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| Name: | Creag Leacach SW Top |
| Hill number: | 484 |
| Height: | 943.7m / 3096ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 461 Glas Maol |
| Parent (SMC): | 472 Creag Leacach |
| RHB Section: | 07A: Braemar to Montrose |
| County/UA: | Angus, Perth and Kinross |
| Catchment: | Tay |
| Class: | Munro Top, High Hills of Britain, Subsimm (MT,HHB,sSim) |
| Grid ref: | NO 14942 74163 |
| Summit feature: | cairn |
| Drop: | 24m |
| Col: | 919.7m NO 1506 7416  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 43 (1:25k) OL52N 387N |
| Observations: | cairn is 5cm higher than outcrop 20m W at NO 14921 74164; ground 15m SW over wall at NO 14944 74151 is 0.5m lower |
| 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 494 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Microspikes and ice axe essential, glorious conditions w frozen snow galore. | NorfolkPT21 | 12/01/2024 |
| A round of tops: Meall Odhar, Druim Mor, Little Glas Maol and Creag Leacach SW Top via Glas Maol and Creag Leacach. Started at the Devil's Elbow parking area and walked up the side of the road to the top of the pass, then headed up the partially snow-covered path to Meall Odhar, across to Glas Maol, then countoured around the 1000m line to the bealach between Glas Maol and Carn of Claise. Before reaching Carn of Claise, headed SE up to Druim Mor. Returned back to Glas Maol the same way, and once again contoured around - this time to Little Glas Maol. Headed back to Glas Maol and this time reached the summit, before heading over the ridge to Creag Leacach, then around to the SW top, and then dropped down to just before Meall Gorm, then then down to All Coire a' Bhathaich, and followed that back out to the Devil's Elbow. Blue skies and freezing winds for the most part, though the soft snow with a thin crusty top layer made it a little tougher going than expected. Total Time 6h 43mi | mproudfoot | 06/01/2024 |
| Monega Hill and Glas Maol round from Glen Isla, Walkhighlands route | hummusg | 13/05/2023 |
| Parked at the ski centre (£3 in the cafe or online with a printer!). Green run up to pick up the track to Meall Odhar and Glas Maol before grassy descent to Little Glas Maol and contour round to Bathach Beag and ridge to Creag Leacach and SW Top. Descent via col to NW and dropping down to car park on the road. 40min walk back up to ski centre. Cold, windy day but clear. With Gillian | richard69 | 20/04/2023 |
| From Connecting Contours CP, up Leacann Dubh to Meall Odhar (revisited), along the traverse path to the cairn at Bathaich Beag, contouring onwards to Little Glas Maol and Monega Hill, returning across the southern flanks of Glas Maol, then along the Leacach ridge to Cul Riabhach, Creag Leacach (revisited), CL SW Top and Meall Gorm, descending heathery slopes back to Connecting Contours. An unconventional but varied route, visiting two Munro Tops and another that I had crossed but can't remember whether I visited the summit. Monega Hill has fine views over Caenlochan Glen to the imposing crags of Druim Mor. | Nick Down1 | 03/07/2022 |
| OMC Meet at Muir Cottage, Inverey. Parked at connecting contours layby south of ski centre, went up with Rob Trusswell. I struggled with the ascent up to the bleacah south oc Meall Gorm. No views from the Munro Top, stiff breeze. | chillyman8 | 30/01/2022 |
| https://www.strava.com/activities/6201780996 | Graham22b | 02/11/2021 |
| With Janice. Easy. | Play2End | 15/10/2021 |
| Meall Odhar, Glas Moal,Druim Mor, Little Glas Moal, Creag Leacach, SW Top, Meall Gorm From Ski Centre. Back up road at end of day.With B, B, and R. | jenx | 12/09/2021 |
| Circular walk along Leacach ridge and over to Glas Maol with Dave, Jim, John and Belle the dog - fine with some sunshine, but windy at times. | barnz48 | 11/09/2021 |
