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| Name: | Meall an t-Slugain |
| Hill number: | 3095 |
| Height: | 849m / 2785ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 457 Lochnagar - Cac Carn Beag |
| RHB Section: | 07A: Braemar to Montrose |
| County/UA: | Aberdeenshire |
| Catchment: | Dee (Aberdeen) |
| Class: | Hump, Simm, High Hills of Britain, Corbett Top, Yeaman (Hu,Tu,Sim,HHB,CT,Y) |
| Grid ref: | NO 18466 86320 |
| Summit feature: | rock 5m SSW of cairn |
| Drop: | 116m |
| Col: | 733m NO195845  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 43 (1:25k) OL52N OL53N 387N 388N |
| Survey: | Abney level |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 85 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Simple walk down the ridge from Creag an Loch. With dave g & Minto. | Dangerous Dave | 30/09/2023 |
| From Auchallater via Carn Phadruig and Creag an Loch, then on to Creag Loistge and Creag na Dearcaige. | NormanW | 07/08/2023 |
| From Auchallater, did Creag Phadruig, Meall an t-Slugain, Creag an Loch and Creag nan Gabhar, including a wild camp. Ascended via grouse butts track just after Allt Phadruig, then contoured round to the loch. Walked over hills and descended to Loch Callater Lodge by the munro path, then up Creag nan Gabhar. | PiranhaFish | 14/05/2023 |
| Citcuit from Callater car park | BLACKHILL | 18/04/2023 |
| From Auchallater car park then traverse of high ground heading towards Braemar. Snow on ground with sun and light breeze. | cjo | 11/03/2023 |
| 4hr round of Carn Phadruig, Creag na Dearcaige, Creag Loisgte, Meall an t-Slugain and Creag an Loch. | summitter | 22/08/2022 |
| Route on ridge running all the way from Braemar to Lochnagar, with return along Glen Callater. Started with climb to Creag Choinnich, steep descent to beallach and climb to Carn nan Sgliat. Continued to Millstone Cairn (rough steep climb), Creag nan Leachda. On to Creag na Dearcaige and Creag Loisgte, descent to Loch Phadruig. Climbed Meall an t-Slugain, continued to Creag an Loch, joined path for a while and then Carn an t-Sagairt Mor, Carn an t-Sagairt Beag, Carn a' Choire Bhoidheach, and Cac Carn Mor and Cac Carn Beag of Lochnagar. Return along good path to Glen Callater. | RobertP | 11/07/2022 |
| Pleasant walk over from Creag an Loch. On to Creag Loisgte. | LizH | 22/06/2022 |
| From Auchallater, track and stalkers path then over Creag an Loch, Meall-an-t-Slugain and Creag Loisgte. Returned via Loch Phadruig and W down slope to bridge over Callater Burn. | benalder284 | 10/11/2021 |
| From Auchallater along track through Glen Callater to Lochcallater Lodge, then up excellent path from just before the Lodge to col before Carn an t-Sagairt Mor, then directly up steep slope to Creag an Loch, continuing NNW along ridge to Meall an t-Slugain, down steep slope to E end of Loch Phadruig and up to Creag Loisgte continuing to Creag na Dearcaige, descending very steeply to 668m col, ascending gradually to Creag nan Leachda, descending NW to col with Millstone Cairn (through gate in deer fence), up and down to Millstone Cairn, then descended first NW to col then WSW (over very difficult ground, recently planted with pines) to meet old ATV track and followed that down to A93 just S of Easter Auchallater (through another deer fence gate), and back to Auchallater along A93 | kdbennett | 01/08/2021 |
| Parked at Auchallater. Round of 7 Simms: Carn Dubh, Creag an Loch, Meall an t-Slugain, Creag Loisgte, Creag nan Leachda, Millstone Cairn, Carn nan Sgliat. | PGCE | 25/07/2020 |
| Fine spring day - 9 tops from Braemar to Glen Callater. | nix_snilloc | 19/04/2019 |
| From Auchallater, clockwise round of the three Humps plus Simm tops with Jenx and Bryher | nordicstar | 19/01/2019 |
| A fine snowy circuit. Easy going once above the long heather and tree plantings until the final steep slope down to the bridge. | jenx | 19/01/2019 |
| via glen callater, to the lodge, then walked up the lochnagar path, over creag an loch, there is a path along the ridge from there...lovely. | hils | 14/09/2018 |
| Hump bagging in November sun. Round of Slugain, Loisgte, Leachda, Millstone, Sgliat from Auchallater. | Topographer57 | 02/11/2017 |
| Ascended from Creag an Loch. | JohnW | 06/08/2017 |
| carn nan sgliat, millstone cairn, creag nan leachda, creag na dearcaige, creag loisgte, carn phadruig, meall an t slugain, creag an loch, from parking area 1 km south of braemar on A93. | robertphillips | 02/07/2017 |
| See Creag nan Leachda | dickscroop | 19/06/2015 |
| Solo | HFB | 12/06/2015 |
| Solo. From car park at Auchallater along track up Glen Callater. After track crosses Callater Burn found a narrow path going NE. Left it after a while as not going in direction I wanted. Headed up to Creag Phàdruig. Thought summit was top of prominent boulder so I climbed up it. Realised summit was further on. Went on to Meall an t-Slugain, finding a narrow path leading up to summit. Continued to Creag Loisgte and Creag na Dearcaige. | pwbellarby | 05/11/2014 |
| outcrop 4M S of cn, 848m. | RHW | 02/07/2011 |
| Climbed as group of 3 with Avril and Alan. | munromurph | 01/06/2011 |
| Minto | 30/09/2023 | |
| dave g | 30/09/2023 | |
| Tom Mundell | 10/06/2023 | |
| Trekking toes | 10/06/2023 | |
| chrispine | 24/05/2023 | |
| richtea5040 | 04/05/2023 | |
| iainwalton | 30/03/2023 | |
| Dottie | 14/11/2022 | |
| Simon Winton | 10/08/2022 | |
| PeterAH | 22/06/2022 | |
| Bob67 | 31/07/2021 | |
| AndyS | 20/07/2021 | |
| govanah | 28/10/2020 | |
| Gonk | 28/06/2019 | |
| duchally | 04/03/2019 | |
| alda | 03/12/2018 | |
| daviemore | 08/09/2018 | |
| kathyh | 02/09/2018 | |
| tgboosh | 08/07/2018 | |
| maknipe | 04/11/2017 | |
| PM | 26/08/2017 | |
| Sick Kid | 22/06/2017 | |
| weaselmaster | 22/06/2017 | |
| Dave McG | 15/06/2017 | |
| Erik B | 15/06/2017 | |
| RichardM | 05/03/2017 | |
| Tony S | 28/10/2016 |