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| Name: | Carn Ballach (SW Top) |
| Hill number: | 627 |
| Height: | 919.8m / 3018ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 621 Carn Dearg |
| Parent (SMC): | 621 Carn Dearg |
| RHB Section: | 09B: Glen Albyn and the Monadh Liath |
| County/UA: | Highland |
| Catchment: | Findhorn, Catchment Boundaries, Spey |
| Watershed: | Inner Moray Firth |
| Class: | Simm, Munro Top, High Hills of Britain, Murdo (Tu,Sim,MT,HHB,Mur) |
| Grid ref: | NH 64355 04463 |
| Summit feature: | a few rocks |
| Drop: | 48.7m |
| Col: | 871.2m NH 6363 0384  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 35 (1:25k) OL56 402 |
| Observations: | cairn 75m N at NH 64354 04537 is 20cm lower |
| Survey: | Leica RX1250 |
| Comments: | summit relocated 75m S in July 2014; this is now the Munro Top |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 492 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Between Carn Dearg and Carn Sgulain. | Denise | 06/10/2023 |
| Parked at the end of the public road in Glen Banchor. Carn Dearg, Carn Ban, Carn Ballach SW Top, Carn Ballach NE Top, Meall a'Bhothain, Carn Sgulain W Top, Carn Sgulain, A'Chailleach, Geal Charn. Very wet underfoot and gale force winds initially on Carn Dearg (hat blown over the cliffs) but easing later with cloud lifting. With Gillian and Denise. | richard69 | 06/10/2023 |
| Drove up Strathdearn on Friday 4th August, hiked up along the River Findhorn, to its source 1km south of Dalbeg at the meeting of River Erskin and Abhainn Cor Clach. Camped there with a few thousand midges. Saturday 5th August, I hiked up the 'crow road' along the Abhainn Cor Clach, crossing it at NH 6397 0753, before ascending Fionn-tom Mor. I continued south (disturbing dozens of deer) to eventually ascend Carn Ballach (NE Top), then west to Carn Ballach (SE Top). I stopped for lunch on Carn Ban. Here I messed up and thought I could north to rejoin the Crow Road path. But I couldn't find a safe crossing point on the Abhainn Cor Clach and there was no obvious path on the north side of the glen. So I spent far too long walking upmand down the south bank while moving downstream, looking for a spot to cross. But never did, I eventually ascended Fionn-tom Mor again then descended to my original crossing point, which had risen after the rain. | chillyman8 | 05/08/2023 |
| Along fence line, small cairn, dull | Trantham Clan | 22/05/2023 |
| On day 6 of TGOC 2023, from Fèith Talagain to Allt Mòr. | alistairpooler | 17/05/2023 |
| Fine day doing the circuit with tops in sunshine from Glen Banchor car park | PDuncan82 | 13/05/2023 |
| Carn Ban, Carn Dearg, Carn Dearg SE Top, Carn Balloch, Meall a' Bhothain, Carn Sgulain West Top, Carn Sgulain and A' Chailleach | JasonStark | 16/10/2022 |
| Glen Banchor car park - Carn Dearg - Carn Ban - Carn Ballach - Carn Ballach NE Top - Meall a’ Bhothain - Carn Sgulain - A’ Chailleach - Geal Charn, Creag na h-Iolaire - Glen Banchor. | Mark Jackson | 19/08/2022 |
| loop from the cp, 27km in 6 hrs with 992m of ascent, taking in Carn Dearg and SE top, Carn Ban, Carn Ballach SW and NE top, Meall a Bhothian, Carn Sgulian west top, Carn Sgulian and a'chailleach | Nicky C | 12/06/2022 |
| Solo round of Càrn Dearg, Càrn Sgulain and A'Chailleach from parking spot in Glen Banchor. 7.15am start with headtorch. Circuit clockwise to get the long walk in out of the way, Quite a lot of bog encountered befoer the 250m pull up to the top of Càrn Dearg. Less bog up on the plateau, sometimes squelchy sections of peat, and sometimes frozen, with the occasional patch of icy snow to circumvent, so it was slow going at times. Dry weather, but bitterly cold wind up top. Long plod over the plateau before arriving at Carn Sgulain - there was a group of 3 ladies at the summit, so I said hello, but has no plans to stop at the top, so tapped the summit and headed over to A' Chailleach before the long descent. 7h 9min time. | mproudfoot | 15/01/2022 |
