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Name: | Carn Dearg |
Hill number: | 621 |
Height: | 945.7m / 3103ft |
RHB Section: | 09B: Glen Albyn and the Monadh Liath |
County/UA: | Highland |
Catchment: | Spey |
Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Munro, High Hills of Britain, Murdo, Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,M,HHB,Mur,Y,P500) |
Grid ref: | NH 63570 02388 |
Summit feature: | cairn |
Drop: | 591m |
Col: | 355m NN410941 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 35 (1:25k) OL56 402 |
Survey: | Leica RX1250 |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 757 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
From Glen Banchor west. Then NW up boggy track in rain before ascending grassy ramp to col north of Carn Dearg. Exceptionally windy on ridge, so didn’t go south to the MT. Continued in lessening wind with great views, easy terrain, north along ridge over various tops to Carn Sgulain. With the Walkers. | Denise | 06/10/2023 |
Parked at the end of the public road in Glen Banchor. Carn Dearg, Carn Ban, Carn Ballach SW Top, Carn Ballach NE Top, Meall a'Bhothain, Carn Sgulain W Top, Carn Sgulain, A'Chailleach, Geal Charn. Very wet underfoot and gale force winds initially on Carn Dearg (hat blown over the cliffs) but easing later with cloud lifting. With Gillian and Denise. | richard69 | 06/10/2023 |
Parked at the end of Glen Road then followed the track all the way to the grouse butts in Gleann Ballach. Once the Allt Fionndrigh was crossed on a rickety bridge the track became extremely wet!. From the butts found a small path that led to the summit, the path managed to avoid the worst parts of the bog. Route back the same but went over Creag Liath. | garyhoney | 21/08/2023 |
A lollipop route from the car parking area at the end of the Glen Road, Newtonmore on a lovely warm day - but plagued by insects (it was flying ant day; spent most of the outing with them crawling over me). Route and write-up at: http://gayleybird.blogspot.com/2023/08/carn-dearg-monadhliath-nh635023-945m.html | Gayle | 10/08/2023 |
Shorts and shades trek with Nand & Beth. Muggy start to Carn dearg, lots of sun for next two Munros | ainzwils | 24/06/2023 |
Straight from the SE top along path, windy, straight down to next bealach | Trantham Clan | 22/05/2023 |
Fine day doing the circuit with tops in sunshine from Glen Banchor car park | PDuncan82 | 13/05/2023 |
a long dull slog up the valley and a bit of a nondescript summit | emily | 03/02/2023 |
Carn Ban, Carn Dearg, Carn Dearg SE Top, Carn Balloch, Meall a' Bhothain, Carn Sgulain West Top, Carn Sgulain and A' Chailleach | JasonStark | 16/10/2022 |
Glen Banchor car park - Carn Dearg - Carn Ban - Carn Ballach - Carn Ballach NE Top - Meall a’ Bhothain - Carn Sgulain - A’ Chailleach - Geal Charn, Creag na h-Iolaire - Glen Banchor. | Mark Jackson | 19/08/2022 |
W Malky on overcast day, summit in clag. From Glenballoch P, past Dalballoch up to Loch Dubh, then up W to ridge. Onwards to Creag Liath (743m). | Rounsfell | 23/07/2022 |
Dry, overcast, mild, mostly light winds; this is usually a good belvedere but light mist just touching summit today. | NorfolkPT21 | 16/07/2022 |
loop from the cp, 27km in 6 hrs with 992m of ascent, taking in Carn Dearg and SE top, Carn Ban, Carn Ballach SW and NE top, Meall a Bhothian, Carn Sgulian west top, Carn Sgulian and a'chailleach | Nicky C | 12/06/2022 |
Solo round of Càrn Dearg, Càrn Sgulain and A'Chailleach from parking spot in Glen Banchor. 7.15am start with headtorch. 
 
Circuit clockwise to get the long walk in out of the way, Quite a lot of bog encountered befoer the 250m pull up to the top of Càrn Dearg. Less bog up on the plateau, sometimes squelchy sections of peat, and sometimes frozen, with the occasional patch of icy snow to circumvent, so it was slow going at times. 
 
