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Name:An Coileachan
Hill number:1052
Height:924m / 3031ft
Parent (Ma):1040  Sgurr Mor
RHB Section:14B: The Fannaichs
County/UA:Highland
Catchment:Cromarty
Class:Hump, Simm, Munro, High Hills of Britain, Submarilyn,
Murdo, Yeaman
(Hu,Tu,Sim,M,HHB,sMa,Mur,Y)
Grid ref:NH 24174 68012
Summit feature:flat rock 7m NW of cairn
Drop:148.3m
Col:775.7m  NH 2372 6859  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 20
(1:25k) 436S
Survey:obvious summit/Leica RX1250
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 609 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
Ridge traverse. Solo. See Beinn Liath Mhor Fannaich trip reportDenise 16/09/2023
East Fannichs 4 - Walkhighlands routehummusg17/08/2023
Beinn Liath Mhor Fannaich, Sgurr Mor, Meall nam Peithirean, Meall Gorm, An Coilleachan from Loch GlascarnochGeoff Briggs11/08/2023
Biked in on Fannich Lodge track and climbed East ridgeprwild28/05/2023
2 of 3: From Meallan Buidhe and again on our return from Faire nam Fiadh. Good shelter below the summit crags for lunch on a windy day. No path discernible between Bealach Ban and Lochan Dubh a B.B. Took an east side ascent and west side descent. With Sam.ChrisR30/10/2022
Weather fair.MountainMac10/09/2022
Took my own route! And went of too near rocks. Needed to be more left of North.pigerg19/07/2022
Walk from Torrandhu Bridge (A835) via Loch Gorm. Deteriorating weather on summit of An Coileachan and descended back to Torrandhu Bridge. Returned to ascend Meall Gorm on 20/07/2022.knarf16/07/2022
From West end of Loch Glascarnoch, Creag Dhubh Fannaich, Beinn Liath Mhor Fannaich, Sgurr Mor, Meall Gorm, Meall Gorm SE Top and An Coileachan. Clear sunny day with excellent visibility.Lazylizzie03/06/2022
Eastern Fannichs with Matt, a little snow and great views.tomd415/04/2022
I parked at a layby on the A832 just east of the Grudie hydro power plant, from where I cycled up to Fannich Lodge, roughly 7.5 mile cycle there and the same back, though most of the way back was downhill and the track was almost entirely surfaced. Locking up the bike at the gates to the lodge, I hiked up the stalkers path to Meall Gorm (949m) a Munro, followed by its’ South East Munro Top (922m), then a mild dip and re-climb to the Munro of An Coileachan (924m). The descent SW from An Coileachan via a slightly steep pathless hillside, was more tiring than the ascent. It serves me right for sleeping in the day before, but the weather wasn’t great, once above 800m there was the odd break, but the mist limited visibility to approx. 30m. I had intended on doing these hills as part of the Sgurr Mor 4 in August 2020, but I had to pale due to a lack of water and I’ve planned to bag these two several times from south, but always found an excuse not too.chillyman817/10/2021
Fannichs 9, hike 'n bikeHuwel22/05/2021
7/9 - rocky ascent from the north - found little water on the ridge - great viewpoint of the whole range and hills beyondwychwood16/05/2021
Up and down from Loch Fannich, terrain reasonably benign, main aim Faire nam Fiadh but the Munro too close to ignoreColin Crawford16/05/2021
A long day back up in the NW highlands with John and wee Islay hitting up the Eastern Fannichs - four munros over 16.5miles, and 1450m / 4750ft of ascent in just a smidge under 8 hours, followed by a 4.5hr drive home (with John handling the driving this time). The forecast was for clear visibility, but we ended up in the clouds for most of it, with strong winds resulting in -3C wind chill.. Winter is coming!mproudfoot29/08/2020
With Jack, Jim, Joe, Thea, Jon, Chris Summer trip (backpacking)fellie26/07/2020
long cycle inmn2318/10/2019
2nd munro of day. Done with Maggie and celebrated with lunch in rocky summit feature before descending to our bikes. Soaked on cycle home but saw lots of deer and crested tits.dave neilson18/10/2019
