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| Name: | Craig of Gowal |
| Hill number: | 487 |
| Height: | 927m / 3041ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 457 Lochnagar - Cac Carn Beag |
| Parent (SMC): | 468 Cairn Bannoch |
| RHB Section: | 07A: Braemar to Montrose |
| County/UA: | Angus |
| Catchment: | South Esk |
| Class: | Munro Top, High Hills of Britain, Subsimm (MT,HHB,sSim) |
| Grid ref: | NO 23194 80891 |
| Summit feature: | rock |
| Drop: | 23m |
| Col: | 904m NO231812  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 44 (1:25k) OL53N 388N |
| Survey: | Abney level |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 264 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| From Callater up pony track and back down Jock's Road. Good dusting of snow. | daviemore | 10/11/2023 |
| G R From Spittal of Glenmuick | Idris | 26/06/2023 |
| With Richard before Broad Cairn | Denise | 18/04/2023 |
| Rock in moss/grass, no cairn. Constant SE slight wind, cloudless skies, sunshine. We also visit the cairn at far SSE end of summit plateau which is only just lower. | RichardM | 18/04/2023 |
| Round of 9 Tops from Braedownie Hut with ATMC. | andy | 18/03/2023 |
| From Spittal of Glenmuick for a round of Crow Craigies, Fafernie, Cairn of Gowal, Creag an Dubh-loch and Craig of Gowal. | rhalstead | 21/06/2022 |
| From Acharn CP. Very pretty spot. Beautiful walk up S Esk river valley, onto Broad Cairn, then Creag an Dubh Loch, Cairn of Gowal, Cairn Bannoch, Fafernie, Creag Lachdach, Crow Craigies, back via Glen Doll. With B, B, and R. | jenx | 07/09/2021 |
| From Loch Callater - 5 Munros and 11 Munro Tops but only 1 Marilyn! Cloud base around 800m all day. 9 Hours. | Geoff Briggs | 19/06/2021 |
| On White Mounth wildcamp taking in all 5 Munros and 11 MTs. A horrendous slog with tons of possible true summits. | iangpark | 02/06/2021 |
| With Will, from camp at Glas Allt Shiel. | Grinner | 17/10/2020 |
| Solo | Topsaswell | 02/10/2020 |
| From Acharn, along Glen Doll to Bachnagairn, then track N to join path from Muick, continued up Broad Cairn, then round to Craig of Gowal, descended S, crossing the river, continuing to join the path leading back to Bachnagairn and return to Acharn. With JAS. | kdbennett | 14/04/2019 |
| Left summit at 7pm to go and hunt for path among the heather and the Glittering Skellies, which were not glittering in the dark. Path was quite good. Back at car at Clova at 10pm after 31km and only one brief shower, the driest hill day for several weeks. | alda | 06/10/2018 |
| From Invercauld bridge | Peterb | 07/08/2018 |
| Solo. Out and back from Cairn of Gowal. | Dangerous Dave | 17/09/2017 |
| Munro Top bagging from Glen Clova: Acharn - Glen Doll - Crow Craigies - Fafernie - Cairn Bannoch - Cairn of Gowal - Craig of Gowal - Creag an Dubh-loch - Broad Cairn - Bachnagairn - Acharn | davidpettit84 | 16/04/2017 |
| With Mark. | Jonathan Willingham | 04/04/2017 |
| yorkielad | 04/04/2017 | |
| C/W round of broad cairn, creag an dubh loch, cairn of cowal, craig of gowal, crow craigies, fafernie, cairn bannoch, carn an t sagairt mor, carn an t sagairt beag, carn a choire bhoidheach, top of eagles rock, creag a ghlas uillt,from cp at glen muick. | robertphillips | 17/09/2016 |
| Weather fair. | MountainMac | 11/05/2016 |
| With Christine | Keith99 | 20/07/2015 |
| On the TGO Challenge with Sue - Hill 25, in between snowstorms there were good views. | Phreerunner | 18/05/2015 |
