Meall Garbh (Lawers Hills)

Meall Garbh
Perthshire
Meall Garbh
Range:	Lawers Hills
Summit:	3,668 feet NN644437 56°33’56"N, 4°12’30"W

Meall Garbh is a mountain amongst the Lawers Hills of Perthshire. It reaches a height of 3,668 feet at its summit, and so it qualifies as a Munro. With Meall Greigh it forms the north-eastern end of the Ben Lawers range. Its craggy south face overlooks Lochan nan Cat.

The name of the mountain is Gaelic, and means "Rough Hill".

Ascent

The summit is not easily seen from the A827 road, from where the ascent is usually started. A path follows the Lawers Burn towards Lochan nan Cat. For a direct ascent of Meall Garbh the walker may simply climb Northeast from this path shortly after it passes some abandoned shielings.

Alternatively, Meall Garbh is more commonly climbed in conjunction with Meall Greigh, with the latter hill being climbed first; the route described previously is thus used for descent. Meall Garbh could also form part of a longer traverse of the Ben Lawers Range, taking another four Munros, finishing at the National Trust for Scotland visitor centre. This route can be further extended to a total of seven Munros if one also climbs Meall a' Choire Léith and Meall Corranaich.

References

• The Munros, SMC Hillwalkers Guide: Donald Bennett et al.: ISBN 0-907521-31-2