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Name: | Meall Cala |
Hill number: | 53 |
Height: | 674m / 2211ft |
Parent (Ma): | 47 Beinn Stacach [Ceann na Baintighearna] [Stob Fear-tomhais] [Beinn Stacath] |
RHB Section: | 01C: Loch Lomond to Strathyre |
County/UA: | Stirling |
Catchment: | Forth |
Class: | Hump, Simm, Submarilyn, Graham Top, Yeaman (Hu,Tu,Sim,sMa,GT,Y) |
Grid ref: | NN 50831 12767 |
Summit feature: | tiny cairn |
Drop: | 149m |
Col: | 525m NN 5009 1372 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 57 (1:25k) OL46S 365S |
Survey: | Leica NA730/Leica 530 Survey of Meal Cala (Final).doc |
Comments: | Summit 674.0, drop 149.0 +0.2/-0.5m |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 56 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
From Brig O'Turk (Woodland Trust car park). Followed good track to Carn Mor (just short diversion to summit, where camped overnight. Continued along track, then diverted to to Creagan nan Sgiath, return to track, crossed and traversed to Meall Cala and down SE ridge to track and return to car park. Misty on day 1, bight on day 2, cold. | RobertP | 27/11/2023 |
From Woodland Trust c/p 531073, cycled to high point at cairn 600m, 497141. First to Creagan nan Sgiath then back to the bike and across to Meall Cala via a boggy Moine nan Each. Completed the circuit by cycling back down to the East of the hill to the original start point. Very muddy in places, especially on the ascent. Total 30.5k. | NormanW | 24/02/2023 |
From Creagan nan Sgiath, round and down across the wide col, over lots of strangely disturbed looking peat and heather, and intermittent mossy wet ground, then up over reasonable ground to the summit. Good view out to Ben Ledi. Descended the S ridge, and lower down dropped left to go around the rocky section, but ended up in very long grass and unpleasant rough ground. Eventually to a gate at NN5227 1045, just before the bridge, and back along the track to the car park S of the Dam. | LizH | 05/08/2022 |
From woodland car park NN3311072 N of Brig o'Turk, continued on bike along road, then track, past Glen Finglas Reservoir to ca NN521104, then directly up slopes of Creag na Croiteag, steeply at first, then along undulating ridge to Meall Cala summit, returning same way | kdbennett | 14/08/2021 |
Parked at the Woodland Trust car park and ascended from the south east. | curlebd | 30/12/2019 |
Meall cala and creagan nan sgiath from cp above brig o turk cycled as far as NN 492118 | robertphillips | 28/03/2017 |
Parked at the Woodland Trust car park and ascended from the south east. Descended to north-west over rough boggy ground to pick up track in the upper glen. Limited visibility all day. | benalder284 | 18/12/2016 |
From Brig o'Turk (the higher car park at NN530073 would have been better). Followed the good road to NN486125 then NW to the ridge just S of Cnoc Odhar. Along to the summit, ESE to Meall Cala then SE to the gate by Cladh nan Casan and return. 14.7 miles, 3500' of ascent, 7 hrs 45 mins. A faster route would have been to bike to the col for out and backs. | Jim.Fothergill | 20/09/2016 |
Not a bad day for weather after an unpromising start with overnight snow in Callander. Tops in cloud though. From Brig o'Turk and then SE ridge in soft snow and cloud. Numerous false tops, at least one of which might have convinced me I was at true top but as I was continuing on to Creagan nan Sgiath from the summit I persevered and got there in the end. | dickscroop | 18/02/2016 |
Parked at the Woodland Trust car park and ascended from the south east. | JohnW | 04/06/2014 |
Fell run | Loz_mck | 16/06/2013 |
From Brig o'Turk, sunny spells, light breeze, warm, good views. | iangalbraith | 24/06/2012 |
dullish summit; fine view. from Ballimore (Glen Buckie) | RHW | 24/05/2003 |
Horseshoe: Ben An, Meall Gainmhaich (W top), Meall Cala. Finshed in dark but could see surface of Finglass res even through mist. | Eddie | 11/01/1998 |
From the Finglas dam. Snow, very poor visibility on top. With Fiona, Chalmers 52. | agentmancuso | 20/02/1995 |
AndyS | 03/11/2022 | |
PeterAH | 05/08/2022 | |
Tricky | 26/03/2022 | |
JimH58 | 30/01/2022 | |
chrispine | 13/06/2020 | |
Fletch | 17/09/2019 | |
PGCE | 08/03/2019 | |
ajwxyzt | 23/04/2017 | |
BaggerGutt | 30/05/2016 | |
Kiltie | 27/09/2015 | |
interloper | 13/11/2014 | |
BrianFish | 05/05/2014 | |
mae | 06/12/2013 | |
Alan Whatley | 24/06/2013 | |
richtea5040 | 20/06/2012 | |
neilsan | 16/07/2011 | |
maytwin66 | 28/06/2011 | |
Sandman | 21/04/2010 | |
Lindsay M | 21/02/2010 | |
alda | 16/07/2009 | |
johnbarnard25 | 16/07/2009 | |
Gavin Theobald | 02/07/2009 | |
PrawnFM | 03/02/2008 | |
Phaedra | 02/02/2008 | |
tallscottishguy | 21/10/2007 | |
IainT | 15/04/2007 | |
alda | 15/01/2005 | |
Alan Moore | 04/04/2004 | |
Colin Crawford | 04/06/2003 | |
bjewing | 22/11/2002 | |
StueyB | 27/04/2002 | |
Ken_Stewart | 30/03/2002 | |
chalky1953 | 25/01/2000 | |
andrew.allum | 01/01/2000 | |
FionaC | 20/02/1995 |