| With friend. From Spittal of Glenmuick on bikes to Glas-allt-Shiel. Objective: all Munro tops of Broad Cairn and Cairn Bannoch. No stalking today. Up the stalkers’ path to Corrie Chash. We had lunch at bothy. We continued up the track which becomes more of a path towards Broad Cairn and reached the summit of Broad Cairn. We aimed for the col between Cairn of Gowal and Craig of Gowal. There was something of a ramp leading up to the col. We reached the summit of Craig of Gowal. The highest point (927m) is at the NW end of the summit ridge, which is broad with a slight rise on it. We saw that there was a cairn at the other end of the ridge so we walked to it in case it was higher, but that did not seem to be the case. I also went to another point near the cairn as this might have been higher. We wanted to be sure that we did indeed reach the summits of the various tops. Continued to Crow Craigies, Fafernie, Cairn Bannoch, Cairn of Gowal, Creag an Dubh-loch. | pwbellarby | 06/09/2013 |
| Adding old logs | Angelaf | 06/08/2013 |
| self (Cairn Bannoch) | davidsbatty | 05/04/2009 |
| Day's solo cycle & walk - total sunshine plus much snow & ice | barnz48 | 17/02/2008 |
| On attempt of all Munros and tops in 2007 | ancient brit | 08/09/2007 |
| R | Richard Tait | 04/06/2006 |
| 10 of 12: From Cairn of Gowal Old GR. | ChrisR | 01/06/2006 |
| Walked out to the end of the ridge beyond Cairn of Gowal. | yorkie | 28/06/2005 |
| alone | SheilaS | 11/06/2005 |
| t17 | redcon | 31/10/2004 |
| With Frser, completing Lochnagar cuircut and all tops. 40.4km 2130m with overnight camp walking 16.0hr | JamesSDonald | 04/04/2004 |
| See Carn an Tuirc | dbb | 20/10/2003 |
| Solo walk. From Auchallater. I walked to Lochcallater Lodge and then on footpath that goes across SW slopes of Carn an t-Sagairt Mòr, then to the summit of Cairn Bannoch. I continued over the Munro Top called Cairn of Gowal (991m) and Cairn of Gowal (983m) to Craig of Gowal. I returned to Cairn of Gowal and Cairn Bannoch and went round to the summit of Fafernie. Returned to join the outward route back to Auchallater. The first two hours were dry. Then there was torrential rain and much mist and a little snow. There was much flooding on the road making driving hazardous. | pwbellarby | 14/10/2001 |
| Solo walking out for supplies | dickscroop | 07/05/2001 |
| Date unknown | paulsross | 01/01/2000 |
| actual date not known | clashcityrocker | 01/01/2000 |
| solo | Rockhopper | 29/08/1999 |
| Galltywenallt | 14/02/1999 | |
| Dry good views, warm, both tops in case. | iangalbraith | 29/08/1996 |
| On the TGO Challenge | BLACKHILL | 20/05/1996 |
| Munro Top, last of the day. | Aye Jimmy | 24/06/1995 |
| With Fraser | RobF | 12/02/1995 |
| Glen Doll round from Driesh to Broad Cairn. | Eddie | 31/03/1993 |
| on a round of Lochnagar, White Mounth, Cairn Bannoch and Broad Cairn from Glen Muick | PeterD | 20/06/1992 |
| Big 15 tops tour with Phil through 1 inch of snow i Dec | Chris Pearson | 03/12/1989 |
| Solo round of the White Mounth Munros & tops from Spittal Of Glenmuick on a partly cloudy day. Meikle Pap, Cuidhe Crom, Cac Carn Mor & Beag & then easy walking over Creag a'Ghlas-uillt, Eagles Rock, Carn a'Choire Bhoidheach, Carn an t-Sagairt Beag & Mor. Turned for inward stretch bagging the remaining Munros & most of the tops. Dropped down to the loch using the track. As dusk approached, the lochside heaved with deer, none of which took any notice of a tired walker! | NotReallyABagger | 17/09/1989 |
| With D | 1921 | 31/07/1988 |
| See Cairn Bannoch | gerrybowes | 02/06/1988 |