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| Name: | Meall a' Phubuill |
| Hill number: | 784 |
| Height: | 772.7m / 2535ft |
| RHB Section: | 10D: Mallaig to Fort William |
| County/UA: | Highland |
| Catchment: | Eil, Catchment Boundaries, Lochy |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Corbett, Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,C,Y) |
| Grid ref: | NN 02942 85408 |
| Summit feature: | cairn |
| Drop: | 467m |
| Col: | 306m NN092858  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 41 (1:25k) 399 |
| Observations: | rock 10m N of cairn at NN 02947 85418 may be as high |
| Survey: | Leica RX1250 |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 300 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| With Rhona & Struie. Parked at end of public road Glen Loy 092847. Follow track through various gates and out into open country. Basically WH route. Make up the hill at approx 061842 to ridge. Follow wall along ridge, thru minor East top, down into bealach and up to main Meall a'Phubuill summit. For descent, back to bealach and descend beside Allt Coire nan Laogh (apparently has a volcanic vent?) to regain path and back to start. | DampandDusty | 24/03/2024 |
| Straightforward there and back from Fassfern. It’s certainly a steep climb from the bealach above Glensuileag bothy. Clear and great views from the summit. 15km 3h50 in total | Rockdoctor | 01/04/2023 |
| Did whole ridge from top of Glen Loy. Good way to do it. Cut up to ridge by the woods. | HardenC | 06/03/2023 |
| From Fassfern with John. Minus temps at low level resulted in a very icy walk in through Glen Suileag, with a thin layer of powdery snow above 500m. It was all sun and blue skies (not much warmth from the sun though) up to the very top where a persistent cloud hid any summit views :( Took a summit selfie and returned the way we came - total time: 4h 4min. | mproudfoot | 10/12/2022 |
| After bagging the 2 Grahams decided to try my hand at this Corbett. Steep in the section and flattens out in the last third. Long walk back to Fassfern CP. | Jhimmy | 24/04/2022 |
| Solo cycle from Fassfern to about 300m at Allt Fionn Doire. Walk to summit in gale force wind!! | John Lee | 20/02/2022 |
| From Fassfern up to Glensulaig for Meall a' Phubuill returning over Meall Onfhaidh and Aodann Chleireig. | rhalstead | 22/10/2021 |
| From Fassfern on good track to FB at NN 029841. Steep grassy ascent. On to Meall Onfhaidh, Aodann Chleireig, Beinn an t-Sneachda - easy walking, very pleasant. Dropped down to track NN019806 - just inside the wood. Crossed Abhain Bheagaig NM999810 to soon find deer trod all way down eastern side. A ladder stile crosses the deer fence by the forest, then its a search in the woods for the track which does exist to return to CP Fassfern | carole engel | 15/06/2021 |
| From Fassfern. Standard route up the good track on the east side of the glen, crossing before the bothy, then straight up the south shoulder on good ground. | Owen B | 23/05/2021 |
| KeithByTheC | 19/10/2017 | |
| Fassfern - Glen Suileag - Meall a' Phubuill - Meall Onfhaidh - Aodann Chleireig - Fassfern | davidpettit84 | 03/06/2017 |
| From Fassfern - nice track by river then over to Br nan Uamhachan which I now see I did before in 1999! Still nice warm sunny day for 27Km! | davechaffey | 28/05/2017 |
| From Fassfern. The first part of the walk is very pleasant through woods along the river, but then there’s the obligatory turbine house and a new hydro road after a couple of km. This leads to a metal bridge about 300 m downstream of Glensuilaig bothy (which is a gem), and a bulldozed track up the hill. The way up to Meall a’Phubuill looks fearsomely steep, but it’s an imposter. The ground is dry and grassy, and the going is very easy. The angle eases at some solifluction terraces, and a lochan, and you’re soon at the cairn. | Gill | 09/04/2017 |
| From Fassfern | daviemore | 10/10/2016 |
