perilously undercut at several locations). ATV track on E side of Allt Socrach then up broad ridge between Coire Socrach and An Garbh-coire to meet top of Creagan Toll an Lochain, then 700m, SW, to summit. Returned same way, moved camp to Allt Taige, and finished the walk out next day. The only footprints in the snow on the summit ridge were those of fox and ptarmigan, little doubt playing cat and mouse in earnest, for survival. The only Winter ascent logged on this site in the last 23 years. | Isbjorn Winter Round | 03/03/2023 |
From power station at end of Strathfarrar road. An Riabhachan and its tops, then across to An Socach. a long walk back! With B and R. | jenx | 16/09/2022 |
Loch Mullardoch dam - Mullach na Maoile - Carn nan Gobhar - Sgurr na Lapaich - Sgurr nan Clachan Geala - An Riabhachan NE Top - An Riabhachan - An Riabhachan SW Top - An Riabhachan W Top - An Socach - Meall Bac a’ Chul-dhoire - very hard work along the shore of the loch - dam. | Mark Jackson | 22/08/2022 |
Carn nan Gobhar (992m), Sgurr na Lapaich (1150m), An Riabhachan (1130m), An Socach (1069m), and included Meall Bac a' Chul-dhoire (496m) on the return for the Loch views. Solo. 22 miles/13 hours, no boat, return via loch. Most summits just in cloud but some good views just below and some sun glimpses. Bit breezy. | meltdiceburg | 20/07/2022 |
Mullardoch round of all Munros and all Munro Tops. 3 day backpack. | Geoff Briggs | 13/07/2022 |
No boat available so walked out along loch then ascent. Very warm. Swim in the pools at left side river before starting steepest climb. Round of 4 then back to Cannich. | Rodge | 04/06/2022 |
Long hot day with John - made use of Angus's boat service to take us to the base of An Socach, and then did the four munros (and both of An Riabhachan's tops) back around to the dam. Blue Skies and a hot sun made for a very tiring initial ascent, and the 350m ascent up to Sgùrr na Lapaich was a killer. Turned out that 3L of water wasn't enough - doh. Anyway, we made it back to the car in just under 9H - fairly slow, but the heat made it impossible to maintain a quicker pace. | mproudfoot | 24/07/2021 |
4 Day hike & camping on the ridge N of Loch Mullardoch with family. | Tisteln | 20/07/2021 |
4 Day hike & camping on the ridge N of Loch Mullardoch with family. | Dibber | 20/07/2021 |
R from Strathfarrar | Richard Tait | 09/07/2021 |
Dan's birthday 
5th | schima12 | 30/06/2021 |
with Marian | Desperate Stan | 30/06/2021 |
Mullardoch loop, 12 Munros, 17.5hrs | Huwel | 17/06/2021 |
See log for An Socach | carole engel | 31/05/2021 |
Loch Mullardoch Circuit | maclrc | 21/05/2021 |
3/4 - all four Munros north of Loch Mullardoch - a fine high ridge walk in good conditions, albeit windy. Descended to wildcamp at the Western end of Loch Mullardoch | wychwood | 26/07/2020 |
With Jack 
Loch Mullardoch round | fellie | 24/07/2020 |
Showers. Ascent from Glen Strathfarrar, with great guide Richard Kermode. Continued to Sgurr na Lapaich and Carn nan Gobhar. | Chris Blake | 18/07/2019 |
Bagged as part of a guided hike with the legend that is Steve Fallon, he holds the record for having completed the Munros x 15 times now!! The hike started at the Mullardoch dam at 8am from where we were raced up the loch in 10mins in a very small boat. We hiked back over the four Munros west to east in this order: An Socach (1069m), An Riabhachan (1130m), Sgurr na Lapaich (1150m) & Carn nan Gobhar (992m). It was overcast most of the day with the sun only appearing on the final summit, which made a sunny and pleasant walk out along a new hydro track, 9:45 hours all in. | chillyman8 | 19/06/2019 |
