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| Name: | Carn na Dubh Choille |
| Hill number: | 1061 |
| Height: | 480m / 1575ft |
| RHB Section: | 14B: The Fannaichs |
| County/UA: | Highland |
| Catchment: | Cromarty |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Tump (400-499m), Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,4,Y) |
| Grid ref: | NH 38705 67337 |
| Summit feature: | boulder 1m SSE of trig point |
| Drop: | 159m |
| Col: | 321m NH378666  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 20 (1:25k) 437S |
| Observations: | boulder is 2m higher than ground 35m N |
| 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 142 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| ketzster | 30/03/2024 | |
| Parked in the large layby 200m S of bridge to forest road. Followed the track to Norman's grid ref. The mapped track is far from obvious at the start, but it was marked by a pink tape stretched across it. The track is becoming very overgrown in places, and would benefit from secateurs or small loppers to keep it clear. Quite wet underfoot. From the clearing by the first fence (broken) the 2nd fence with now broken gate is easily reached, and up to the Tump and Marilyn summits. Back the same way. | Minto | 16/01/2024 |
| Walked across the frozen bog from Carn Gaineamhach. Back the same way. With Jill & Minto. | Dangerous Dave | 16/01/2024 |
| Jill Robertson | 16/01/2024 | |
| danpquinn | 03/06/2023 | |
| Plenty parking at approx 407687. Left main track at 39548/69073 & up old ATV track to broken deer gate at 39680/68144. To Carn Gaineamhach on way. | duchally | 22/05/2023 |
| Gavin Theobald | 04/04/2023 | |
| With Rhona, Gordon, Struie and Hoy. Walked up from track S of Balckwater car park. stopped at Lochan nam Breac. Then ascended via Carn an Fhuarain. Descent SE to pick up forestry track back to start | DampandDusty | 26/01/2023 |
| Parked at large lay-by south of bridge NW side of hill. Up track, bearing right then took faint track up through trees to exit near gate. Over top to main summit beyond. Late afternoon. | N.Morters | 25/11/2022 |
| From the Tump to this summit with great views to the north. I went back over this Tump and found the gate in the deer fence and Normans track on the descent which is quite good. Under 3 hours. Solo. | bolton | 01/11/2022 |
| Parked at Silverbridge and cycled back along main road for 100 yds, then up forestry track to leave bike at 396696 where a well-established ATV track led up the Allt Leacach, becoming fainter at the 210m contour. Followed it most of the way to the summit, with one section of hard going through native trees recently-planted by digging large holes. Clear evening after v rainy day. | Rounsfell | 06/09/2022 |
| GaryJones | 15/04/2022 | |
| How to make a short walk difficult - do it in falling snow. Makes the knee deep heather, bogs and tussocks much more invigorating. The downside is that the return is blissfully easy using the trail that you broke on the way out. Norman's ATV track is easy enough to find, it's on the 1:25K map, and was looking very festive with little Christmas trees growing all over it. It has not been used for years and is pretty overgrown. Higher up, the surface is incredibly slippery on a winter's day, covered in disgusting slimy mud. The exit up to the gate onto the hill is horrid in winter, steep, broken, heathery. Maybe there's a track under there, who knows? I'm sure it's all dead easy in summer. 15/10 on a scale of 0 to Fannich. | Gill | 25/11/2021 |
| Dave McG | 15/03/2021 | |
| bobhem25 | 05/12/2020 | |
| eddieh | 06/11/2020 | |
| dave g | 03/11/2020 | |
| Parked in lay-by near the bridge then followed the forestry track to the coordinates given by NormanW to the atv track. Though clearly seldom used it brings you right out onto the open hillside. Great views especially Ben Wyvis opposite. | Peterb | 30/10/2020 |
| carole engel | 22/08/2020 | |
| thenomad | 29/01/2020 | |
| Parked by the bridge, 1km SE of Inchbae Lodge, then west to where Norman Wares marked a small track up through the wood. Easy climbed but does draw you away east of where you really want to go. Then a good walk across the top. I descended down the firebreak where the trees have been replanted, very quick although a bit rough but gets you back onto the track. Probably better to ascend this way too. | Simon Winton | 25/01/2020 |
| kathyh | 15/11/2019 | |
| tummelv | 23/02/2019 | |
| From footbridge on A835 - followed forest track W and then SW to it's end, directly up besidde forest on vague path then across moor to summit, descent via firebreak / young forest area back to track. Almost 2.5 hours return. Might have been shorter approach via firebreak. | willyross | 19/12/2018 |
| lindaross | 19/12/2018 | |
| weaselmaster | 29/09/2018 | |
| Sick Kid | 29/09/2018 | |
| BlackPanther | 28/07/2018 | |
| Despite two months of drought this was a wet walk accompanied by cloots and midges | Oh no I forgot... | 20/07/2018 |
| KeithByTheC | 20/07/2018 | |
| clashcityrocker | 21/06/2018 | |
| Solo trip. Ascent up track, easting 397, as others have described. Firebreak NNW of Carn Gaineamhach is not recommended: new tree seedlings planted on steep mounds with deep holes to match. | Invicta14 | 20/05/2018 |
| From footbridge near Inchbae. Go to 39648 69034 and follow atv track to gate in deer fence at 39680 68145. Simple - that was my descent, on ascent battled the forest ... | NormanW | 08/05/2018 |
| AndyS | 03/04/2018 | |
| Isbjorn | 31/01/2018 | |
| carn gaineamhach and carn na dubh choille from parking at bridge track for about 700 m then up left hand track for 200m then up right hand track faint path soon vanishes but easy enough up to open ground. | robertphillips | 08/10/2017 |
| LesH | 08/10/2017 | |
| 1/4. | PGCE | 02/07/2017 |
| govanah | 28/05/2017 | |
| Tom Mundell | 25/02/2017 | |
| sarah mundell | 25/02/2017 | |
| Iona | 25/02/2017 | |
| Trekking toes | 25/02/2017 | |
| 2 of 5: From Carn Gainheamhach. | ChrisR | 09/02/2017 |
| tick | chazzyboy19 | 20/01/2017 |
| Heather | garbo1103 | 05/12/2016 |
| iainwalton | 07/09/2016 | |
| Didn't find a very good way either up or down. Did a bit of crawling through the forest on the way down which is always good fun. | jenx | 17/07/2016 |
| From roadsides parking. Over bridge and track to the wide ride. Up that, back over the Tump and found a line down thriufh the trees to track described by others. | nordicstar | 17/07/2016 |
| self | davidsbatty | 28/06/2016 |