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| Name: | Meikle Conval |
| Hill number: | 1498 |
| Height: | 571m / 1873ft |
| RHB Section: | 21A: Tomintoul to Banff |
| County/UA: | Moray |
| Catchment: | Spey |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Dodd (500-599m), Highland Five, Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,5,HF,Y) |
| Grid ref: | NJ 29113 37114 |
| Summit feature: | no feature: ground 10m E of cairn |
| Drop: | 246m |
| Col: | 325m NJ282363  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 28 (1:25k) 424S |
| Observations: | ground to 30m N is covered with thick heather which may conceal ground as high |
| 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 265 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Solo from east - start of track 309387. Follow track and pylons up to bealch between Meikle and Lil Conval. The do a 't-bar' and follow the easily visible tracks to the summits. Views to Ben Rinnes and the Cairngorms. Return to bealach and descend. | DampandDusty | 17/03/2024 |
| 4/4 Wtih Little C. Biked from forestry road end N of Ben Rinnes car park up to bealach between the two, did both hills out-and-back, freewheeled back to van. Very windy, sunny at first but one light shower on descent from Meikle C. Time is for whole trip, including 26mins cycling. | Rounsfell | 10/10/2023 |
| Ben Rhinnes new cp, up steep path and on to Little Conval. | Flatfield | 21/09/2023 |
| From Glack Harnes new CP. Up the very steep narrow path which gets easy with height. Descended the last bit on easier gradient heather for an enjoyable late afternoon bag. | garyhoney | 23/08/2023 |
| Twice during Ben Rinnes 5 Tops Hill Race at the Dufftown Games. | w1ght | 31/07/2023 |
| Up from the east to the bealach then south fur Meikle Conval then down and up north for Little Conval with trig S7218 | vegibagger | 01/07/2023 |
| With Hannah. Parked in small carpark at Glack Harnes, up and down Ben Rinnes, then crossed the road and took the track through the Heather up to Meikle Conval. | benji_willy | 20/02/2023 |
| Straight up from Glack Harnes. The car park is currently closed but plenty of space off road. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 21/01/2023 |
| 2/3. Parked at the tourist car park for Ben Rinnes, then up and down, crossed the road and up the heather path to Meikle Conval and Little Conval then used the forest tracks to get back to the road (last little bit down through the heather). Lovely September walk in sunshine. | nickywood1 | 10/09/2022 |
| from Ben Rinnes car park up obvious narrow path | PaulineD | 07/07/2022 |
| After Ben Rinnes steeply up narrow path that gets easier as get higher. | PeterD | 09/06/2022 |
| From Ben Rinnes carpark in Glack Harnes (NJ284359) straight up narrow track to summit of Meikle Conval, continuing N on wider track to col with Little Conval, ascended and descended by tracks, returned from col along forest tracks back to the road N pf Braeside, and along road boack to carpark (2h45m) | kdbennett | 09/01/2022 |
| Walked from Dufftown and by route to col before ascendeding Little Conval and then Meikle Conval. Descended by E to pick up track back to the Glen Rinnes road. Windy and latterly very wet. | benalder284 | 11/10/2021 |
| Up track from Glen Rinnes in low cloud which started to disperse at the top. Down to Ben Rinnes car park. | the pigguy | 06/10/2021 |
| Ben Rinnes along with the 2 summits here | Pilotralph | 15/09/2021 |
| With Ben Rinnes & Little Conval | jef | 05/07/2021 |
| From the start of the forestry track just north of Braeside. Followed tracks to Glach-en-ronack, then up and down the tracks of Meikle Conval and Little Conval. Nice to bag a couple of Marilyns in a single walk. | summitter | 29/05/2021 |
| On forest tracks from gate at 276374 to Glach-en-ronack, then to Little Conival followed by Meikle Conival. | Winterfloodian | 16/08/2020 |
| With Ben Rinnes & Little Conval | PDuncan82 | 05/08/2020 |
| Up Glach -en -ronack to col and then Meikle Conval first. Return over Little Conval and descent throw fields and golf course. Started day with takeaway cappuccino from cafe in Dufftown. The first coffee bought since before lock down, so very long ago. It tasted wonderful! | sarahk | 20/06/2020 |
| Solo trip, with Little Conval. Started from forest road end at NJ276374, this gives a circuit: LC first, then up & over MC, down to road at the Ben Rinnes car park (last bit brutally steep)and back along road. Slightly over 3 hours. Quite wintry on N side of MC. | Invicta14 | 19/02/2020 |
