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| Name: | Sabhal Beag |
| Hill number: | 1134 |
| Height: | 730.4m / 2396ft |
| RHB Section: | 16B: Durness to Loch Shin |
| County/UA: | Highland |
| Catchment: | Eriboll, Catchment Boundaries, Laxford |
| Watershed: | Dover to Cape Wrath, Cardiff to Cape Wrath |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Graham, Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,G,Y) |
| Grid ref: | NC 37305 42899 |
| Summit feature: | rock 15m WNW of cairn |
| Drop: | 167.5m |
| Col: | 562.9m NC 3656 4385  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 9 (1:25k) 445 |
| Observations: | summit 420m NNW at NC 37103 43263 is lower |
| 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 184 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Part of long day traversing Meallan Liath Coire Mhic Dhughaill and including Sabhal Beag. Start at Kinloch, exit via Lone and back to main road. | sarahk | 23/07/2023 |
| back in 1992, I walked right past this hill, saying it had no status! Chickens come home to roost.. Today I climbed with much more effort than I would have used then. From the CP by the bridge at the S end of Loch Stack, via the track to Bealach na Feithe, then up the S ridge. Back the same way, almost. My LAST Graham!!!! | IanHHill | 28/06/2023 |
| 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 |
| From Achfary CP. Good track in if rough, to Beallach na Feithe, then more or less straight up. MWIS correct - windier in the valleys, blown off feet once. | iangalbraith | 09/04/2023 |
| Creagan Meall Horn, Meall Horn, Sabhal Mor & Sabhal Beag. With DD & PM. | CJM | 27/03/2023 |
| 4th and last of the day with CM and D.Dave. Descended south to the path and then a deceptively long walk back to the car of 6 miles. Over 15 miles overall and under 9 hours in improving conditions. Great sunny late afternoon. | bolton | 27/03/2023 |
| Descended to col from Sabhal Mor then straight up to flat summit. Descended south to join track at Bealach na Feith, then a long walk back to the causeway car park north of Achfary. With Phil & Chris. | 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. Arrived this summit 19.40..40 mind after sunset... Long 12 hour day over three Marilyns and two hour 6km walk out in the dark. | vegibagger | 23/09/2022 |
| Alone, 21km, took me 7.5 hrs , not as fast as I used to be. Lot of snow showers. | tallblond | 30/03/2022 |
| Solo, after Meall Horn | garbo1103 | 19/03/2022 |
| Sabhal Beag (G), Meall Horn (C) | Huwel | 10/11/2021 |
| 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 car park at Achfary, cycle to Lone, along good path to Bealach and up to top. Excellent viewpoint of all my favourites. Onto Meall Horn meeting 4 ptarmigan en route. | MichaelF | 23/07/2019 |
| Long walk in from Loch Stack large car park. In clag 6hours50. | rogreeves | 20/05/2019 |
| From north of Achfary. Excellent track then path all the way to the col, made very good time in good weather. | Owen B | 23/04/2019 |
| A fine walk from the east, via Gobernuisgach Lodge, which features sculptures of wolves. Along the track, over the bridge, then up the ATV track which replaces the mapped stalkers path. Off piste when it heads the wrong way, and along the bumpy ridge, where the track reappears. Final haul up to the top for fine views of all my favourite hills. Down to Bealach na Feithe and down the track. A hot day and glad of shade in the forestry, but even so the final climb up from the bridge (good views of Ben hope) to the road is quick and easy. | Gill | 19/04/2019 |
| Cycled to Lone then Sabhal Beag and Meall Horn. | Topographer57 | 26/07/2018 |
| Popped up while passing on the Sutherland Trail. | justin999 | 22/06/2018 |
| tick | chazzyboy19 | 30/04/2018 |
| Bike in to near bealach. Windy. | NormanW | 17/05/2017 |
| From Loch More. Good use of bike just short of the beallach. Worth the push up the steep bit after Lone. Summit is naked with a huge area of what looks like crazy paving. Biting cold wind. | Campbell Singer | 14/05/2017 |
| Ascended from Bealach na Feithe after Meallan Liath Coire Mhic Dhughaill. Descended North ridge and then south through corrie back to Strath Luib na Seilich and original starting point near Loch Stack | raffemeister | 23/08/2016 |
| Galltywenallt | 15/04/2015 | |
| Long haul in hot weather. Useful track from Lone to bealach. | Martin R | 31/05/2014 |
| 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 |
| self | davidsbatty | 21/06/2012 |
| as part of a circuit with Meall Horn | oatcake | 06/05/2012 |
| alone | SheilaS | 30/04/2012 |
| Solo. After MLCMD, before CaT and BD. | amswanston | 15/04/2012 |
| Solo | HFB | 27/07/2011 |
| With Arkle and Meall Horn, descent southwards to track out to Lone. Long day. | nordicstar | 26/04/2011 |
| Parked at start of track to Gobernuisgach Lodge. On estate road, downhill into welcoming shade for a mile to Lodge. Westerly track to cross side stream and then main river. Slooshed head on both occasions. Into shade of second wood. D elightful 2 mile gently graded well kept grass two track path up above a massive rugged glen to the left and into Bealach na Feithe. 1,500' Final 900' clamber up proved to be quite gentle, grass at first and a tundra like slope of flat stones - like a builder's yard. Top at 13.30. Watershed hill. Excellent viewpoint. 7 hrs. to car. | arranc | 01/06/2009 |
| JERRY CUMMINS | donmeister | 26/05/2008 |
| From Altnabad and Gobernuisgach Lodge. Over Meall Garbh. | Alan Moore | 08/09/2005 |
| Self | fergie | 29/03/2004 |
| As for Foinaven | BLACKHILL | 10/06/2001 |
| Solo trip | Invicta14 | 15/08/2000 |
| fine stony tundra plateau, v fine approach from W. park @ br 297402 S of L Stack; good tk to 366420 then steep grassy gully | RHW | 27/07/2000 |
| Round from Meallan Liath Coire Mhic Dhughaill to Ben Hee that included run out to missing Graham Sabhal Beag. | Eddie | 09/06/1996 |
| Memorable day in deteriorating weather over Arkle, Foinaven, Meall Horn and giving up making progress into teeth of a storm across Sabhal Beag summit plateau. | Eddie | 23/09/1995 |
| GavinTheobald 3 | 31/03/2024 | |
| davezeking | 29/06/2023 | |
| Sick Kid | 24/06/2023 | |
| weaselmaster | 24/06/2023 | |
| Frogreen | 12/05/2023 | |
| danpquinn | 06/05/2023 | |
| Robin56 | 07/10/2022 | |
| Fi | 28/05/2022 | |
| scoob | 28/05/2022 | |
| bobhem25 | 21/04/2022 |