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Richard Preston
wrote on July 21, 2013:
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Climbed Meall Corranaich and Meall a' Choire Leith with our walking group in unusually hot weather. Little breeze on top to relieve the heat. However, spectacular views all around from both peaks and from ridge between the two making it a special day. Dry weather resulted in very little mud during return walk to the cars, not the usual slog!
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Martin Scott
wrote on July 21, 2010:
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Decided to do the walk from the National trust car park. The weather was horrendous with the rain pouring when we reached the start point. We knew the route was on proper paths for the whole of the walk and as it was thick cloud navigation was not going to be a problem. We reached the the first summit of Meall Corranaich after 1hr 45 mins. After another hour we were on the top of Meall A Choire Leith. It was a case of retracing the footsteps back to the Car park. Never saw a thing all day and also got pretty well soaked through, even the socks were wrung out. Only photo's we have were ones taken with a mobile phone. Surprised I'd never read anywhere about someone doing the route this way. It Made a bit of sense to me, although it's a bit longer than the normal suggested route, it's paths and tracks all the way. there wasn't a bog in sight.
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Michael Hill
wrote on August 14, 2009:
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Climbed M Corranaich & M Coire Leith on 28 Jun 09 in very thick, low cloud which meant I had absolutely no views throughout the walk. Nevertheless even in these white-out conditions it was pretty straightforward due to the easy terrain and the path all the way to the top of Corranaich. After that the GPS was helpful. My GPS tracklog is available on this page, as you can see I made my way from M Coire Leith directly out to the road, where I was picked up. This is a great option if you've got someone down there in the car!
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Leon Mooney
wrote on May 30, 2009:
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Climbed on 30/5/09. A scorching day which saw me take in two Munros and a Corbett - I was amazed that it only took me an hour and a half to climb Meall Corranaich. This one has a path pretty much all the way - the route starts after the the track on the maps, just before the passing place to the south of the cairn above the road. It's vague in places but more clearly defined higher up.
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Sam Marshall
wrote on February 18, 2007:
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Shame others had no visibility, i had a perfect day!! Doing quite well with the old fitness, managed to reach the summit in around an hour from the cairn. Could see to Ben Nevis and Ben Alder to the north, all clad in fresh snow. The ridge to Meall a'Choire Leath was special, great day - Munros number 29/30
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Derrick Reid
wrote on April 16, 2006:
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Climbed this and Choire Leith in mid April. Overall a nice walk, but was surprised to be caught in zero visibility on the descent towards Choire Leith. Had to rely on existing footprints in the snow otherwise navigation would have been very difficult. Found the return to Corranaich from Choire Leith a bit of a slog in the snow, but at least I can say I have climbed it twice :-) Only downside on the day was the lack of photo opportunities due to the cloud, but still a very enjoyable day. Also a lesson learned today, never leave the sat nav at home - regardless of the weather.
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Mike Watson
wrote on January 29, 2006:
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Shorter walk & less ascent if done in a loop from the cairn to the north Lochan na Lairig.
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Stephen Langston
wrote on November 6, 2004:
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Well climbed this little beauty today. Visibility virtually nothing. The ascent up Corranaich was fine and a lovely walk. However, when we got to the top of number one things started to go wrong. Followed the path to Choire Leith but then the path vanished. Due to the bad visibility we could not see any paths and ended up in god knows where. This is where my new little toy came in handy - yes satelite navigation. Clicked a button and it guided us all the way home. Today it saved us from a rather expensive helicopter ride. Get one for emergencies. On the whole an interesting day.
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Malk Rae
wrote on June 23, 2003:
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Nice easy climb, one that most can do for a first Munro.
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Andrew Crawford
wrote on November 27, 2002:
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Having started from the Ben Lawers NTS Visitor Centre car park NN608379 to 'bag' Meall Corranaich and Meall a’ Choire Leith, the return is normally documented as a reversal of the outward one. However, the thought of a re-ascent of Meall Corranaich, followed by the steep descent off its southern side may be a daunting prospect. Instead, leave the summit of Meall a’ Coire Leith keeping to the east to regain the path back down to the col above Coire Liath from where several paths fan out towards Meall Corranaich. Follow the uppermost – left - of these as it passes as close to the top of the crags as is safe to do so until reaching the 900m/2953 feet contour then pass through a very short section of the crags. Taking care to avoid a slip or fall, follow the gentle descent southwards across the east slope of the ridge, crossing near the head of a small stream - where the path becomes somewhat intermittent – to end on the 880m/2887 feet bealach at the head of Coire Odhar (GR: NN621408).
It is pleasant stroll downhill on the old drove road from here back to the start.
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John Walker
wrote on June 20, 2002:
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Easy hill, with no difficulties unless during the worst snowfall this year! 3 attempts on 3 seperate days, up to waist at times. Felt like Ranulph Fiennes.
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