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| Name: | Meall Gorm |
| Hill number: | 1047 |
| Height: | 949.7m / 3116ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 1040 Sgurr Mor |
| RHB Section: | 14B: The Fannaichs |
| County/UA: | Highland |
| Catchment: | Cromarty |
| Class: | Hump, Simm, Munro, High Hills of Britain, Murdo, Yeaman (Hu,Tu,Sim,M,HHB,Mur,Y) |
| Grid ref: | NH 22194 69572 |
| Summit feature: | outcrop 3m N of cairn |
| Drop: | 112.3m |
| Col: | 837.3m NH 2160 7009  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 20 (1:25k) 436S |
| 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 605 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Ridge traverse- see Beinn Liath Major Fannaich report | Denise | 16/09/2023 |
| East Fannichs 4 - Walkhighlands route | hummusg | 17/08/2023 |
| Beinn Liath Mhor Fannaich, Sgurr Mor, Meall nam Peithirean, Meall Gorm, An Coilleachan from Loch Glascarnoch | Geoff Briggs | 11/08/2023 |
| After An Coileachan from South and back down ridge to Fannich Lodge | prwild | 28/05/2023 |
| Weather fair. | MountainMac | 10/09/2022 |
| Walk from Torrandhu Bridge (A835) via Loch Gorm. Ascended to bealach between An Coileachan & Meall Gorm. Cloudy conditions on Meall Gorm summit. | knarf | 20/07/2022 |
| Met with that group from Glasgow Hf club. | pigerg | 19/07/2022 |
| From West end of Loch Glascarnoch, Creag Dhubh Fannaich, Beinn Liath Mhor Fannaich, Sgurr Mor, Meall Gorm, Meall Gorm SE Top and An Coileachan. Clear sunny day with excellent visibility. | Lazylizzie | 03/06/2022 |
| Eastern Fannichs with Matt, a little snow and great views. | tomd4 | 15/04/2022 |
| I parked at a layby on the A832 just east of the Grudie hydro power plant, from where I cycled up to Fannich Lodge, roughly 7.5 mile cycle there and the same back, though most of the way back was downhill and the track was almost entirely surfaced. Locking up the bike at the gates to the lodge, I hiked up the stalkers path to Meall Gorm (949m) a Munro, followed by its’ South East Munro Top (922m), then a mild dip and re-climb to the Munro of An Coileachan (924m). The descent SW from An Coileachan via a slightly steep pathless hillside, was more tiring than the ascent. It serves me right for sleeping in the day before, but the weather wasn’t great, once above 800m there was the odd break, but the mist limited visibility to approx. 30m. I had intended on doing these hills as part of the Sgurr Mor 4 in August 2020, but I had to pale due to a lack of water and I’ve planned to bag these two several times from south, but always found an excuse not too. | chillyman8 | 17/10/2021 |
| Fannichs 9, hike 'n bike | Huwel | 22/05/2021 |
| 6/9 - Couple of minor summits on oute but easy going | wychwood | 16/05/2021 |
| A long day back up in the NW highlands with John and wee Islay hitting up the Eastern Fannichs - four munros over 16.5miles, and 1450m / 4750ft of ascent in just a smidge under 8 hours, followed by a 4.5hr drive home (with John handling the driving this time). The forecast was for clear visibility, but we ended up in the clouds for most of it, with strong winds resulting in -3C wind chill.. Winter is coming! | mproudfoot | 29/08/2020 |
| With Jack, Jim, Joe, Thea, Jon, Chris Summer trip (backpacking) | fellie | 26/07/2020 |
| 1st munro of day. Slept in campervan at Inverlael. Then drove to layby which gives easiest bike access to Fannich lodge. Climbed with Maggie and took zigzag route to west of MG then turned east to reach the summit. Great views and good weather. | dave neilson | 18/10/2019 |
| van | mn23 | 18/10/2019 |
| Loop of the 4 eastern Fannichs. Weather started off promising but spent day in the clag above 800m. Long boggy walk out to car. | cjo | 04/10/2019 |
| Club weekend, with chris, calum, clair, kenny | JamesSDonald | 19/07/2019 |
| R | Richard Tait | 11/07/2019 |
| With JW. From West end of Loch Glascarnoch, up Abhainn an Torrain Duibh to Creag Dhubh Fannaich, Beinn Liath Mhor Fannaich, Sgurr Mor, Meall Gorm, An Coileachan. Long descent with painful knee but good views! | robertgn | 08/01/2019 |