| With Little Conval | callumblack | 01/08/2019 |
| From Ben Rinnes car park, straight up path opposite to summit then on to Little Conval | JulieB | 12/05/2019 |
| Direct route from Ben Rinnes car park | KeithByTheC | 12/05/2019 |
| Parked on the verge near Glenrinnes lodge, up field path, then track to Glach-en-ronack and up path joining ATV to top. Pleased to get views that included the Cairngorms with the bulk of Ben Rinnes so near. Sunny and quite warm. With brother Pete. | pwheeler | 21/03/2019 |
| From Braeside (NJ276374) at forest gate. SE along forest track to 2nd on L, then up to bealch at Glach-en-ronack and up ATV/path to top | Isbjorn | 30/12/2018 |
| After Little Conval, from the golf club, with Colin Crawford. Marilyn No 1400. | Chris Peart | 08/11/2018 |
| Third visit, with Chris Peart | Colin Crawford | 08/11/2018 |
| With Josh | simon and co | 06/11/2018 |
| From track NJ 277 374. Forestry work currently ongoing and the middle track of three littered with tree trunks and branches - passable with care. On return dropped down to lower (more northerly) track which was free of debris | carole engel | 25/10/2018 |
| tick | chazzyboy19 | 24/10/2018 |
| 10 mile walk from Glack Harnes, walked along road then climbed up hillside to dead end lane, followed this into woods and followed another forest track to Glack-en-Ronack, steeply climbed up onto Little Conval and visited trig further on, we descended the same way then climbed up slightly less taxing Meikle Conval, then descended very steeply to car, then climbed big trail onto Ben Rinnes just as the cloud left its summit so we got the view, descended the same way just as Ben Rinnes went into cloud. Very dry underfoot at the minute even on the Convals. | DanTrig | 11/06/2018 |
| Sunny stroll from the regular car park to the good as new white trig and summit rock. Then continuation onto Meikle Conval where I met Liz and Ian Galbraith. | Dugswell2 | 08/06/2018 |
| From forest entrance, good parking, 276374. Met Douglas. Hot and sunny, good views. On to Little Conval. | iangalbraith | 08/06/2018 |
| From the Golf Club car park, nice people there gave permission to park very readily. Up the track, Meikle and then Little. A nice easy walk on good paths with fine views. A bit of hunting and wandering to ensure the highest points were visited on both hills. | Gill | 31/05/2018 |
| Circuit of Ben Rinnes, Meikle Conval and Little Conval then walked back to Difftown. Steep at first but straightforward and enjoyable | trimarc2 | 12/05/2018 |
| From Ben Rinnes parking area | BLACKHILL | 04/05/2018 |
| From the Golf Club. | Lionel Bidwell | 18/04/2018 |
| Parked at the Dufftown golf club and then walked back to pick up the track to the col between Meikle Conval and Little Conval. We went up Meikle Conval first and then back down and up to Little Conval. Both gave us good views of Ben Rinnnes and the surrounding area. With Chris and Ben | Peterb | 16/05/2017 |
| As per Peterb's account | bowlesy | 16/05/2017 |
| From Dufftown, climbed Little Conval first, then Meikle Conval. Descent back to B9009 directly. | mcbboyd | 19/02/2017 |
| Weather fair. | MountainMac | 15/11/2016 |
| 1 of 2: From Ben Rinnes CP. With Karen. | ChrisR | 21/06/2016 |
| Parked at NJ276374. Ascended via good forest tracks and path to Little Conval and then Meikle Conval. Descended SW through thick heather to forest track back to starting point. | raffemeister | 20/04/2016 |
| Stiff ascent from the Ben Rinnes car parking area, fine views | N.Morters | 31/03/2016 |
| From Dufftown Golf Club CP. Course closed due to snow and ice so empty. Cut round bottom of course, across stile and direct to gate on track leading to col. Up Meikle Conval first using snow filled path, then down and up Little Conval, an easier top even if the trig lies out on a limb. Back same way having done the two in just over two hours. | nordicstar | 17/01/2016 |
| From Dufftown Golf Club CP. Up to col and bag of each, simple. Beautiful winters day wth sun, snow, ice and extremely cold wind. | jenx | 17/01/2016 |
| Solo | HFB | 31/12/2015 |
| Cycled up to the col between the two Convals using tracks from the south west then easily climbed both summits. My 800th Marilyn. | Topographer57 | 28/09/2015 |
| round of meikle conval and little conval from golf course carpark. | robertphillips | 18/05/2015 |