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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
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Observations:NE top (NH 13828 34751) is about 4m lower
Survey:Abney level
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With ChristineKeith9926/07/2023
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.welshyboyo28/05/2023
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 Round03/03/2023
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.jenx16/09/2022
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 Jackson22/08/2022
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.meltdiceburg20/07/2022
Mullardoch round of all Munros and all Munro Tops. 3 day backpack.Geoff Briggs13/07/2022
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.Rodge04/06/2022
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.mproudfoot24/07/2021
4 Day hike & camping on the ridge N of Loch Mullardoch with family.Tisteln20/07/2021
4 Day hike & camping on the ridge N of Loch Mullardoch with family.Dibber20/07/2021
R from Strathfarrar Richard Tait09/07/2021
Dan's birthday 5thschima1230/06/2021
with MarianDesperate Stan30/06/2021
Mullardoch loop, 12 Munros, 17.5hrsHuwel17/06/2021
See log for An Socachcarole engel31/05/2021
Loch Mullardoch Circuitmaclrc21/05/2021
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 Mullardochwychwood26/07/2020
With Jack Loch Mullardoch roundfellie24/07/2020
Showers. Ascent from Glen Strathfarrar, with great guide Richard Kermode. Continued to Sgurr na Lapaich and Carn nan Gobhar.Chris Blake18/07/2019
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.chillyman819/06/2019
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 thereLizzieG06/05/2019
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.kdbennett20/06/2018
SoloGeraldine Fardon01/06/2018
Tim Elliot neil hutton27/05/2018
Whole ridge to An Socach from the dam, long walk back alongside the Loch.tomd423/09/2017
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!PGCE03/07/2017
Summit in cloud. Fabulous ridge walking to 3mn2309/06/2017
2nd munro of day. Lovely ridge with ups and downs, great and changing views and varied geological character. great walk.dave neilson09/06/2017
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 Malbec21/05/2017
Anticlockwise round of the Mullardoch Munros. On own.MorecambeMonkey03/05/2017
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.alexmaclennan22/06/2016
KeithByTheC20/08/2015
Day 1 of Mullardoch roundvictimofmathema11/07/2015
On 1st day of a 3-day backpack around the Mullardoch hills. Cloud on the summits.alistairpooler11/07/2015
In a galeamelialloyd04/07/2015
Epic. Boat out, scrambling in places, bum slide in June, avalanche damage on Sgurr na Lapaich. Great day with Rod, Stephen and Andrew.SS23/06/2015
Strathfarrar Last Trig Challenge: summit 8 of 11 from Loichel power sta in wind and rain.RHW18/06/2015
Round of Loch Mullardoch four - long walk round from An Sochach but beautiful ridges and sub topsnickywood108/06/2015
On the TGO Challenge with Sue - Hill 6, on a lovely day in easy snow conditions.Phreerunner09/05/2015
What a beauty! This felt a munro with presence, especially as the weather waas crapping in. A snow shower in August!steveroberts23/08/2014
Long walk from An Socach but straight forward. Visibility excellent. Saw Lurg Mhor route along Loch Calaviemunromurph29/06/2014
Done as a part of a complete round of Mullardoch 12grahamzwilson26/06/2014
No problems reaching An Riabhachan in exactly 5 hours (from the east to west route) Then the problems started!Jhimmy23/06/2014
ghaley29/05/2014
With PCMsslynch24/05/2014
2nd of 4. Biggish drop between this and last hill. These hills surprisingly busy!akmilne03/05/2014
climbed all 4 together, great weather for climbing.FCMark03/05/2014
Second Munro of the day with GHC. Easy going.Play2End03/05/2014
Heathergarbo110320/10/2013