| Good day out with Brian and Grant, very wet and bogy but weather turned out good. | Kevthecat | 15/11/2021 |
| BIGGEST BOG FEST EVER | supermario | 15/11/2021 |
| From Newtonmore - A'Chaileach, Carn Sgulain, Carn Dearg. With Sue, Jack and Ellie. Post GMC trip. | Geoff Briggs | 09/11/2021 |
| Solo. 31km. Ascended via Creag na h-Iolaire to A' Chailleach, then across to Carn Sgulain, down ridge via all summits to Carn Dearg and then Carn Macoul on descent. Returned via Glen Banchor to parking. Fairly still, clear on all summits, sun at times. 9 hours. | meltdiceburg | 18/07/2021 |
| The 3 Monadh Liath Munros - Walkhighlands route | hummusg | 23/06/2021 |
| Round off three Munros and the various tops. Total distance 28km and ascent of 1350m | Pilotralph | 30/05/2021 |
| Long circuit - coming in from the back - supposed to be on tracks - mainly on bog & heather. Windy - not warm - summer is over. Clare needing 8000 steps to finish challenge - over 44,000 by end of day. A lot of bog hopping. | Scmccabe | 26/09/2020 |
| See Carn Dearg for description of route. | lindslow | 20/09/2020 |
| From Carn Macoul, circuit of the Munros and tops. Sunny and hot. With B and R. | jenx | 08/08/2020 |
| With Karen. Overcast but dry. Tops clear all day | Highland Days | 14/07/2020 |
| With Winnie,wintry | Strathcarron | 29/10/2019 |
| Circuit from car park near Glenballoch, taking in Carn Dearg and 3 Munro tops | Ajm0310 | 19/11/2018 |
| With Keith. | christine99 | 28/05/2018 |
| With Christine | Keith99 | 25/05/2018 |
| Andrew Dyson | neil hutton | 21/05/2018 |
| TGO Challenge 2018 | twg27 | 17/05/2018 |
| Keith Armour, Craig Brackenridge, Barry McGarahan | ian-e | 05/05/2018 |
| Revisit for the tops,ACW round of creag na h lolaire, geal charn, A chailleach, carn squlain, meall a bhothain, carn ballach, carn ban, carn dearg, carn dearg SE top,carn macoul, | robertphillips | 17/04/2017 |
| C. Some snow. | This Dog | 19/01/2017 |
| Monadhliath ridge from Glen Banchor via Dalballoch to Carn Macoul, Carn Dearg, intermmediate summits to Carn Sgulain and A'Chailleach and down to Glen Banchor | kdbennett | 02/10/2016 |
| Solo. From Carn Ban. A Deleted Munro! | Dangerous Dave | 20/09/2016 |
| CUHWC Roy Bridge trip. | AGWilliamson | 23/09/2015 |
| Solo - lovely hot day | Loz_mck | 03/08/2015 |
| With Laura Howie | Topsaswell | 31/07/2015 |
| Weather fair. | MountainMac | 13/03/2015 |
| On route to Carn Dearg. | Roblex | 17/07/2014 |
| From Carn Ban | mick | 30/05/2014 |
| Start out just out of Newtonmore, head up A'Chailleach first, across to Carn Sgulain, along the ridge to Carn Ban, upto Carn Dearg and back along the valleys to Newtonmore. Long, Beautiful route. | mattrcarter | 13/05/2014 |
| A round of A'Chailleach, Carn Sgulain, Carn Dearg and it's tops. | rhalstead | 25/06/2013 |
| With Kenny & Cath | JamesSDonald | 09/02/2013 |
| From Glen Banchor car park. Carn Dearg - SE Top - Carn Ban - Carn Ballach - Carn Sgulain - A' Chailleach. | davidpettit84 | 03/01/2013 |
| With LUMC. | robertgn | 03/01/2013 |
| Estimated date - done solo. A lot of deer. | Aimless Rambler | 14/05/2012 |
| Visited lots of possible high spots. Climbed on 3 Munro round. | isabelle | 30/08/2011 |
| Debs Goska Rosie | Mountain Goat | 24/04/2011 |
| Top bagged with main round | Jhimmy | 23/04/2011 |
| With AP | douglas_easton | 19/07/2010 |
| 6 of 10: From Carn Ballach NE Top. | ChrisR | 20/05/2010 |
| Scotland Trip 2009. Based at Aviemore. Day 1 walk to take in 3 Munroes. | jackfowler | 02/05/2009 |
| Updating from way back! | Simon Winton | 11/12/2007 |