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Name: | Creag nan Gobhar |
Hill number: | 4640 |
Height: | 495m / 1624ft |
Parent (Ma): | 637 Carn Dearg |
RHB Section: | 09B: Glen Albyn and the Monadh Liath |
County/UA: | Highland |
Catchment: | Ness |
Class: | Hump, Tump (400-499m), Yeaman (Hu,Tu,4,Y) |
Grid ref: | NN 31572 98528 |
Summit feature: | cairn |
Drop: | 114m |
Col: | 381m NN320982 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 34 (1:25k) 400 |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 24 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
Parked just off the A82 near a gate and followed the zig-zag forest track up as others to turn right on an older track at NN3023 9721 (Colin's cairn gone). Up this track passing one white/blue pole on the left close to the track, then 11m before next left hand pole, turned left (NN3040 9725) as Isbjorn, heading for old fence where ATV track became clearer. ATV track most of the way to summit. Excellent views up and down the great glen. | LizH | 01/10/2023 |
Parked by postbox to N of hostel and followed wide zigzags up through forest. Cairn on left, just before 3rd blue-topped white pole on side track, marks start of ATV tracks leading up old fenceline to summit area. | Lindsay M | 04/09/2022 |
With L | Janet M | 04/09/2022 |
From Great Glen Hostel. Up 3 zig-zags and across the Allt an Lagain to an unmapped new-ish rough vehicle track which follows the true R bank of the Allt an Lagain. At the 3rd blue-topped white pole 30395 97248 an invisible ATV track heads off N (head for delapidated wooden fence and roll of wire and within 20m you will identify the ATV track) which leads to the summit. | Isbjorn | 08/03/2022 |
Made a mess of the ascent from Laggan locks, cycling up a dead-end zigzag and then missing Colin’s cairn, resulting in some forest hacking to gain the ridge. Much more straightforward descent with views of nearly the whole Great Glen. | AndyS | 04/06/2021 |
As per RHW's route, not too bad and quick. | Dave McG | 20/11/2019 |
7 of 7: I headed west from Glas Charn over rough ground. When I reached the Allt Innis Shim by the waterfall it was too steep to descend. I turned north to the Glen Buck bothy and crossed there, surprising two workmen fixing a pipeline. The far side was very eroded. On reaching the track on the west side I went up to a junction and turned right and then went up an ATV for a while before turning left to reach the ridge at 326996. Then SW to reach the top at 4.30pm. An ATV continued SW along the ridge following an old fenceline. It met a newish track at 30395 97248. This descended to the site of Colin's cairn. I then followed the zig zag forest roads to the car at 295974. | ChrisR | 05/11/2019 |
Forest track as per previous description from Great Glen hostel. Much active forestry work but trail to summit (no cairn now!) still visible in felled area. | Tony S | 24/02/2018 |
Possible to cycle to Colin's cairn (demolished, so rebuilt by me) at NN 30228 97207, when you get out of the trees more or less follow the dilapidated fence. Great views. | Martin R | 17/03/2016 |
I can confirm Rob's horrific description, having gone that way several years back, carrying a hefty pack, en route to Glenbuck bothy. And, not being interested in Humps at the time, I didn't visit the top. Fortunately, for those of us lesser mortals without Rob's superhuman abilities, there is a longer but much easier way. From near the Great Glen hostel, follow mapped forest roads to NN302973, where a rough track heads north east through the trees. The start isn't immediately obvious, so I've marked it with a cairn. The track takes you out onto open hill at NN304974 and vague vehicle ruts continue well up the ridge, worth keeping to, as they're marginally better than the surrounding deep vegetation. If you missed it on the way up, you'll be treated on descent to magnificent gun-barrel views down the Great Glen. | Colin Crawford | 24/08/2014 |
From W, Laggan Bridge. Track (ex rly) paralleling shore then straight up, grass on lower slopes intimidatingly steep in descent (think St Kilda's Boreray / Soay but steeper), was glad of studded shoes as boots wouldn't have been very secure. I actually went up through plantation - bad idea. | RHW | 03/05/2014 |
PeterAH | 01/10/2023 | |
Fletch | 14/07/2023 | |
interloper | 14/07/2023 | |
Tricky | 31/08/2022 | |
mae | 20/04/2022 | |
Kiltie | 05/09/2016 | |
Alan Whatley | 30/05/2016 | |
bjewing | 23/06/2013 | |
Alan Moore | 16/11/2011 | |
Gavin Theobald | 12/11/2011 | |
chalky1953 | 31/01/2001 | |
Belfarm | blank | |
StueyB | blank |