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| Name: | Meall Dearg Far West Top |
| Hill number: | 3918 |
| Height: | 637.1m / 2090ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 9 Meall Dearg |
| RHB Section: | 01A: Loch Tay to Perth |
| County/UA: | Perth and Kinross |
| Catchment: | Tay |
| Class: | Simm, Graham Top (Tu,Sim,GT) |
| Grid ref: | NN 86852 42041 |
| Summit feature: | tiny cairn |
| Drop: | 34.7m |
| Col: | 602.4m NN 8737 4193  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 52 (1:25k) 379W |
| Survey: | Abney level/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 77 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| From start of windfarm track just south of Loch na Creige: Meall Dearg Far West Top, Creag na Loch, Meall Dearg and MD West Top, then due north through hole in fence following burn/firebreak back to Windfarm Track. With FY. | TRG318 | 05/07/2023 |
| 2 of 3: From Monadh nam Mial. With Karen. | ChrisR | 14/05/2023 |
| Followed the Wind Farm track in from A826; turned L at track going S after Gate. At summit of track, turned L across heather to this top. Afterwards to Meall Dearg via its near W top. | IanHHill | 21/08/2022 |
| Picking off an outlier from Turrerich. Track all the way. | hils | 08/04/2022 |
| Track towards Calliacher Wind Farm then track S to top. A very short section was under snow. | chrisbien | 07/03/2022 |
| Circuit of tops above Loch Fender from Amulree. | thekirkie pirate | 14/01/2022 |
| Round of Far West top, Creag an Loch and Meall Dearg from Griffen car park. Not being very imaginative with the route, just followed the one in the SMC book. Hot day but lovely cool breeze higher up. Superb day out. | Fife Walking | 30/05/2021 |
| From Monadh nam Mial, took advantage of the estate track which ascends to just west of the summit. On to Meall Odhar. | LizH | 23/04/2021 |
| Meall Odhar, Creag Choille, Creag nan Gabhar, Creag an Loch, & Meall Dearg far west from windfarm track end on A826. | daviemore | 14/11/2020 |
| From parking at entrance to windfarm tracks by S end of Loch na Creige on A826, S along tracks to side track at NN889434, used that to cross stream, then followed intermittent track at forest edge following stream to junction with a stream from the S in a small ravine, followed up that to forest edge, climbed deer fence, crossed a vehicle track then headed more or less directly up Meall Dearg to summit, descended SW to outflow from Loch Fender, then up Creag an Loch, descended N to a vehicle track (unmarked on maps) which continued to summit of Meall Dearg Far West Top, descended N to main tracks, then E into forest near outflow from Loch Hoil and back along main tracks to start | kdbennett | 25/10/2020 |
| ACW round of Glen Fender from Milton: Beinn Liath, Meall Dearg S, Main, W and Far W tops, Creag an Loch, Creag nan Gabhar and Craig Hulich, returning along the military road. The modest summit crag of Meall Dearg's S top conceals a band of white quartz (and a quartz tortoise is approaching the summit of Craig Hulich from the North West...) | Nick Down1 | 29/08/2020 |
| Round of 7 Simms from road near Turrerich. Creag nan Ghabhar, Creag an Loch, Creag Choille, Meall Dearg Far West, Monadh Nam Mial, Meall Odhar, Tir Eilde. Plenty of tracks available. | PGCE | 04/07/2020 |
| From Shian cemetery. After Creag Choille, Creag nan Gabhar & Creag an Loch, joined an unmapped track at a turning circle at 87354/41156 which leads to within a few metres of the summit. Continued to Meall Odhar. | duchally | 21/03/2020 |
| Not sure about going up, strong wind in valley and squally rain but turned out OK. A round of 5 tops from glen Quaich. Creag Choille; past new wind turbines to Meall Odhar; on to Meall Dearg Far W top; Meall Dearg; Creag an Loch and down to track. A nice round in the end. | dickscroop | 03/06/2019 |
| Ascended from Monadh Nam Mial, having walked in from the A826 on windfarm forest road. | JohnW | 13/04/2019 |
| Start from the forest car park at Grid 886451. Up the forest track follow it to Grid 868419 then head for the top, continue to Meall Dearg. | smocks and denims | 29/03/2019 |
| 3/5 Simms from Shian cemetary. | NormanW | 06/01/2019 |
| 3rd/5 sims c/w from Loch Freuchie | Topographer57 | 06/10/2018 |
| creag choille, meall odhar, monadh nam mial, meall dearg far west top, meall dearg west top, creag an loch, creag nan gabhar, from parking at shian cemetery, mostly on good tracks all day. | robertphillips | 19/02/2017 |
| Ben Dearg circuit | nordicstar | 15/04/2016 |
| After ascending Meall Odhar and Crag Choille. Descended NE and the up a track NE to Meall Dearg Far West Top. There are some tracks here not shown on OS 1:50,000 map. I followed one to summit cairn. Followed another track SE towards Creag an Loch - comes to an end half way to Creag an Loch. reached summit of Creah an Loch (where there is a small cairn) and continued to Meall Dearg. | pwbellarby | 14/06/2014 |
| Nine top circuit from Shian cemetery | jimbloomer | 25/03/2014 |
| 4-top circuit from NW end of Loch Freuchie | RHW | 17/02/2012 |
| Dry, high cloud and sun, calm, good views. | iangalbraith | 10/04/2011 |
| Ascent from Griffen Forest car park via Loch Hoil. Minus 10 at the start. The most beautiful ice crystals ever! | Phaedra | 23/12/2010 |
| RichardM | 14/04/2024 | |
| iainwalton | 07/11/2023 | |
| kathyh | 22/07/2023 | |
| tsmart | 22/07/2023 | |
| ridgewalker23 | 19/03/2023 | |
| patrick | 09/12/2022 | |
| Robin56 | 09/11/2022 | |
| Dave McG | 18/09/2022 | |
| KennyO | 11/08/2022 | |
| Gallovidian | 10/07/2022 | |
| alda | 16/03/2022 | |
| Simon Winton | 08/02/2022 | |
| Tony S | 15/01/2022 | |
| Lorna S | 15/01/2022 | |
| ThickIce | 15/11/2021 | |
| chrispine | 11/05/2021 | |
| PeterAH | 23/04/2021 | |
| benalder50 | 30/06/2020 | |
| Fi | 30/05/2020 | |
| scoob | 30/05/2020 | |
| 49pp | 27/09/2019 | |
| bertbarnett123 | 30/12/2018 | |
| nicolajane | 18/06/2018 | |
| interloper | 12/10/2017 | |
| Fletch | 12/10/2017 |