Meall nan Tarmachan
1044m (3426ft)
Meall nan Tarmachan is in The Mamlorn Hills, The River Tay to Rannoch Moor, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Meall nan Tarmachan means 'hill of the ptarmigans' and is pronounced 'my-owl nan tar-mach-an'.
The summit of Meall nan Tarmachan is marked by a large cairn.
We will be adding easy-to-follow route maps up Meall nan Tarmachan very soon.
Interactive Walking Maps
A go4awalk.com downloadable Peak Bagging Map in PDF format featuring Meall nan Tarmachan should be available soon.
See Meall nan Tarmachan and the surrounding tops on our free-to-access 'Google Style' Peak Bagging Maps:
The Mamlorn Hills area of Scottish Region 2: The River Tay to Rannoch Moor
Less data - quicker to download
Scottish Region 2: The River Tay to Rannoch Moor
Less data - quicker to download
Free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps:
1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):
An Interactive Walk Planning Map for OS Explorer OL48 Ben Lawers & Glen Lyon is not currently available
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):
An Interactive Walk Planning Map for OS Landranger 51 Loch Tay & Glen Dochart is not currently available
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, scaled, summited, hiked & bagged Meall nan Tarmachan
Mark Davidson walked up Meall nan Tarmachan on October 5th, 2021 [from/via/route] New parking area on the road south of Lochan na Lairige [with] JS, SE & MC [weather] Very cold for October & blowing a hooley
John Currie climbed it on July 8th, 2017 [from/via/route] From Meall Corranaich - reached top at 15:52 [with] Barry Colman [weather] Clear - Artemis Great Kindrochit Quadrathlon
Andrew Edwards bagged it on February 26th, 2016 [from/via/route] Up the face onto ridge [with] Myself [weather] Sunny - My first winter climb
Frances Ipson hiked Meall nan Tarmachan on August 26th, 2014 [from/via/route] Bridge, 400m north of Ben Lawers Visitor centre. [with] stan and stella [weather] hot, but started early. - did not continue on ridge.
Simon Lewis summited during September, 1995 [with] Sharron
Mr M A Blanchard, Ron Blundell, Simon Duerden, Paul Booth, Trevor Williams, Geert Gritter and Adam Shewry have all walked, climbed & bagged Meall nan Tarmachan.
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Photographs & Pictures of views from, on, or of, Meall nan Tarmachan
Negotiating the narrow edge between Meall Garbh (Meall nan Tarmachan) and Beinn nan Eachan (Meall nan Tarmachan) in poor conditions
Ladder stile on the bealach between Meall nan Tarmachan (South East Top) and Meall nan Tarmachan itself
Glen Lochay and Meall Ghaordaidh with Meall Ton Eich in the foreground from Beinn nan Eachan (Meall nan Tarmachan)
. . . see all 22 walk photographs & pictures of views from, on, or of, Meall nan Tarmachan
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