Meall Buidhe
| Meaning: | From the Gaelic, yellow hill |
| Munro Region: | River Tay to Rannoch Moor |
| Munro Number: | 248 |
| Height in Metres: | 932 metres |
| OS Map Reference: | OS Sheet 51, GR: 498499 |
Stuchd an Lochain is situated far up Glen Lyon, several kilometres west of Meggernie Castle. The finest feature of the mountain is the north face which drops steeply to Loch an Daimh, and the corrie high up on this face holds the little circular Lochan nan Cat. On the opposite of Loch an Daimh, Meall Buidhe is a rather undistinguished hill which is the highest point of an extensive area of rough moorland and flat-topped hills between Glen Lyon and Loch Rannoch. A public road climbs up from Glen Lyon to end below the dam at the east end of Loch an Daimh at a height of 430 metres, and this high starting point makes it quite possible to climb both hills in one day.
Going to Stuchd an Lochain first, cross to the south end of the dam and climb up the grassy Coire Ban to reach the ridge above. Follow a line of fence posts west to Creag an Fheadain, then south-west to Sron Chona Choirein and finally west to Stuchd an Lochain.
(Copyright The Scottish Mountaineering Club)
- 1. Loch Lomond to Loch Tay
- 2. The River Tay to Rannoch Moor
- 3. Strath Orchy to Loch Leven
- 4. Loch Linnhe to Loch Ericht
- 5. The Drumochter Hills
- 6. The West Mounth: Blair Atholl to Braemar
- 7. The East Mounth: Glen Shee to Mount Keen
- 8. The Cairngorms
- 9. Glen Roy to the Monadhliath
- 10. Loch Eil to Glen Shiel
- 11. Glen Affric and Kintail
- 12. Glen Cannich to Glen Carron
- 13. Cuillin and Torridon
- 14. Loch Maree to Loch Broom
- 15. Loch Broom to Easter Ross
- 16. Coigach to Cape Wrath
- 17. The Islands