Dry weather, but bitterly cold wind up top. Long plod over the plateau before arriving at Carn Sgulain - there was a group of 3 ladies at the summit, so I said hello, but has no plans to stop at the top, so tapped the summit and headed over to A' Chailleach before the long descent. 7h 9min time. | mproudfoot | 15/01/2022 |
Good day out with Brian and Grant, very wet and bogy but weather turned out good. | Kevthecat | 15/11/2021 |
BIGGEST BOG FEST EVER | supermario | 15/11/2021 |
From Newtonmore - A'Chaileach, Carn Sgulain, Carn Dearg. 
With Sue, Jack and Ellie. Post GMC trip. | Geoff Briggs | 09/11/2021 |
With Jack, Sue, Geoff 
Post-GMC trip (Roybridge) | fellie | 09/11/2021 |
Meall na Ceardaich, Carn Ban, Carn Dearg, Carn Dearg SE Top, Carn Macoul | keithouk | 27/08/2021 |
Solo. 31km. Ascended via Creag na h-Iolaire to A' Chailleach, then across to Carn Sgulain, down ridge via all summits to Carn Dearg and then Carn Macoul on descent. Returned via Glen Banchor to parking. Fairly still, clear on all summits, sun at times. 9 hours. | meltdiceburg | 18/07/2021 |
The 3 Monadh Liath Munros - Walkhighlands route | hummusg | 23/06/2021 |
did the group of three- wet and windy! | younggl | 14/06/2021 |
Round off three Munros and the various tops. Total distance 28km and ascent of 1350m | Pilotralph | 30/05/2021 |
Long circuit - coming in from the back - supposed to be on tracks - mainly on bog & heather. 
Windy - not warm - summer is over. 
Clare needing 8000 steps to finish challenge - over 44,000 by end of day. 
A lot of bog hopping. | Scmccabe | 26/09/2020 |
6 of 6: From Sneachdach Slinnean. With Karen. | ChrisR | 24/09/2020 |
Start point was the car park at NN 69287 99770.Followed River Calder and then turned right up the valley at Glenbanchor before ascending to Carn Dearg. Followed the ridge over Carn Ban, Carn Ballach, Carn Ballach NE Top, Meall a' Bhothain, Carn Sgulain and then cut down to A'Challeach and descended to the start point after intercepting the stream Allt a Chaorainn. A great walk in great conditions. | lindslow | 20/09/2020 |
Good to revisit after 21 years. With B and R. | jenx | 08/08/2020 |
With Karen. Overcast but dry. Tops clear all day | Highland Days | 14/07/2020 |
Gorgeaous day, deep snow above 300m. 
Carn Dearg, Carn Sgulain & A'Chailleach | Huwel | 25/02/2020 |
With Winnie, wintry | Strathcarron | 29/10/2019 |
Alan,Chris,Gavin,Jan,Jane,Toril,Willie | NHWC | 22/06/2019 |
Circuit from car park near Glenballoch, taking in Carn Dearg and 3 Munro tops | Ajm0310 | 19/11/2018 |
B&A. Wet day, boggy bits, misty all day. With A' Chailleach & Carn Sgulain. | Morning | 13/08/2018 |
With Keith | christine99 | 28/05/2018 |
With Christine | Keith99 | 25/05/2018 |
Andrew Dyson | neil hutton | 21/05/2018 |
TGO Challenge 2018 | twg27 | 17/05/2018 |
Keith Armour, Craig Brackenridge, Barry McGarahan 
 
First of three on a early Summers day Lovely. | ian-e | 05/05/2018 |
Walked up Gleann Ballach. Crossing river higher up to avoid wading. Then up to col between Carn Macoul and Carn Dearg south top. Foggy on top and boggy everywhere else! On way back from same col headed down west into Gleann Lochain. Frozen Loch Dubh had a beautiful blue tinge. deer, hares ptarmigan and grouse. | gettingonabit | 11/04/2018 |
Long hungover plod with the class of 77 after weekend at Mill Cottage | Capt Malbec | 23/09/2017 |
With Tom Oldham. Standard there and back route from Glen Banchor along Allt Fionndrigh. Our fourth sensational sunny dry day. 20k 5 hours. | alexmaclennan | 09/05/2017 |
Accessed from Glen Banchor- cycled the first four kilometres- which was a mistake and caused more problems. Walked up to Loch Dubh- then up the ridge between the southern Top and Carn Macoul. Over the SE Top then Carn Dearg itself, back the same way, six hours all in. | chillyman8 | 06/05/2017 |
Revisit for the tops,ACW round of creag na h lolaire, geal charn, A chailleach, carn squlain, meall a bhothain, carn ballach, carn ban, carn dearg, carn dearg SE top,carn macoul, | robertphillips | 17/04/2017 |
From Newtonmore long walk in but plenty of snow | iannotts | 01/03/2017 |
C. Some snow. | This Dog | 21/01/2017 |
2nd ascent , followed by Carn Dearg SE Top and onto Carn Macoul which though it doesn't have any status it gave fine views of my previous route and of the falls above Loch Dubh. 
As the weather was now at its best for the day I decided to return via the Graham Creag Liath. | Peterb | 02/11/2016 |
Monadhliath ridge from Glen Banchor via Dalballoch to Carn Macoul, Carn Dearg, intermmediate summits to Carn Sgulain and A'Chailleach and down to Glen Banchor | kdbennett | 02/10/2016 |
Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 20/09/2016 |
Started wet ++ but nicer later on. Climbed with Maggie and Roy (and initially Liz) as part of Trisha's last munro party. 30 - 35 walkers made it to the top I'd guess. | dave neilson | 21/05/2016 |
Walked up Glen Banchor to Dalballoch (no problem crossing the river) then followed deer tracks on the western flank of Carn Macoul which kept us out of the wet valley bottom. From the col 639009 we enjoyed the fine scenery and weather to the summit perched on top of a cliff. Returned to the col but descended snow slopes east where we saw lots of mountain hares. A fine day out. | mindlessflogger | 30/03/2016 |