Meallan Buidhe

Rising as a significant heathery shoulder of the Beinn Pharlagain massif, this quiet summit provides a ruggedly authentic Highland experience. It offers a sense of deep isolation and pathless terrain, with the broad ridge providing an excellent vantage point over the remote, dark waters of Loch Ericht and the formidable Ben Alder forest.

• •The name is derived from the Scottish Gaelic 'Meallan Buidhe', meaning 'little yellow hill'. The 'little' is a diminutive of 'meall' (a rounded hill), while 'yellow' refers to the distinct golden-brown hue of the moorland grasses and sedges that dominate its slopes in the autumn months.
• •This summit is most frequently visited as part of a high-level traverse from its parent Corbett, Beinn Pharlagain. The route usually approaches from the road-end at Loch Rannoch, involving a trek across often boggy and pathless terrain to reach the 880-metre high point.
• •The summit offers a spectacular, uncrowded vantage point directly across the deep trench of Loch Ericht. From here, the massive, fortress-like cliffs of the Ben Alder massif and the high plateau of Beinn Bheoil dominate the eastern horizon.
• •Gaelic mountain naming is often a matter of perspective; despite being dubbed a 'little' hill, at 880 metres high it would comfortably tower over almost every peak in England and Wales outside of the very highest reaches of the Lake District and Snowdonia.