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Name: | Sgairneach Mhor |
Hill number: | 384 |
Height: | 991m / 3251ft |
RHB Section: | 05A: Loch Ericht to Glen Tromie and Glen Garry |
County/UA: | Perth and Kinross |
Catchment: | Tay |
Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Munro, High Hills of Britain, Murdo, Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,M,HHB,Mur,Y) |
Grid ref: | NN 59884 73121 |
Summit feature: | trig point in windshelter |
Drop: | 182m |
Col: | 809m NN582727 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 42 (1:25k) OL50 393 |
Observations: | cairn is 5m W at NN 59879 73120 and of equal height; ground to 15m in arc NW-W-SW <15cm lower |
Survey: | Abney level |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 836 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
A very windy walk to bag the munros today! | emily | 03/02/2024 |
Not clear on top but rest of day was good. | mynameisdads | 16/10/2023 |
4th Munro of day with Sparkes, Gordon’s and walkers. Trig and wind shelter. Grey breezy but dry. Easy going terrain on top. | Denise | 03/10/2023 |
Parked at Balsporran Cottages. Circuit of Geal Charn, Bruach nan Lomairean, A'Mharconaich, Beinn Udlamain, old Sgairneach Mhor, Sgairneach Mhor, Sgairneach Mhor E Top and the Sow of Atholl. Prepositioned second car at the road to take us back to Balsporran Cottages to save the 4km cycle path walk. Blustery but generally clear and an enjoyable walk. With Gillian, Denise, Tony and Zoe and meeting Bernard and Sarah on some of the tops. | richard69 | 03/10/2023 |
8 of 10: From the old GR. With Sam and Tim. | ChrisR | 27/08/2023 |
Solo from Dalnaspidal Lodge. Sow of Atholl, down to the bealach then up an ATV track and joining the main track to Sgairneach Mhor. Continued on to Beinn Udlamain, then returned to car the same way, going over the top of Sgairneach Mhor again. Lovely, sunny day. Plenty of folk out. | DampandDusty | 13/05/2023 |
Parked in lay-by 79 under the railway bridge, ignored footbridge over the river, climbed higher on the path before picking a spot to cross, following an intermittent path. | colinfielding | 26/04/2023 |
Geal-charn (Drumochter), Bruach nan Iomairean, A' Mharconaich, Beinn Udlamain, Sgairneach Mhor (Old), Sgairneach Mhor, Sgairneach Mhor East Top & The Sow of Atholl (Meall an Dobharchain) from parking at Balsporran Cottage | JasonStark | 01/04/2023 |
PMI, Bran | HFB | 08/10/2022 |
West Drumochter Munros plus Sow. Sunshine but one light-ish shower on Mharconaich. Left bike at Dalnaspidal. En route to Inverness. | Rounsfell | 05/08/2022 |
With Martha. SW wind, gusting 35/40mph around midday made walking a little awkward on occasion, dying out as day progressed. 
Also Beinn Udlamain, A'Mharconaich & Beinn Udlamain. Tops mostly in the clouds. | Neily There | 03/08/2022 |
SHC walk from Layby 79. Sow of Atholl, Sgairneach Mhor and Beinn Udlamain. | TRG318 | 24/07/2022 |
With Jack 
Post PhD cycle touring trip | fellie | 21/05/2022 |
From layby 79 on the A9. Clockwise circuit of Sgairneach Mhor, Beinn Udlamain, A' Mharconaich & Geal-charn, then walk back down the cycle path parallel to the A9. | welshyboyo | 26/03/2022 |
With Rob from A 9 we started at 10.00 mist overvtops snow to 800 feet. Walked along trackundercrsilway to spur road across stream to ascend slopes to Sgairneach Mhor. Easy walk until last 300 m when snow became slab ice and crampons were needed. One each. Freezing on summit but great views. Descended gradualsnow slopes across to Beinn Uldhamain. Met walker in goggles. Ascended easy slopes to snowy summit great views. Descent from ridge a mixture of glissando and slide with ice axe braking. Long walk back along track. 10 miles 3300 feet of climb and ascent. | david.walker40 | 04/03/2022 |
Crusty snow above 900m, slushy below that and deep in gullies. | Cumbrianexile | 13/02/2022 |
Club weekend, climbed 2 today | JamesSDonald | 12/11/2021 |
With a group. From Balsporran cottages. Linear walk taking in the four Munros. | liljonb | 16/10/2021 |