Loop of the 4 eastern Fannichs. Weather started off promising but spent day in the clag above 800m. Long boggy walk out to car.cjo04/10/2019
Club weekend, with chris, calum, clair, kennyJamesSDonald19/07/2019
R Richard Tait11/07/2019
With JW. From West end of Loch Glascarnoch, up Abhainn an Torrain Duibh to Creag Dhubh Fannaich, Beinn Liath Mhor Fannaich, Sgurr Mor, Meall Gorm, An Coileachan. Long descent with painful knee but good views!robertgn08/01/2019
Climbed solo from A835 west of Loch Glascarnoch. Followed path on the West Bank of the Abhainn an Torrain Duibh (not marked on map). Ignore the track through the forest. Continue alongside Abhainn a Ghiuthais Li as far as the footbridge (also unmarked) at 252712. Ascended Meallan Buidhe (skirted summit), An Coileachan, Meall Gorm SE top and main top, Meall nam Peithirean, Sgurr Mor, Beinn Liath Mhor Fannaich. Return via Craig Dhubh Fannaich (summit skirted) and back alongside outward route. Excellent conditions. Fine walk but long and rough walk in/out. Luckily very dry conditions - bogs would hinder progress.jamessteel10024/07/2018
With ChristineKeith9926/09/2017
With keithchristine9926/09/2017
with MartinTopsaswell22/07/2017
From parking on A835 followed W bank of Abhainn an Torrain Duibh then N back of Allt an Loch Sgeirich, crossed and up Creag Dhuibh Fannaich, then Beinn Liath Mhor Fannaich, Sgurr Mor, Meall nan Peithirean, Meall Gorm summit and SE top to An Coileachan. Descended to Abhainn a'Ghiuthais Li, crossed using footbridge at NH252712 and followed W bank back to A835kdbennett10/07/2017
Got misplaced in pretty crap weather, returned via Sgurr Mor but missed the path off, reached the road at 8.00 pm oopsgeoffreybbb22/09/2015
First Munro done on my own. Long boggy walk in/out just kept heading for the forest on the way back.Baggieboy22/09/2015
Lionel Tony JennieChris Blake14/09/2015
Drove from Annan to Loch a' Bhraoion to deposit a bike; returned to Loch Glascarnoch before setting off on an overnight expedition: An Coileachan, Meal Gorm, Beinn Liath Mhor Fannaich and Sgurr Mhor. Camped just below the summit, pitching the tent as darkness fell.jigglybones25/08/2015
KeithByTheC16/08/2015
Sunny but coldish. went light weight to bag these 4 Munros quickly.Long walk in and out over rough, wet ground.Jhimmy09/07/2015
Revisit for Sims. Dreich 19mi 11-top circuit of Sims and HuMPs from A832 just E of Grudie Power Sta.RHW19/06/2015
with Ali :)jennygraham26/12/2014
Last Munro of the day. Cool and sunny. Rested in the wee cave on the summit. Long arduous descent and eaten alive by wee black flies in the forest.Play2End14/09/2014
1st of 7. Cycled into Fannich Lodge before taking stalker path onto hill, reasonable going but it does mean you'll be doubling up on some ground.bowzi14/06/2014
soloLoz_mck04/08/2013
With Hannah on traverse of Fannichs Desperate Stan16/07/2013
Heathergarbo110325/06/2013
1st hill of the Eastern 4. Lovely dayakmilne29/05/2013
Good weather for most of the day, a long walk surrounded by great views. Done all 4 Western Fannichs together.FCMark29/05/2013
On a long day in the Eastern Fannichs. See my blog post for more details: <a href="http://blog.alistairpooler.co.uk/2013/05/the-eastern-fannichs.html" target="_blank">http://blog.alistairpooler.co.uk/2013/05/the-eastern-fannichs.html</a>alistairpooler12/05/2013
solo from Aultguish Inn. Good conditionsmunromurph08/08/2012
Climbed An Coileachan and Meall Gorm together on a day of perfect visibility.rhalstead06/07/2012
6 of 6: From Meall Gorm SE Top.ChrisR21/06/2012
ghaley04/06/2012
5 day munro bagging trip far north 4 eastern fannaichs.robertphillips03/06/2012
2nd ascentdmckeith16/07/2011
Climbed with Jon and Richard. Reasonably good conditions with a few patches of rain. Total 12h 55 mins for all 9.amcculloch18/08/2010