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| Name: | Meikle Bin |
| Hill number: | 1657 |
| Height: | 570m / 1870ft |
| RHB Section: | 26A: Central Scotland from Dumbarton to Montrose |
| County/UA: | Stirling |
| Catchment: | Forth |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Dodd (500-599m), Donald Dewey, Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,5,DDew,Y) |
| Grid ref: | NS 66722 82172 |
| Summit feature: | no feature: ground 3m SSW of trig point |
| Drop: | 236m |
| Col: | 334m NS630818  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 57 64 (1:25k) 348 |
| Survey: | obvious summit |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 336 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| From Carron Valley reservoir main car park. Well sign posted route in persistent rain with some shelter from the lone trees near summit for coffee (no views) - if only Little Bin was as easy! Rain stopped around 1400 which meant I was at least dry on my return to the car. | Buck | 21/02/2024 |
| Meikle Bin, Carron Valley. Walkhighlands route | hummusg | 12/02/2024 |
| Up from Todholes parking. Strong winds and blustery showers with rainbows. | Moorponder | 13/10/2023 |
| From Todholes Car Park. Had to shelter from unexpected rain for a while before making final ascent | m11chael | 14/09/2023 |
| From the Todholes CP by the dam (NS 6726 8589). Little Bin first. Logging road most of the way, then a good signed track for the last ~500m. 2 hrs up (inc LB), 1 hr down; 11.7km. | jonglew | 31/08/2023 |
| There and back from Todholes. Grey and damp day which kept threatening to clear but never did. Enjoyable though. | KevPalmer | 06/05/2023 |
| With the GWHC on glorious day. From Todholes to summit. Down to the south, through the trees to a track and back to the start. | chrisbien | 15/04/2023 |
| with anne, snowy (post-birthday walk) | sciuro | 26/03/2023 |
| Extensive long range views today, and very enjoyable to be back up in the Campsies again. | Alex C | 25/10/2022 |
| From Tak-ma-Doon road along grassy path to Tomtain, then on to Garrel Hill and Black Hill on very wet ground before heading across Meikle Bin (second visit) and down to Todholes. | Fife Walking | 10/09/2022 |
| Fantastic stroll up Meikle Bin | Diannekelly | 28/08/2022 |
| With Yeltzbagger. Further than I expected but well worth the short climb at the end. | Stevie n Tay | 26/07/2022 |
| Lecket Hill, Cort-ma Law East Top and Meikle Bin from B822. | rhalstead | 17/06/2022 |
| Forest tracks from Todholes car park. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 17/05/2022 |
| Meikle Bin then Lecket Hill from Crow Road. Parked in layby just north from Nineteentimes Burn | hummusg | 01/02/2022 |
| 7th time. | russell61 | 14/01/2022 |
| Solo. From Todholes car park along forest tracks with a final pull up the path up the NW ridge. Back same way. A beautiful sunny morning with quite a lot of others making the easy and pleasant ascent. Wide ranging views from the summit. | pwbellarby | 22/11/2021 |
| From P at Todholes. | summitsup | 03/09/2021 |
| From Todholes car park - beware, it gets busy at weekends. A very easy walk, just follow the signposts and the white way markers along the forest roads and then the good, grassy path up the hill past a picnic bench. A surprisingly good hill, with a proper ridge and a pointy summit. | Gill | 15/05/2021 |
| From Todholes car park along forest tracks and beaten track to summit, return same way | kdbennett | 30/04/2021 |
| Walkhighlands Carron Valley route from the North | hummusg | 21/04/2021 |
| from car park north near dam. | jef | 14/04/2021 |
| With Todholes CP with Anita | Al_N | 16/03/2021 |
| with Skye and Tatiana | Grimpeur1234 | 21/02/2021 |
| Meikle Bin and Little Bin from reservoir. | thekirkie pirate | 02/12/2020 |
| With Dunblane Rambling Club, from Carron Valley CP. | TRG318 | 18/10/2020 |
| From NS643829 via Holehead and Lecket Hill through thick but interesting forest with standing stones eventually emerging near Waterhead Farm. | lordtonult | 15/10/2020 |
| From Todholes via forest tracks on mountain bike, then up final path on foot. | Winterfloodian | 26/09/2020 |
| Lovely day, lovely views, popular hill (especially for a Thursday afternoon) | nix_snilloc | 18/09/2020 |
| The Wet One! It started raining half way up but we decided to power on through. This hill is clearly popular as, even in the rain, there was a constant stream of people both up and down. Lesson learned today: We ALL need better waterproof clothing! | ClanLawrence | 23/08/2020 |
| Cycled from Todholes (11:10) for about 2km till the track turned uphill, then walked through the woods to the high point and up the very pleasant ridge to the summit. Overcast, but good views. Lots of people. Back same route with detour to see the plane fragment near the top. Finished 13:10. | dbb | 24/07/2020 |
| A week after my last visit, very warm indeed | Colin Crawford | 25/06/2020 |
| Sixth visit on a very warm day, after Gartcarron pair | Colin Crawford | 16/06/2020 |
| Earl's Seat, Stronend and Meikle Bin from Lennoxtown | ajwxyzt | 26/04/2020 |
| Parked at Todholes. Up the track, up the path, down the path, down the track. Overcast day so no great views. Breezy and chilly at the top. | Jubilado | 23/03/2020 |
| Storm Dennis, day 2. Ran from Todholes. Stayed dry but v windy. Didn’t do anything else after. | Rounsfell | 16/02/2020 |
| With Iain. From Queenzieburn through sleet and slippery fire break. With visit to Cort-ma-law East Top. 4 hours. | iangpark | 14/01/2020 |
| Parked at Todholes. Pretty miserable for most of the way in steady drizzle with CM. Misty at the summit but cleared as we descended. Just over 2.5 hours return. | bolton | 04/12/2019 |
| From Todholes CP. easy going. With PM. | CJM | 04/12/2019 |
| Bike from N end of Carron Reservoir up to where the Meikle Bin path leaves the forest track, then out-and-back on foot. Write-up at: http://gayleybird.blogspot.com/2019/10/carleatheran-and-meikle-bin.html | Gayle | 20/10/2019 |
| Great walk amazing views | kathrynbryce | 15/06/2019 |
| From Todholes, NS 672858, via well signposted forest roads to NS 662828, then up easy grass slope. | Isbjorn | 22/03/2019 |
| From Todholes Car Park by tracks and decent path on an overcast day. A pleasant little walk after two weeks off for the rugby. | SS | 16/02/2019 |
| Started at the Todholes car park. Lots of forest gave way to the summit ridge where there was a biting January wind. Nice hill, although weather could have been nicer. A bike would have worked well. | Pete R | 12/01/2019 |
| Short exhilirating walk. Forestry track then steep hill path. Clear and sunny with little wind. | Langbank | 19/12/2018 |
| 1of3: From B818 Todholes. | ChrisR | 17/10/2018 |
| As marktrengrove. From Todholes Car Park at NS 67250 85882, along firm stone tracks through forest & then wide grass track up NW ridge to summit by trig point. Apart from one that has been damaged, a fingerpost at all main junctions. (S) | gerrybowes | 30/08/2018 |
| Good tracks and signs from Todholes. Very windy once out of trees due to the vestige of Storm Ali. | summitter | 20/08/2018 |
| From B822 by Waterhead. Followed forest road and took forest rides at NS 64830 82444 and NS 65929 81717. Down standard way to B818 at Todholes. | Alan Moore | 18/04/2018 |
| From Todholes. | PGCE | 24/02/2018 |