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| Name: | A' Chaoirnich [Maol Creag an Loch] |
| Hill number: | 416 |
| Height: | 875.7m / 2873ft |
| RHB Section: | 06A: Glen Tromie to Glen Tilt |
| County/UA: | Highland |
| Catchment: | Spey |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Corbett, High Hills of Britain, Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,C,HHB,Y) |
| Grid ref: | NN 73525 80702 |
| Summit feature: | cairn and ground to 5m W |
| Drop: | 213.8m |
| Col: | 661.9m NN 7655 8006  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 42 (1:25k) OL51W 394W |
| Observations: | cairn 580m S at NN 73481 80114 is at least 5m lower and should not be mistaken for the summit |
| 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 278 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Rannoch_Monkey | 31/03/2024 | |
| anguscow | 07/02/2024 | |
| SunnyAdventures2 | 03/11/2023 | |
| Cycled in. Blowy. Water high crossing river. Stalkers out at head of pass, but ignored me. | davechaffey | 29/09/2023 |
| GavinTheobald 3 | 06/09/2023 | |
| stevent0809 | 13/06/2023 | |
| rocket-ron | 03/06/2023 | |
| Tricky | 17/05/2023 | |
| Capt Malbec | 07/04/2023 | |
| TommyG | 22/01/2023 | |
| see log for An Dun | carole engel | 10/09/2022 |
| Stavanger Toestub | 06/08/2022 | |
| SunnyAdventures | 03/07/2022 | |
| From An Dun, crossed the stream by bridge. Wasn't sure where to ascend so went up, easy at first but very steep later on, a few sections on all fours! Found the tiny cairn without gps, but used it to confirm. Almost exactly 8 hours. | Jhimmy | 03/06/2022 |
| stuartgreig | 09/04/2022 | |
| Biked in to lodge, round the north side of the trees surrounding it, diagonal deer track to main ridge, path to the plateau. Warm and sunny. | iangalbraith | 26/03/2022 |
| saas | 18/03/2022 | |
| steven morrice | 07/09/2021 | |
| TamCollie | 29/08/2021 | |
| weaselmaster | 17/07/2021 | |
| From An Dun, accompanied by a bagger I got talking to and his wonderful collie. Descended from the north end of An Dun, not too bad at all. Was intending to go straight up the other side but the terrain and vegetation was obviously much better on the east side of Allt Bruthach nan Spardan (grassy, less heather, less steep) so went that way. Quite hard work on a warm cloudless day all the same. Fantastic clear views from the summit : Ben Nevis, Ben Alder range, hills north of Kingussie, Cairngorms as far as Cairn Toul, Atholl hills, Glen Lyon hills, Bridge of Orchy hills. Easy ridge down to point 571 east of Sronphadruig Lodge, then back to the mountain bike and a 25 minute ride back to the A9. | Owen B | 15/07/2021 |
| I opted for the WalkHighlands route rather than the direct approach in the SMC Corbett guide. It was longer and probably not noticeably less steep. It was a long slow pull up over Lub Bhan onto A'Chaoirnich. Crisp and tinder dry underfoot. Great views towards Gaick Lodge and Gaick Forest. I headed down over An Sligearnach to the col before Meall na Spianaig from where I cut back north on a deer track / trodden way that angled down towards Loch an Duin and my bike. An easy ride back to the car. | langskill | 01/07/2021 |
| MuckleG | 04/06/2021 | |
| solo | donmeister | 31/05/2021 |
| Pommyjon | 18/04/2021 | |
| BrianJ | 16/11/2020 | |
| Gallovidian | 03/08/2020 | |
| From A9 (parked in S-bound layby immediately S of track start) cycled along track to Sronphadruig Lodge, walked on 1km or so, forded river and up the S ridge of An Dun to S summit, continued to N summit, descended NE slopes, forded (easily) Allt na Craoibhe and Allt Loch an Duin, then ascended A' Chaoirnich up slopes immediately NE of Allt Bruthach nan Spardan, to summit, continuing S along ridges, descending back to Sronphadruig Lodge and cycled back to A9. | kdbennett | 21/07/2020 |
| Solo, from Dalnacardoch on MTB. Round of Loch an Duin. | John Lee | 09/11/2019 |
| weaselmaster | 09/08/2019 | |
| Sick Kid | 09/08/2019 | |
| Wayne Morris | 03/08/2019 | |
| Climbed with Richard on the way back from Aviemore after a great week at Elphin, Ullapool, Aviemore. Nice weather and great visibility with the exception of a couple of brief showers. | amcculloch | 21/06/2019 |
| m0untain_n0mad | 21/06/2019 | |
| hillhunter | 05/05/2019 | |
| Trailmaister | 19/04/2019 | |
| paz1953 | 25/03/2019 | |
| redcon | 08/09/2018 | |
| clanbonham | 21/07/2018 | |
| kanderson | 07/07/2018 | |
| dickscroop | 30/06/2018 | |
| bertbarnett123 | 15/05/2018 | |
| hils | 14/05/2018 | |
| andrew brown | 28/04/2018 | |
| scoob | 18/11/2017 | |
| Fi | 18/11/2017 | |
| Blair282 | 30/09/2017 | |
| Jaxter | 25/06/2017 | |
| BlackPanther | 19/06/2017 | |
| hill walker | 18/06/2017 |