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Meaning |
Rough hill |
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Altitude
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1118 metres
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Grid Ref.
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Meall Garbh [Lawers region]
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Meall Garbh summit with An Stuc, Ben Lawers and Beinn Ghlas in the background. 7th August '05.
© Graeme Swankie
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Image by Graeme Swankie
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Mountain Description
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Meall Garbh is much bulkier than its neighbour, An Stuc, though identical in altitude. The broad summit lies close to the narrow SW ridge, with some crags, leading to An Stuc. There are a further four broad ridges making for an easy ascent from most directions. The terrain is grass with some outcrops and the steepest slopes lie to the S and SE (Creag a' Bhuic). Meall Garbh is normally climbed from the Lawers Burn to the bealach between it and Meall Greigh. It is also accessed from An Stuc as part of the Lawers Ridge.
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Available Routes
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Meal Garbh.
© John Wilkie
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Image by John Wilkie
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Very cold on Meall Garbh
© Brenda Dunnett
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Image by Brenda Dunnett
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Cairn on Meall Garbh with An Stuc and Ben Lawers in the background. 11/06/05
© Ron Walsh
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Image by Ron Walsh
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Weather & Maps, etc ...
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Leon Mooney
wrote on July 26, 2008:
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After reaching the top of Meall Greigh (and then the other cairn) myself and two other walkers I had met followed the path alongside the fence to the summit of Meall Garbh, where we could still see nothing in the thick cloud.
Our descent was a steep one with lots of careful navigation down to the Lawers burn through Creag a' Bhuic and then down to the path at the dam (where we finally came out of the cloud).
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John Wilkie
wrote on March 31, 2007:
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Only meant to bag Beinn Ghlas then Ben Lawers and head home as we had a big day with
ropes in Glen Coe (Three Sisters) the next day. The weather was the best that its been all
year, so decided to continue onto An Stuc, ended up also doing Meall Garbh and finally
Meall Greigh. As I had already done Ghlas but my friend Marty hadn't we ran up it in an
hour, in fact you could drive a bus up there. It as a perfect day, visibility for hundreds of
miles and we were above any clouds that did attempt to appear. Dropped down to the col
and then back up to ascend Lawers. Quite an easy climb with few technicalities. Enjoyed an
early lunch on the summit then decided the day was too good to stop there. Onto An Stuc,
tricky descend off the NE of Lawers, large frozen snow slope forced us to put crampons
on, became steep on ascent again, but no real difficulties. Good scarmble down other side,
Meall Greigh and Meall Garbh were a bit disappointing after the scramble.
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Alex Bryce
wrote on December 26, 2006:
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An easy ascent, convenient access on the Lawers burn path, and a fantastic viewpoint - the best in the range probably - make this a excellent mountain to climb in its own right. Followed the Lawers Burn path to the dam before crossing over and heading up to the right of the craggy slopes immediately south of the summit. Beware in mist of a false summit if approaching from the east.
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Local Accommodation Options
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| Showing the nearest 10 of 35 within 100Km of the summit of Meall Garbh [Lawers region]. Would you like to view all 35? |
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| 12.5 km |
Killin Hotel - Main Street, Killin, Perthshire, FK21 8TP Tel: 01567 820296
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Suie Lodge Hotel - Glendochart, nr. Crianlarich, FK20 8QT Tel: 01567 820417
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Rosebank House - Main Street, Strathyre, Perthshire, FK18 8NA Tel: 01877 384208
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Inveroran Hotel - Inveroran, Bridge of Orchy, PA36 4AQ Tel: 01838 400220
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![Meall Garbh [Lawers region] Title Image](Images/MountainTitles/35.png "Meall Garbh [Lawers region] Title Image")
