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| Name: | Carn Sgulain |
| Hill number: | 626 |
| Height: | 920.3m / 3019ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 621 Carn Dearg |
| County/UA: | Highland |
| Topographical area: | HM03 Carndearg-chailleach |
| SMC/RHB section: | 09B: Glen Albyn and the Monadh Liath |
| Catchment: | Findhorn, Catchment Boundaries, Spey |
| Watershed: | Inner Moray Firth |
| Class: | Simm, Munro, High Hills of Britain, Murdo, Yeaman (Tu,Sim,M,HHB,Mur,Y) |
| Grid ref: | NH 68304 05811 |
| Summit feature: | ground 7m N of cairn |
| Drop: | 71.6m |
| Col: | 848.8m NH 6713 0563  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 35 (1:25k) OL56 402 |
| Observations: | cairn 150m ENE at NH 68432 05880 is lower |
| Survey: | Leica Disto D510/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 784 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Parked at parking area outside Glen Banchor. Followed track North then onto soft atv tracks up to A' Chailleach then onto Carn Sgulain through peat hags. Hiked west along plateau across the tops of Carn Sgulain W, Meall a' Bothain, Meall na Creeughaich, Carn Ballach NE and Carn Ballach SW with the intension of getting to Carn Dearg, however with bad weather setting in decided to descend into Gleann Ballach, following very soft atv tracks to the track adjacent to Allt Fionndrigh, then south to the abandoned farm buildings at Glenballoch and East to start point. | dhutt | 28/06/2024 |
| Clockwise circuit of the Monadhliath Munros: Carn Dearg, Carn Sgulain & A' Chailleach | geoffh12 | 01/05/2024 |
| Epic day with Tom and Duncan. Initially missed the bridge across the river. Only a little wet snow to slow us down on the tops. | alexmaclennan | 16/02/2024 |
| Along the ridge from Carn Dearg. Lovely walking along ridge via various tops with great views. Initially very windy but lessened. Descended via A’Chailleach. With the Walkers | 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 |
| Starting from the Glen Banchor car par and going up an estate track by east side of Allt a Chaorainn. Made way N up towards the corrie and then climbed Am Bodach from the SE. Follow around through intermittent peat hags to Carn Sgulain. SW to to Carn Sgulain W Top and then prescribe an arc to avoid the steepest slopes of Allt Cuil an Caillich. Follow at times boggy track down SSW from A Chailleach. Here comes the mistake - forded Allt a Chaorainn (in spate!!). Wet feet... didn't study map at 1:25000 which indicates a footbridge further south. Not shown on 1:50000. Lessons learned. To be fair the bridge is unseen in woodland, but on the way up, there is a small cairn by the track. | DampandDusty | 27/08/2023 |
| Ascent from Glenbanchor Car Park to A' Chailleach along Allt a'Chaorainn via Lurg. Descent to bealach (on Allt Cuil na Caillich) to Carn Sgulain. Follow fence posts to Am Bodach and descent to Geal Charn and down to path/trach that follows Allt na Beinne and return to car park. | raymooremanx | 24/06/2023 |
| Sunny trek along Monadh Liath Munros with N&B | ainzwils | 24/06/2023 |
| This lived down to its reputation, pretty sure the nearer of the two cairns is higher to save anyone the bother of the second one | 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 W Top - Carn Sgulain - A’ Chailleach - Geal Charn, Creag na h-Iolaire - Glen Banchor. | Mark Jackson | 19/08/2022 |
| RIB, Bran | HFB | 29/07/2022 |
| Great day out in the Monadhliath with Yeltzbagger. Climbed A’Chailleach first. Very rough route back to Glen Banchor. Cloudy but clear. | Stevie n Tay | 21/07/2022 |
| Dry, overcast, mild, wind strengthening fr W which kept insects away and was fine on long jog across moor - till I turned SSW on this summit into the wind! | NorfolkPT21 | 16/07/2022 |
| 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 |
| With Rod, Grant and John to Carn an Fhreiceadain up west path. Then split and Rod and I went cross country to pick up the Munroes on repeat (second for Rod, fourth for me). Grant picked us up at the car park. | SS | 05/06/2022 |
| 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 |
| With Jack, Sue, Geoff Post-GMC trip (Roybridge) | fellie | 09/11/2021 |
| From Newtonmore - A'Chaileach, Carn Sgulain, Carn Dearg. With Sue, Jack and Ellie. Post GMC trip. | Geoff Briggs | 09/11/2021 |
| A' Chailleach, Carn Sgulain West Top, Carn Sgulain, Geal Charn | keithouk | 22/08/2021 |
| 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 |
| Solo | vgiorgio | 13/07/2021 |
| The 3 Monadh Liath Munros - Walkhighlands route | hummusg | 23/06/2021 |
| cold and very windy- some rain . Not good for high summer! Camped in a field at N'more | younggl | 14/06/2021 |
| Round off three Munros and the various tops. Total distance 28km and ascent of 1350m | Pilotralph | 30/05/2021 |
| 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 |
| Gorgeaous day, deep snow above 300m. Carn Dearg, Carn Sgulain & A'Chailleach | Huwel | 25/02/2020 |
| With Winnie, wintry | Strathcarron | 29/10/2019 |
| Alan,Chris,Gavin,Jan,Jane,Toril,Willie | NHWC | 22/06/2019 |
| A’Chailleach & Carn Sgulain from behind Newtonmore | Ajm0310 | 17/11/2018 |
| B&A. Wet day, boggy bits. V misty. With A' Chailleach & Carn Dearg. | Morning | 13/08/2018 |
| With Keith. | christine99 | 28/05/2018 |
| With Christine | Keith99 | 25/05/2018 |
| Keith Armour, Craig Brackenridge, Barry McGarahan Second of three on a early Summers day Lovely. | ian-e | 05/05/2018 |
| JimT | 28/03/2018 | |
| On Skis. With Tim Elliot. | neil hutton | 17/03/2018 |
| Long hungover plod with the class of 77 after weekend at Mill Cottage | Capt Malbec | 23/09/2017 |
| Walked over from A`Chailleach. Descended down Allt na Beinne. | 187lenny | 17/09/2017 |
| with Jamie, John and Stephen | joedurham88 | 20/08/2017 |
| Solo. 25.5km(comma) 1000m ascent(comma) 8:50. Very windy but good vis. | Fidget | 24/06/2017 |
| 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 |
| With AB | Johnthemate | 01/04/2017 |
| Not a very interesting hill but great views, especially as the cloud cleared as soon as we reached the summit! Lots of ptarmigan and mountain hares. | twg27 | 12/03/2017 |
| from A'Chailleach more snow and small snow shower | iannotts | 28/02/2017 |