Meall Glas

Meall Glas is a mountain situated in the southern highlands of Scotland. It stands on the northern border of the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, 8. 5 kilometres north east of Crianlarich. OverviewMeall Glas has Munro status with a height of 959m. It is the highest point of the high rolling uplands between Glen Lochay and Glen Dochart, an area lacking distinctive mountainous character. Another Munro, Sgiath Chuil, lies 2 km to the east; the Corbett Beinn nan Imirean is 2 km to the south west. The three hills can be climbed together in the same walk. Meall Glas is overshadowed by the more impressive mountains around Crianlarich. Its name, which translates from the Gaelic as “Greenish-grey hill” suggests its topographic character. It was probably named by the inhabitants of Glen Lochay to which it shows its more impressive northern outline, with the summit ridge seen as a curving hollow. The hill is not well seen from Glen Dochart to the south, from where it is usually climbed, being observed as merely the top of rising moorland. GeographyMeall Glas comprises mainly rolling grassy slopes, with two main ridges. The north west ridge drops from the summit to Glen Lochay and can be used as an ascent route. The other ridge curves east round the lip of Coire Cheathaich, passing over an unnamed top at 908m before swinging north east to the Munro Top of Beinn Cheathaich (937 metres), 1. 5 km from the main peak. In Sir Hugh Munro’s original tables of 1891, Beinn Cheathaich was listed as the Munro with Meall Glas as the “Top”, an error rectified in the 1921 revision. From Beinn Cheathaich the ridge swings north and drops to Glen Lochay. Broad slopes to the east descend to the Lairig a’ Churain (609 metres) which connects to the adjacent Munro of Sgiath Chuil.

Meall Glas is a mountain situated in the southern highlands of Scotland. It stands on the northern border of the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, 8. 5 kilometres north east of Crianlarich. OverviewMeall Glas has Munro status with a height of 959m. It is the highest point of the high rolling uplands between Glen Lochay and Glen Dochart, an area lacking distinctive mountainous character. Another Munro, Sgiath Chuil, lies 2 km to the east; the Corbett Beinn nan Imirean is 2 km to the south west. The three hills can be climbed together in the same walk. Meall Glas is overshadowed by the more impressive mountains around Crianlarich. Its name, which translates from the Gaelic as “Greenish-grey hill” suggests its topographic character. It was probably named by the inhabitants of Glen Lochay to which it shows its more impressive northern outline, with the summit ridge seen as a curving hollow. The hill is not well seen from Glen Dochart to the south, from where it is usually climbed, being observed as merely the top of rising moorland. GeographyMeall Glas comprises mainly rolling grassy slopes, with two main ridges. The north west ridge drops from the summit to Glen Lochay and can be used as an ascent route. The other ridge curves east round the lip of Coire Cheathaich, passing over an unnamed top at 908m before swinging north east to the Munro Top of Beinn Cheathaich (937 metres), 1. 5 km from the main peak. In Sir Hugh Munro’s original tables of 1891, Beinn Cheathaich was listed as the Munro with Meall Glas as the “Top”, an error rectified in the 1921 revision. From Beinn Cheathaich the ridge swings north and drops to Glen Lochay. Broad slopes to the east descend to the Lairig a’ Churain (609 metres) which connects to the adjacent Munro of Sgiath Chuil.