| With Martin Banfield and Iain Price. Quite a warm day. Midgies about. Easy enough. Followed by the graham. | tallblond | 05/08/2016 |
| Easy circuit including Onfhaidh with Iain P and a Tall Blonde. A good day out with light rain later. | Phreerunner | 05/08/2016 |
| Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 07/07/2016 |
| With Yeltzbagger. Date estimated. Saw sea eagles; saw them again the following year from Beinn Bhan. | Stevie n Tay | 15/05/2016 |
| With Stevie n Tay. Saw sea eagles which we saw again a year later from Beinn Bhan. | Yeltzbagger | 15/05/2016 |
| Track from Fassfern a noisy trucky mess for the first 2km and most of the way to the bothy. Another invasive hydro scheme. | alda | 05/05/2016 |
| Approached from Fassfern and Gleann Suileag in weak sunshine. windy day. | oatcake | 07/06/2015 |
| From Fassfern with Jon Moss, Andy Paton and Graeme Wilkinson. Followed blue ring walk to bothy then land rover track to wooden bridge. Steep ascent. Screaming wind on top. Continual drizzle/ rain. 6 hours total | alexmaclennan | 12/03/2015 |
| with Sue | Frank | 16/02/2015 |
| From Fassfern, up trach from just before bothy ,then cut up to summit and on to the two Graham tops and dropping down to valley. Poor valley path back to bothy where I missed the bridge so had to wade. In cloud all the way along the top but rpoute not a problem. | dickscroop | 31/12/2014 |
| Asented from Fassfran to Glensulaig bothy then up to summite, Cold windy day with snow 5hrs | Nozzer | 07/12/2014 |
| Carried on to Aodann Chleireig & Meall Onfhaidh | duchally | 20/08/2014 |
| Sunny spells, dry, mild, sharp wind, good views. Came back by valley, bit of a trudge, but quicker. | iangalbraith | 15/04/2014 |
| 3rd/3 from Fassfern. A breeze blowing over the summit gave temporary relief from the hot sun and aggressive black flies. | Topographer57 | 20/07/2013 |
| beinn bhan and meal a phubuill from glen loy. | robertphillips | 03/11/2012 |
| Alone, from Glen Loy. | Grinner | 29/09/2012 |
| On Cape Wrath Trail | Steve Clark | 21/05/2012 |
| CK | SheilaS | 14/09/2011 |
| Staying in Spean Bridge? | douglas_easton | 23/10/2010 |
| Jenx and Will - from road at Fassfearn, walk up pleasant track to ford and across to Glensulaig Bothy. East SW slopes to summit and back. | nordicstar | 22/01/2010 |
| self | davidsbatty | 29/11/2009 |
| R Day after ben race - tea at Jimmy jardine's house after, he lives in Glen Loy | Richard Tait | 06/09/2009 |
| Manny Gorman | donmeister | 05/06/2009 |
| MB. Fassfern (A830) through Glen Suileag to Meall a'Phubuill then Meall Onfhaidh, Aodann Chleireig & Beinn an t'Sneachda. Persistant rain becoming showery with gale force winds & snow at height. | Vin | 14/03/2009 |
| 5 of 5: From the east top. | ChrisR | 06/05/2008 |
| ran with peter ward | tom smith | 05/05/2008 |
| Alone | SpudGunn | 14/04/2007 |
| With the Terrier, S, and the F.C. | The Captain | 25/03/2007 |
| MC JC. A much better hill than anticipated. Started off from home on a very misty, dank and cold morning. Day improved to give clear skies and weak sunshine all day. Glen Loy in shade all the time with streaks of water ice on the path. Hard going up on to Druim Gleann Laoigh but very good walking along the top. Long distance views masked by a purple haze. Glorious sunset. No wind and very cold on return. Strange but beautiful smell in Glen Loy - like a very mild pipe tobacco!? Returned in the dark. | Martin66 | 08/01/2006 |
| Solo trip | Invicta14 | 01/07/2003 |
| 3rd of 6 marilyns climbed on a 24marilyns in 24 hour solo attempt-abandoned after 6 marilyns as too tough to keep up the pace required. | Chris Pearson | 27/08/2001 |
| Solo, with bike | HFB | 03/08/2001 |
| From Achnanellan, quite pleasant hill and not raining. Via E top. | Aye Jimmy | 24/07/2001 |
| Galltywenallt | 01/07/2001 | |
| Climbed a couple of New Years ago. Easy enough walk. | gman | 09/09/1999 |
| from E top. Wall providing easy guidance as rain started. Down to bealach and to top at 12.30. | arranc | 19/07/1998 |