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| Name: | Druim Fada |
| Hill number: | 786 |
| Height: | 744m / 2441ft |
| RHB Section: | 10D: Mallaig to Fort William |
| County/UA: | Highland |
| Catchment: | Eil, Catchment Boundaries, Lochy |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Graham, Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,G,Y,P500) |
| Grid ref: | NN 08703 82396 |
| Summit feature: | tiny cairn |
| Drop: | 518m |
| Col: | 226.5m NN 0491 8389  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 41 (1:25k) 392 399 |
| Observations: | mossy mound 35m SW at NN 08684 82367 and cairn 70m SW at NN 08676 82336 and are as high |
| Survey: | Abney level |
| Comments: | col surveyed by 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 225 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Large parking bay at Inverskilavulin bridge. Forest track, then made the dumb mistake of turning right about 100 metres too early on the forest track. Over the bridge, then turned left, there following a horrible fight with forestry emerging at the deer fence at about 270m asl. Up typical grassy tussocky ground to find the helpful ATV track. Soft snow from about 500m asl, in places quite deep, but surprisingly was able to follow boot prints to the top though I didn't see anyone. Returned all the way down the ATV track which led to a good bridge and a muddy track back to the main forest track. Damp, thick drizzle, very little wind, very mild, cloud in the glen and above 450m asl. | Owen B | 15/02/2024 |
| saas | 30/01/2024 | |
| With Bolton, CJM & Jill. Hill is much more impressive than map suggests. (10km,640m). | ger | 29/11/2023 |
| Parked at the bridge at Inverskilavulin. Through the signposted route in the forest and then a good ATV track. Easy going after that. Clear, cold but very dry! With Jill R, Ger and CM. Just over 4 hours. | bolton | 29/11/2023 |
| With Ger, JR & PM | CJM | 29/11/2023 |
| Jill Robertson | 29/11/2023 | |
| davezeking | 29/10/2023 | |
| Blair282 | 28/10/2023 | |
| weaselmaster | 24/09/2023 | |
| NickF | 15/09/2023 | |
| Am Bodach | 16/06/2023 | |
| Parked by bridge at Inverskilavulin. Followed signed track through forest, then R on grassy path (post set back) to join new logging track later rough ATV track. R over bridge and followed ATV track intermittently to summit. Unusual view of Fort William. | MichaelF | 23/05/2023 |
| With Lesley. Very slow circuit of Course an Lichtuin, the south side of which was hard going tussocks and steep heather descent. Return by ATV track used for ascent would have been much better. | Nick Canute | 20/04/2023 |
| paz1953 | 08/04/2023 | |
| Large parking area in Glen Loy by the bridge. Signposted route through the forest then over footbridge and up grassy ridge. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 06/04/2023 |
| LovelyLass | 29/03/2023 | |
| weaselmaster | 15/10/2022 | |
| Sick Kid | 15/10/2022 | |
| Frogreen | 13/07/2022 | |
| alanm | 30/06/2022 | |
| Rambling Ray | 27/06/2022 | |
| chazzyboy19 | 15/06/2022 | |
| jaizinho | 02/06/2022 | |
| New Garmin GPS placed top way too far from co-ordinates. Not sure if GLONASS enabled during a war was correct thing to do! Ignore google maps, there's now lots of parking near the bridge. | Jhimmy | 28/04/2022 |
| eddieh | 22/04/2022 | |
| JtwoUD | 20/02/2022 | |
| As others from Glen Loy. Rain and hill fog. | chrisbien | 20/09/2021 |
| Tony J | 18/09/2021 | |
| With Tony J prior to the RHSoc annual dinner in Banavie. Really stunning mountain landscapes views from up on this ridge. | Alex C | 18/09/2021 |
| Followed SMC route following routemarkers nitially then up steep quad track after crossing footbridge. Rain initially the views opened up, continued to west top and pillar. Spotted Alex and Tony in the distance but paths did not cross. | cjo | 18/09/2021 |
| In mist when staying at Moorings Hotel for RHSoc dinner. Via Annat, back by Glen Laragain. 20K. | davechaffey | 17/09/2021 |
| SunnyAdventures | 29/06/2021 | |
| Toril | 20/12/2020 | |
| A great short walk. The way through the forest has multiple way markers, so you can't get lost and the SMC's hidden bridge is in plain view for those who look for it, though it's getting a little bit past its prime. The ATV track goes a long way up the hill, so it's an easy but mucky and wet walk. It was T-shirt weather all the way to the summit, despite it being November. Splendid views. | Gill | 09/11/2020 |
| Jossker | 17/10/2020 | |
| mntainman | 04/09/2020 | |
| interloper | 23/08/2020 | |
| From Glen Loy as per SMC guide book. As others have commented route is now very well-signposted. | benalder284 | 15/08/2020 |
| Wycombe Wanderer | 09/08/2020 | |
| Bag For Life | 09/08/2020 | |
| Solo ascent with Rosie in pouring rain following the forestry markers and SMC guidebook route. Low cloud and raging torrent under the wooden bridge. Ghastly. | alexmaclennan | 04/08/2020 |
| With M - decent weather with fine views of the Ben. | douglas_easton | 21/07/2020 |
| GavinTheobald 3 | 20/05/2020 | |
| Druim Fada West Top, Druim Fada | keithouk | 17/02/2020 |
| Dawn Oldham | 17/02/2020 | |
| Renvoo | 08/02/2020 | |
| clanbonham | 27/10/2019 | |
| sarahk | 27/10/2019 | |
| As per SMC guide book. Forest track route is well-signposted. | willyross | 02/10/2019 |
| lindaross | 02/10/2019 |