Left the boat at 0900 
Summit at 1440 
Lots of new snow from 700m 
Snow showers with lots of hot sun 
With Dianne Scorgie & Paola Cabrelli 
What an amazing day this is turning out to be 
So far the summits have been clear when we were there | LizzieG | 06/05/2019 |
From Mullardoch dam akong N shore of Loch Mullardoch to Allt Socrach, then E up to An Socach's S ridge (Meall a' Chaisg), followed ridge over An Socach, then to An Riabhachan via W and SW Tops, to NE Top, crossed col to Sgurr na Lapaich and on to Carn nan Gobhar, descending to Allt Mullardoch and joining hydro track back to the dam. With SD. | kdbennett | 20/06/2018 |
Solo | Geraldine Fardon | 01/06/2018 |
Tim Elliot | neil hutton | 27/05/2018 |
Whole ridge to An Socach from the dam, long walk back alongside the Loch. | tomd4 | 23/09/2017 |
2nd time. Parked at West end of Strathfarrar. 4 Munros on south side of glen, followed by An Cruachan as a short diversion on the way back. 26km, 2100m up and down. Lady at the gate her usual cheery self: gave me a bollocking for driving up to the gate 3 minutes before 9am! | PGCE | 03/07/2017 |
Summit in cloud. Fabulous ridge walking to 3 | mn23 | 09/06/2017 |
2nd munro of day. Lovely ridge with ups and downs, great and changing views and varied geological character. great walk. | dave neilson | 09/06/2017 |
Camped at the dam, boat up the loch, Long day with a bit of mist and a bit of a breeze but improving. Enjoyable. | Capt Malbec | 21/05/2017 |
Anticlockwise round of the Mullardoch Munros. On own. | MorecambeMonkey | 03/05/2017 |
Long ridgewalk in steadily improving conditions, from blustery showers and low cloud to calm and sunny. Ferry into An Socach and walked back to car. | alexmaclennan | 22/06/2016 |
KeithByTheC | 20/08/2015 | |
Day 1 of Mullardoch round | victimofmathema | 11/07/2015 |
On 1st day of a 3-day backpack around the Mullardoch hills. Cloud on the summits. | alistairpooler | 11/07/2015 |
In a gale | amelialloyd | 04/07/2015 |
Epic. Boat out, scrambling in places, bum slide in June, avalanche damage on Sgurr na Lapaich. Great day with Rod, Stephen and Andrew. | SS | 23/06/2015 |
Strathfarrar Last Trig Challenge: summit 8 of 11 from Loichel power sta in wind and rain. | RHW | 18/06/2015 |
Round of Loch Mullardoch four - long walk round from An Sochach but beautiful ridges and sub tops | nickywood1 | 08/06/2015 |
On the TGO Challenge with Sue - Hill 6, on a lovely day in easy snow conditions. | Phreerunner | 09/05/2015 |
What a beauty! This felt a munro with presence, especially as the weather waas crapping in. A snow shower in August! | steveroberts | 23/08/2014 |
Long walk from An Socach but straight forward. Visibility excellent. Saw Lurg Mhor route along Loch Calavie | munromurph | 29/06/2014 |
Done as a part of a complete round of Mullardoch 12 | grahamzwilson | 26/06/2014 |
No problems reaching An Riabhachan in exactly 5 hours (from the east to west route) Then the problems started! | Jhimmy | 23/06/2014 |
ghaley | 29/05/2014 | |
With PCMs | slynch | 24/05/2014 |
2nd of 4. Biggish drop between this and last hill. These hills surprisingly busy! | akmilne | 03/05/2014 |
climbed all 4 together, great weather for climbing. | FCMark | 03/05/2014 |
Second Munro of the day with GHC. Easy going. | Play2End | 03/05/2014 |
Heather | garbo1103 | 20/10/2013 |