Balsporran Cottages - Geal-charn - A’ Mharconaich - Bruach nan Iomairean - Beinn Udlamain - Sgairneach Mhor - The Sow of Atholl - footbridge at NN620750 - track and A9 cycle path back to Balsporran. | Mark Jackson | 25/08/2021 |
Great day out walking with Issy and Kirsty and the dogs (Gus and Archie).Also climbed Bein Uldumain and The Sow of Atholl. | Kevthecat | 15/08/2021 |
3/5 Revisit Sow of Atholl, Sgairneach Mhor East Top, then Both tops of Sgairneach Mhor and Meallan Buidhe (via Mam Ban which thank you mam deserves a mention as lovely soft mossy place to rest). | nickywood1 | 08/07/2021 |
The Sow of Atholl, Sgairneach Mhor, Beinn Udlamain and A'Mharconaich from Layby 81. Recorded route and write-up at http://gayleybird.blogspot.com/2021/06/four-tops-from-drumochter-pass.html | Gayle | 17/06/2021 |
Beinn Udlamain and Sgàirneach Mhòr from Drumochter Pass. Walkhighlands route | hummusg | 13/06/2021 |
Round of Sgairneach Mhor, Beinn Udlamain and A' Mharconaich from A9 Layby 79. Excellent route. | TRG318 | 23/04/2021 |
Great view of the Southern Highlends | thekirkie pirate | 29/08/2020 |
Anticlockwise loop from layby 79 on a9 via B&B then up! All tops in this area except the boar. Couldn't face it after the steep ascent and descent from the sow. Just under 7hrs including walk in | Nicky C | 24/08/2020 |
From Layby 79 0n A9 south of Balsporran Cottages. Rather a grassy plod but with low cloud on summit abandoned any further Munros and returned to A9. | knarf | 18/07/2020 |
MPS winter trip | haydnw | 06/03/2020 |
After An Sgulan | richtea5040 | 23/10/2019 |
From Balsporran cottages, along tracks up ridge to Geal-charn, descending S then up surprisingly good path to the A' Mharconaich ridge and along to summit, returning SW to col with Beinn Udlamain, across summit descending S to Carn 'Ic Loumhaidh and up track to Sgairneach Mhor, descending along rim of Coire Creagach and NE to bridge across Allt Coire Dhomhain (NN61974 75049, marked on Harvey map), then along track to A9 (and cycled back to Balsporran). With JAS. | kdbennett | 13/10/2019 |
2nd ascent | dmckeith | 05/09/2019 |
With Karen and Buster...wet n windy | Highland Days | 19/06/2019 |
Ascent of Gael-charn from Balsporran Cottage via track to the south of Allt Beul an Sporain. On to A’Mharconaich. Along ridge, following fence line, to Beinn Udlamain. Descent to head waters of Allt Coire Dhomhain and ascent of Sgairneach Mhor. Descent via Coire Creagach and Dalnaspidal Forest to track in valley, and return to car along A9. | raymooremanx | 15/06/2019 |
With Laura & Alan | duchally | 06/05/2019 |
Beautiful day with GFE and DTL (starting with Perth parkrun). From the parking spots just before the railway line: Sron na h-Eiteich, Meall na Leitreach, Sgairneach Mhor (all three tops). Saw mountain hares and a beautiful amount of wildlife but sadly lots of traps too. | Fionalevey | 04/05/2019 |
From Dalnaspidal after Meall na Leitreach. With FJE and GFE. | trimarc2 | 04/05/2019 |
JW | HFB | 19/04/2019 |
62nd Munro | lojzi860621 | 16/02/2019 |
With Lionel and Geraldine. Wind, snow, very cold. | Chris Blake | 01/02/2019 |
Mild January day, almost no snow lying other than sheltered spots near top. Weather forecast reported almost certain change of great visibility - whole day was spent in clagg. Brief stop at summit trig, but kept moving. | mcbboyd | 06/01/2019 |
Neilsons n | nrowan | 01/01/2019 |
New year Deepa Neil mags, Dave, norman and Elspeth. Dusting of snow. With udlamain | Rodge | 01/01/2019 |
3 Munro circuit from lay-by 79 | Geoff Briggs | 21/12/2018 |
Excellent light crispy snow above 800m, unusual for early November | alda | 02/11/2018 |
With Alex, light snow cover, sunny day. | gettingonabit | 28/10/2018 |
Drumochter 4 round | quadbarrel | 18/10/2018 |
B&A. With Beinn Udlamain, A' Mharconaich & Geal-charn. | Morning | 11/08/2018 |
On TGO Challenge | Colin Crawford | 16/05/2018 |
From the Sow of Atholl. Lovely descent to the col on fairly firm snow, then deep but mostly good snow uphill. Lovely clear skies, high cloud only. No sign of the cairn, completely buried, only the top 10cm of the trig visible. | Owen B | 13/02/2018 |
with Mark | grimjimm | 27/10/2017 |