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| Name: | Meall a' Chaorainn |
| Hill number: | 1057 |
| Height: | 705m / 2313ft |
| RHB Section: | 14B: The Fannaichs |
| County/UA: | Highland (UA) |
| Catchment: | Ewe, Cromarty |
| Watershed: | Cardiff to Cape Wrath, Dover to Cape Wrath, Lowestoft to Duncansby Head, Land's End to John o' Groats, Inner Moray Firth, The Lizard to Dunnet Head |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Graham (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,G) |
| Grid ref: | NH 13602 60399 |
| Summit feature: | cairn |
| Drop: | 189m |
| Col: | 516m NH145605  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 19 (1:25k) 435S |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 146 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Weather fair. | MountainMac | 12/05/2018 |
| Up the easy track from Achnasheen, but not so easy when covered in ice and snow. Dodged easily around the snowed up peat hags to Aonach Dubh, then managed to submerge my boots several times in the snow-covered bogs at the bealach. Easy angled snow climb to the summit. Thawing rapidly, so a fast return to the track, and then slithered down slush back to Achnasheen. Amazing how quickly a strong, warm wind will strip snow and ice. | Gill | 18/12/2017 |
| With Jon went the long way up to track and double backed to the top.left him there to do some measuring and went home. | tallblond | 07/08/2017 |
| 60 min walk up from Achnasheen, 30 min jog down on a very hot morning. | AndyS | 27/05/2017 |
| From SW | NormanW | 19/04/2017 |
| A weekend away camping at Applecross then a Graham summit something for all the family motorbikes, camping, hills. Very hot, with 15-20 mins rain on the descent. Did a linear walk took advantage of having 2 cars. | LizzieG | 04/09/2016 |
| From midgy Achnasheen, track to intake then followed stream into peat hags. Found a better way back by keeping further south. | Topographer57 | 18/08/2016 |
| From Achnasheen. Munro path has new hydro track branch off near road. Can be followed up to 500m intake. Easy stuff, some wet ground to cross to hill then short climb up ridge to summit with extensive views. | nordicstar | 18/08/2016 |
| New track on left of stream. Then followed stream and then a fairly good line straight for hill through the hags. | jenx | 18/08/2016 |
| with Mike Vasey | IanHHill | 03/06/2016 |
| Snow and ice | Am Bodach | 05/03/2016 |
| Up the track at NH 12486 54420. There is a locked gate at the bottom of the track which can be climbed, and a few fallen trees to scramble over/under. I left the path at NH 11116 61030, headed up to the ridge and on to the summit. 40m vis, snow all the way. Followed my tracks back. | nicolajane | 14/12/2015 |
| From Achnasheen. Rough ground before ascent to summit. Fine Autumn day with amazing views. Back using track. | Campbell Singer | 27/10/2015 |
| Bagged for fun on the way back from Fionn Bheinn. My first Graham I believe! | huwthomas | 05/08/2015 |
| With D Roeder. Chaorainn & Fionn Bheinn on cold v windy day, snow showers. Fr Achnasheen (10:30) used new track to reach plateau near waterfall. Used v steep E face to avoid wind and snowfields, but v slippery. Sun briefly on top. Desc vis S ridge then on to Fionn Bheinn ascending from col to SE ridge, then to top in teeth of blizzard. Cloud cleared a bit on top. More blizzard on descent, quite difficult; dry for the final grassy walk down. Finish 15:30 | dbb | 16/05/2015 |
| round of 2 grahams mac and bnr from locked gate. | robertphillips | 27/07/2014 |
| Various inc DC | Martin66 | 27/06/2014 |
| with Mora,from the A832 by Loch a' Chroisga | BLACKHILL | 08/06/2014 |
| Up same way as arranc, down a lot more direct and steeply in the trees. Not sure why I didn't bag nan Ramh at same time. Silly me. | Martin R | 04/10/2013 |
| On solo run from Achnasheen to Braemore. | amswanston | 07/06/2013 |
| From Achnasheen via Allt Achadh na Sine, en route to Fionn Bheinn. Low cloud, so a boggy hill with no views. | davidpettit84 | 02/06/2011 |
| self | davidsbatty | 04/06/2009 |
| KeithByTheC | 23/10/2008 | |
| Parked by Loch a'Chroisg. Over locked iron deer gate, opened a second, on broad track up into forest on gentle slope. Path continued under 3 lots of fallen trees out of forest to open moor. Up by stream to broad ridge. Still rising gently over short deer grass, tundra stone patches to visible heave of the hill. To top at 12.40 after passing two dummy tops on the vast plateau. Golden plovers all around. My 150th Graham. | arranc | 10/07/2006 |
| Ascended from Loch a'Chroisg. | JohnW | 19/06/2004 |
| Solo | Uisdean25 | 24/07/2003 |
| Solo trip | Invicta14 | 11/07/2001 |
| damp dull slopes, decent summit, wide view. 138586 A832, simple slope to summit | RHW | 21/04/2000 |
| Round of Fionn Bheinn and Meall a'Chaorainn. | Eddie | 05/05/1994 |
| weaselmaster | 20/04/2018 | |
| Crumblie2 | 11/04/2018 | |
| redcon | 05/04/2018 | |
| borderline | 01/01/2018 | |
| highlandhillwalker | 30/09/2017 | |
| salen | 28/03/2017 | |
| weaselmaster | 21/02/2017 | |
| Sick Kid | 21/02/2017 | |
| scoob | 22/01/2017 | |
| Fi | 22/01/2017 | |
| BlackPanther | 21/01/2017 | |
| daviemore | 05/01/2017 | |
| Tom Mundell | 23/10/2016 | |
| Trekking toes | 23/10/2016 | |
| Dave McG | 28/06/2016 | |
| Erik B | 28/06/2016 | |
| Isbjorn | 10/06/2016 | |
| h3cla | 22/05/2016 | |
| hillhunter | 16/01/2016 | |
| IainK | 14/12/2015 | |
| RichardM | 08/11/2015 |