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| Name: | Creag Ruadh |
| Hill number: | 681 |
| Height: | 622.2m / 2041ft |
| RHB Section: | 09C: Loch Lochy to Loch Laggan |
| County/UA: | Highland |
| Catchment: | Catchment Boundaries, Lochy, Spey |
| Watershed: | Ardnamurchan Point to Lowestoft, Cardiff to Cape Wrath, Dover to Cape Wrath, Lowestoft to Duncansby Head, Land's End to John o' Groats, Greater Loch Linnhe, The Lizard to Dunnet Head |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Graham, Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,G,Y) |
| Grid ref: | NN 55808 91385 |
| Summit feature: | trig point |
| Drop: | 310m |
| Col: | 312m NN531909  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 35 (1:25k) OL55 401 |
| Observations: | close contenders are lower |
| Survey: | Abney level/Leica Disto D510/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 284 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| davezeking | 29/03/2024 | |
| Straightforward ascent from Spey Reservoir. Gale force winds stopped me from anything high today.... | Richard Tait | 13/03/2024 |
| Ascend from south as stopping in inverekie estate cottage. Hit snow at 550m with herds of deer. Then Continue NW to pictish fort through somevery nice woodland. Encountered some quite deep snow. Then return via forest trials back to start. | cjo | 25/02/2024 |
| anguscow | 03/01/2024 | |
| highlandrock | 01/01/2024 | |
| hillhunter | 10/12/2023 | |
| Robin56 | 30/11/2023 | |
| Parked in a lochside lay-by E of Sherrabeg and followed road to Glenshero Lodge. Past the fallow deer and along track until out of the forest SW of Meall an t-Sithein. Followed deer fence upwards then through open woodland to the summit and a White-tailed Eagle welcoming our arrival. Back to the deer fence and onwards to Creag Ruadh, which affords superb views down Glen Laggan. Down to the craggy E Top then fence-following through open woodland to Black Craig. A marked FP crosses this and gives good access to the impressive ruins of Dun-da-Iam before dropping the forestry road below that leads back to the vehicular road to Sherrabeg. 4 hrs. | summitter | 04/11/2023 |
| From Sherrabeg by west side of stream then WSW through newer woodland between 2 older woodlands to ridge then SE to Creag Ruadh. Return by same route. A fine day with strong easterly wind. Extensive panoramic views. Two impressive red deer stags grazing on meadow by the car. | Vin | 18/10/2023 |
| amblemark | 07/09/2023 | |
| See https://scotlandhills.net/hilss-above-the-spey-dam/ | hill walker | 21/05/2023 |
| Crawford Lindsay | 31/03/2023 | |
| wintergreen | 31/03/2023 | |
| Here for the trigpoint. TP:UK log: Same route as caroleengel - very welcome waypoints. Parked on verge at Sherrabeg and through nearby gate, then to gate at NN 56640 92400, over fence at NN 55730 91830. Clearly nowhere near as fit as Carol as although I wouldn't describe the walk as unpleasant it did take it out of me. Very wet underfoot. | thejackrustles | 23/03/2023 |
| weaselmaster | 11/11/2022 | |
| Sick Kid | 11/11/2022 | |
| BigAl500 | 29/08/2022 | |
| MuckleG | 21/08/2022 | |
| stuartgreig | 14/08/2022 | |
| Gallovidian | 03/08/2022 | |
| SunnyAdventures | 25/07/2022 | |
| Climbed with Yeltzbagger. Path was very overgrown and hard to find. | Stevie n Tay | 22/07/2022 |
| Yeltzbagger | 22/07/2022 | |
| From gate at NN 5689 9292 (adjacent road bridge at Sherrabeg). Cross pasture to further gate (NN 5664 9240) at edge of plantation. Good deer trod all the way to deer fence NN 5573 9183. Much better walk than expected. | carole engel | 06/07/2022 |
| Trantham Clan | 16/05/2022 | |
| From Sherrabeg, parking on grass at NN571930, crossed field across road from Sherrabeg, followed track up field, through forest gate, and between two woodlands, continuing more steeply SW up ridge to fence at ca NN555917, through a gap, then along ridge to summit trig (and nearbyt alternative summits), returning by same route (2h5m) | kdbennett | 19/04/2022 |
| Jossker | 05/03/2022 | |
| Parked E of Sherrabeg. Crossed bridge at Sherrabeg, followed path W of Allt Sniomhach through 2 gates to forest boundary fence, through 3rd gate keeping fence on left to corner. Still following path, SW to damaged deer fence at approx 580m, where able to step through fence and onto summit plateau. Visited T Pt. and the other contenders. | CJM | 30/01/2022 |
| Frogreen | 28/01/2022 | |
| gingernut | 23/01/2022 | |
| weaselmaster | 22/01/2022 | |
| Sick Kid | 22/01/2022 | |
| Parked in layby by reservoir shore, walked W along road then L on track by Glenshero Lodge. Followed track till close to Meall an t-Sithein then veered L and up the less severe slopes to reach fine summit of Meall an t-Sithein in mature woodland. Continued to Creag Ruadh (visiting all the options for high point) and camped just below summit. Continued to Creag Ruaidh E top, Black Craig then nice path to the Pictish hill fort of Dun-da-Iamh, visiting both summits. Descended via forestry tracks to the road. Excellent views, good varied route. | RobertP | 09/11/2021 |
| A Peckish | 05/09/2021 | |
| Thorny | 25/06/2021 | |
| GavinTheobald 3 | 27/05/2021 | |
| rdhumble | 17/10/2020 | |
| alanm | 25/09/2020 | |
| On path from Sherrabeg. | Winterfloodian | 12/09/2020 |
| NickF | 01/09/2020 | |
| bobhem25 | 24/08/2020 | |
| Renvoo | 12/07/2020 | |
| From Sherrabeg. Around the north west side of the plantation, then direct to the summit. Deep soft snow and squalls made it hard work. With TH, PJ, AJ, DW. | Owen B | 18/02/2020 |
| Am Bodach | 19/01/2020 | |
| Route as bolton, low cloud, snow on ground, freezing, views but high tops missing. | iangalbraith | 07/11/2019 |
| Usual way from Sherrabeg, quite pleasant on a fine day. | Jon F | 05/11/2019 |
| A very pleasant short walk, mainly on a decent path from Sherrabeg. Through the gate, across the field then another gate into deciduous woods, up to a final gate, then a boggy path along the forestry fence leads up parallel to the ridge line, up a squidgy coire, then gets lost in bog vegetables. Hop over the fence where it has fallen down, then up steeply to the plateau. Final stroll on short heather to fine views along Loch Laggan. An interesting and varied walk. | Gill | 03/11/2019 |
| JulieB | 15/06/2019 | |
| From S near Poll nan Cuirteag viewpoint. Sunny, with showers which passed by. Snow on tops. En route to Edinb. | Rounsfell | 04/03/2019 |
| danielarn | 03/03/2019 |