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Name: | Beinn a' Mhonicag |
Hill number: | 682 |
Height: | 567m / 1860ft |
RHB Section: | 09C: Loch Lochy to Loch Laggan |
County/UA: | Highland |
Catchment: | Lochy |
Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Dodd (500-599m), Highland Five, Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,5,HF,Y) |
Grid ref: | NN 28791 85484 |
Summit feature: | cairn |
Drop: | 268m |
Col: | 299m NN288864 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 34 41 (1:25k) 400 |
Observations: | cairn 70m SW at NN 28750 85430 is c 50cm lower |
Survey: | KR 2x Hand Level |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 214 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Straight up and down the grassy, muddy path through the heather from the parking area. Bagged both cairns to be sure. | Owen B | 11/02/2024 |
From Glen Roy viewpoint (NN297853), straight up Beinn a' Mhonicag on obvious route from parking, then smaller tracks to summit, descended N to col at NN287864, then up grassy slopes to high col at NN287875, then NW up to summit of Lèana Mhòr, descended back to high col, then S/SSE to ATV track ca NN290866, E down track to public road, back to start (3h35m) | kdbennett | 29/04/2023 |
https://strava.app.link/GDZTTniYIyb | John | 03/04/2023 |
yorkielad | 19/09/2022 | |
From viewpoint, en route to Edinb. High cloud, warm, light breeze. Visited three cairns. | Rounsfell | 22/08/2022 |
With KeithByTheC. Straight up and down from the car park. 37 mins to the top. 1.6 miles round trip, visited both the summit and the spot height cairns. | JulieB | 24/07/2022 |
Up steep path from Glen Roy viewpoint carpark to east of hill. | KeithByTheC | 24/07/2022 |
Glen Roy car park - Beinn a Mhonicag - Leana Mhor - Beinn Laruinn. Returned by a pleasant road walk. | Jhimmy | 26/04/2022 |
Leana Mhor and Beinn a' Mhonicag from Glen Roy view point. | rhalstead | 20/10/2021 |
Straight up and down, cloudy/sunny breezy day. | Jon F | 23/09/2021 |
4 lower Glen Roy Marilyns running in along road from Roy Bridge and crossing river to Leana Mhor from Leana Mhor. Nice day. | davechaffey | 16/09/2021 |
With Sez from car park | Littledave | 06/08/2021 |
Glen Roy car park - Beinn a’ Mhonicag - Leana Mhor - Beinn Iaruinn - Beinn Iaruinn E Top - awful descent directly to Glen Roy - back along road to car park. | Mark Jackson | 25/08/2020 |
Straight up and down from the car park. Path the whole way up. Fine viewpoint. | benalder284 | 10/11/2019 |
From viewpoint car park directly to the summit with a steep climb. Solo. Very windy. | bolton | 04/11/2019 |
Spean Bridge > Glen Roy viewpoint car park (bike), then on foot up paths to summit. Return by same route. | Winterfloodian | 29/09/2019 |
From view point 1h 45m including lunch | rogreeves | 13/09/2019 |
3/3 from Glen Roy viewpoint car park as others. Steep path to both cairns, aptly I named Laurel and Hardy after the release of the film this week. | N.Morters | 12/01/2019 |
From Glen Roy Carpark. Path leads all the way to the summit plateau. Two competing cairns, visited them both.Superb views all around. Up and down in an hour. | Coinneach | 13/11/2018 |
tick | chazzyboy19 | 14/08/2018 |
TGOC 2018. Ascended all 3 west Glen Roy hills en route to Luib Chonnal bothy | alexmaclennan | 14/05/2018 |
An easy path leads from the Glen Roy viewpoint to the summit plateau of Beinn a' Mhonicag. Superb views. Leana Mhor is so close that it's impossible to do anything other than continue on down the NW ridge. This requires a bit of weaving around to dodge steep ground and a turn north near the bottom to hit the bealach. The climb to Leana Mhor is as easy as it looks, on smooth grass, and then lovely short heather towards the top. On return (easy) cut across the lower slopes of Beinn a' Mhonicag to avoid road bashing and take a peek at a parallel road. | Gill | 12/05/2018 |
self | davidsbatty | 07/10/2017 |
3 of 3: From Glen Roy viewpoint. | ChrisR | 03/10/2017 |
with Peter Cottam | Galltywenallt | 27/04/2017 |
From the viewpoint car park. | Chris Peart | 29/10/2016 |
From the car park | hillsman | 19/04/2016 |
MC. On route home from AT. 1 hour round trip from the viewpoint car park. Easy if steep ascent. If you trend rightwards where the obvious clipped grass runs out, you will find a path that runs all the way to the top. Otherwise, do what I did and work your way up through spongy heather and moss! Good views to Nevis range. Evidence of people using hill for Easter Egg rolling! | Martin66 | 14/04/2016 |
Weather fair. | MountainMac | 18/03/2016 |
Walked up from viewpoint water ice on slopes snow on top. | Bheinn | 14/02/2016 |
From the view point car park for an even better view of the Glen Roy Parallel Roads, that were formed by glacial lakes. | mindlessflogger | 27/05/2015 |
Did after Beinn Iaruinn & Leana Mhor West. Daffodils growing at summit ! | duchally | 08/05/2015 |
Another awful day managed to get up and down this before drenched and blasted by wind rain and snow in no particular order | Fergalh | 31/03/2015 |
Very slippery ascent into the gloom. The summit cairns were all visited. | Play2End | 29/03/2015 |
From viewpoint car park in Glen Roy. On own. | MorecambeMonkey | 20/03/2015 |
from the car park up steep section to the top. | robertphillips | 15/02/2015 |
W Jenx from car park at head of Glen Roy. Very snowy conditions, a battle up the East face dodgy the deeper drifts to gain the top. Wandered around to visit the various tops and back very fast back down to car. | nordicstar | 17/01/2015 |
JEB, RIB | HFB | 11/10/2014 |
Solo trip, up the north ridge. | Invicta14 | 03/05/2014 |
Steep but relatively painless ascent into the snows from the Parallel Roads car park & viewpoint. 
I agree the southernmost cairn is on the highest spot. | signyred | 21/02/2014 |
With Eire, Evan, Sail, Danu, Coel & Alfie. | Dangerous Dave | 12/10/2013 |
From carpark up easy short grassy slopes to the summit | AndrewFinnimore | 04/08/2013 |
Straightforward up and down from Glen Roy, looked obvious to me that NE cairn is over true summit. | Columba | 10/07/2013 |
Solo. Round of Leana Mhor (E), Creag Dhubh, Leana Mhor (W), Beinn a' Mhonicag. | amswanston | 11/01/2013 |
From Achavady via steep and rough north ridge. Onward to Leana Mhor. | Topographer57 | 29/04/2012 |
Ascended from the car park and viewpoint to the east. A strong westerly wind meant this was ideal for the day. | davidpettit84 | 28/12/2011 |
With Mora from Glenroy car park - view point | BLACKHILL | 02/05/2010 |
Overcast, slightly windy, mild, good views. | iangalbraith | 09/09/2009 |
Solo. From the viewpoint car park in Glen Roy. After a wet morning spent in Fort William. Ascended to the summit of Beinn a' Mhonicag going up slightly to the south and coming straight down. There are bits of paths. There are too quite nicely built up cairns about 100m apart and it is difficult to say which is the higher point. I visited both. It was wet and very misty. | pwbellarby | 25/05/2009 |
solo evening hike after Chno Dearg and Sgriodain, Marilyn 535 | vegibagger | 29/05/2008 |