| Climbed solo from A835 west of Loch Glascarnoch. Followed path on the West Bank of the Abhainn an Torrain Duibh (not marked on map). Ignore the track through the forest. Continue alongside Abhainn a Ghiuthais Li as far as the footbridge (also unmarked) at 252712. Ascended Meallan Buidhe (skirted summit), An Coileachan, Meall Gorm SE top and main top, Meall nam Peithirean, Sgurr Mor, Beinn Liath Mhor Fannaich. Return via Craig Dhubh Fannaich (summit skirted) and back alongside outward route. Excellent conditions. Fine walk but long and rough walk in/out. Luckily very dry conditions - bogs would hinder progress. | jamessteel100 | 24/07/2018 |
| Munro 200! With Christine | Keith99 | 26/09/2017 |
| With keith | christine99 | 26/09/2017 |
| with Martin | Topsaswell | 22/07/2017 |
| From parking on A835 followed W bank of Abhainn an Torrain Duibh then N back of Allt an Loch Sgeirich, crossed and up Creag Dhuibh Fannaich, then Beinn Liath Mhor Fannaich, Sgurr Mor, Meall nan Peithirean, Meall Gorm summit and SE top to An Coileachan. Descended to Abhainn a'Ghiuthais Li, crossed using footbridge at NH252712 and followed W bank back to A835 | kdbennett | 10/07/2017 |
| With Al Colichean | geoffreybbb | 22/09/2015 |
| Done as a 3 on the above date. Beinn Liath Mhor Fannaich, surrounded mor & Meall Gorm | Baggieboy | 20/09/2015 |
| Lionel Tony Jennie | Chris Blake | 14/09/2015 |
| Drove from Annan to Loch a' Bhraoion to deposit a bike; returned to Loch Glascarnoch before setting off on an overnight expedition: An Coileachan, Meal Gorm, Beinn Liath Mhor Fannaich and Sgurr Mhor. Camped just below the summit, pitching the tent as darkness fell. | jigglybones | 25/08/2015 |
| KeithByTheC | 16/08/2015 | |
| Sunny but coldish. went light weight to bag these 4 Munros quickly.Long walk in and out over rough, wet ground. | Jhimmy | 09/07/2015 |
| Third Munro of the day. Clear and sunny. Unremarkable. | Play2End | 14/09/2014 |
| 2nd of 7. Was pretty much here early when I first burst onto the ridge. Mists rolling in and day turning from pleasant to not so nice. | bowzi | 14/06/2014 |
| Solo | Loz_mck | 04/08/2013 |
| With Hannah on traverse of Fannichs | Desperate Stan | 16/07/2013 |
| 2nd ascent. Heather | garbo1103 | 25/06/2013 |
| Sunny with a light chilly wind. Good day. Strange hill in the middle of the ridge. | akmilne | 29/05/2013 |
| Good weather for most of the day, a long walk surrounded by great views. Done all 4 Western Fannichs together. | FCMark | 29/05/2013 |
| On a long day in the Eastern Fannichs. See my blog post for more details: <a href="http://blog.alistairpooler.co.uk/2013/05/the-eastern-fannichs.html" target="_blank">http://blog.alistairpooler.co.uk/2013/05/the-eastern-fannichs.html</a> | alistairpooler | 12/05/2013 |
| with An Coileachan | munromurph | 08/08/2012 |
| Climbed An Coileachan and Meall Gorm together on a day of perfect visibility. | rhalstead | 06/07/2012 |
| 4 of 6: From Meall nam Peithirean. | ChrisR | 21/06/2012 |
| ghaley | 04/06/2012 | |
| 5 day munro bagging trip far north 4 eastern fannaichs. | robertphillips | 03/06/2012 |
| 2nd ascent | dmckeith | 16/07/2011 |
| Climbed with Jon and Richard. Reasonably good conditions with a few patches of rain. Total 12h 55 mins for all 9. | amcculloch | 18/08/2010 |
| 210th - Allan, from N on A832 (6km from Braemore Junction), overcast with patchy rain. Started out as a 5 bag, but extended to an epic 13hr day to complete all 9 of the Fannichs from W to E. | RGibbs | 18/08/2010 |
| See Beinn Liath Mhor Fannaich | gercal53 | 26/06/2010 |
| Hyperopic | 06/12/2009 | |
| Baking hot day. Cycled in to foot of An Coileachan and toiled up the E face . Better walking on the top with a nice breeze. Brilliant views and only met 2 folk all day. Descended by great if faint stalkers path to Fannich Lodge then a hot trudge back to the bike. In retrospect would have made more sense to have cycled all the way to Fannich Lodge. Cycle out was all downhill. Back in Aberdeen by 8.30 rather fluid depleted | slynch | 31/05/2009 |