| From Ski centre for a round of Meall Odhar, Creag Leacach SW Top, Little Glas Maol and Druim Mor. | rhalstead | 05/09/2021 |
| With Sue and Simon on a fine day. | Phreerunner | 28/06/2021 |
| On descent from Creag Leacach to Devil's Elbow | mcbboyd | 06/06/2021 |
| First Munro height hill in nearly 6 months! On Glas Maol 4 w/ tops. | iangpark | 14/05/2021 |
| Meall Odhar - Glas Maol - Creag Leacach - Creag Leacach SW Top, incredibly changeable weather, heavy snow at this point | PDuncan82 | 01/05/2021 |
| Full snow cover,ice axe and crampons over Glas Maol shoulder | bertbarnett123 | 12/01/2021 |
| Ascent from Contours car park. Blustery day but sunny and clear. | Trotticus | 08/09/2020 |
| Monega-Monamenach Circuit | Waterlog | 03/08/2020 |
| On loop with Glas Maol and Creag Leacach | paddyirish | 11/08/2018 |
| Creag Leacach SW Top, Creag Leacach, Meall Gorm | keithouk | 13/02/2018 |
| On round of 6 Munros, east of Glen Shee ski area. Parked at layby south of pass, so had to walk back from the other end. 27k in total, 7 hours. | huwthomas | 31/07/2017 |
| Solo | neil hutton | 23/06/2017 |
| From car park on A93 at NO139756, up Creag Leacach SW ridge to SW summit, then along ridge to main summit. Continued towards Glas Maol, contouring round to Little Glas Maol, then over Glas Maol itself, then following tracks north, contouring round to Druim Mor, then straight up Carn of Claise, and continuing on to Carn an Tuirc, descended N/NW to join path back to A93 | kdbennett | 18/06/2017 |
| meall gorm, carn ait, creag leacach sw top, creag leacach, little glas maol, glas maol, druim mor, meall odher ACW from devils elbow cp. | robertphillips | 16/09/2016 |
| With Tim et al | j_com | 02/04/2016 |
| Glas Maol and Creag Leacach from just south of Devil's Elbow, using route from SMC Munro book, adding five other tops en route or nearby. Very strong SW wind, no rain but in cloud much of the walk. | Crib Goch | 23/10/2015 |
| Glas Maol,Creag Leacach then 943m Top | duchally | 27/05/2015 |
| Weather fair. | MountainMac | 02/05/2015 |
| R | Richard Tait | 23/04/2015 |
| Solo | HFB | 05/04/2015 |
| with Philip in mist | rambler_gary | 25/01/2015 |
| solo. Clear snow 360 view | Topsaswell | 03/01/2015 |
| Ascent from the crest of the A93 of Glas Maol and Craeg Leacach. Beautiful sunny day. Snow on summit of Glas Maol, ice axe required. | VirtualMountain | 19/04/2014 |
| Meall Odhar, Glas Maol and Creag Leacach. With Andy, lots of snow. | killiedaft | 22/03/2014 |
| With Bill and Andy en route to Creag Leacach | mick | 29/07/2013 |
| With Mick and Andy en route to Munro | BillyP | 29/07/2013 |
| 1 of 10: From A93 Devils Elbow CP. | ChrisR | 29/10/2012 |
| Done with Creag Leacach and Glas Maol | SteveF | 28/05/2012 |
| Adding old logs | Angelaf | 28/05/2012 |
| Final summit on our three-day trip. Nice summit. With Dad. Now for the five-hour drive home! | AGWilliamson | 04/07/2011 |
| With Ian Soulsby. | Dangerous Dave | 11/02/2011 |
| Not 100% sure that I'd gone there on 13/07/1981 so double checked | SpudGunn | 06/11/2010 |
| Kirsty | Mountain Goat | 22/07/2010 |
| with PG | JohnIvor | 21/06/2009 |
| With Rod, Grant, John and Stephen as a final trip on the Inverey holiday. Six Munros was somewhere I didn't think I'd be again. | SS | 12/06/2009 |
| Hitched lift up road from car park to south of pass then over Meall Odhar and Glas Maol. Returned via Little Glas Maol and Creag Leacach. Nice sunny day but very blustery conditions. | andy | 24/05/2009 |
| continuation of the ridge from the munro top | torkm | 10/05/2009 |
| self | davidsbatty | 29/03/2009 |
| End of first climb of day cairned top nothing special good views | Rhayader_wander | 21/06/2008 |
| Solo afternoon walk in generally misty & cold conditions | barnz48 | 15/12/2007 |