Meall Ghaordaidh
| Meaning: | From the Gaelic, hill of the shoulder |
| Munro Region: | River Tay to Rannoch Moor |
| Munro Number: | 93 |
| Height in Metres: | 1039 metres |
| OS Map Reference: | OS Sheet 51, GR: 514397 |
Meall Ghaordaidh rises between Glen Lochay and Glen Lyon about 9 kilometres north-west of Killin. It is an isolated hill, being quite far from its neighbours the Tarmachans to the east and Beinn Heasgarnich to the west. On its south side overlooking Glen Lochay it has grassy slopes rising from glen to summit at a uniform angle. On the north side above Glen Lyon there are two prominent spurs which give the hill a more interesting appearance, but the hill is less frequently climbed from that side than from Glen Lochay.
The usual ascent starts from the road 4½ kilometres up Glen Lochay just beyond Duncroisk on the west side of the Allt Dhuin Croisg. Follow a track through fields to reach a sheepfank at the site of some old shielings, and from there climb north-west up grassy slopes to the summit.
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- 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
