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| Name: | Carn Dearg |
| Hill number: | 363 |
| Height: | 941m / 3087ft |
| RHB Section: | 04B: Loch Treig to Loch Ericht |
| County/UA: | Highland, Perth and Kinross |
| Catchment: | Triples, Catchment Boundaries, Leven (Loch), Tay, Lochy |
| Watershed: | Firth of Tay, Mull of Kintyre to Rattray Head, 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, Munro, High Hills of Britain, Murdo, Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,M,HHB,Mur,Y) |
| Grid ref: | NN 41776 66134 |
| Summit feature: | tall cairn |
| Drop: | 218m |
| Col: | 723m NN432669  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 42 (1:25k) 385W |
| Observations: | outcrop 8m NE of cairn is higher than base of cairn |
| Survey: | Abney level |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 677 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Started at the Corrour Estate, along the loch, Peter's Rock and then up to Carn Dearg. Across to Sgor Gailbhre and then down to the estate (used the sluice to cross the river). All kinds of weather. | tsharp | 16/05/2023 |
| From Corrour Station, ascend from Peter's stone, and walk back out down the ridge to Rannoch. 11 miles | JulieB | 26/04/2023 |
| With a group of 13. Also up here on 29/4/00 and 24/9/11. Lovely clear day. | Phreerunner | 26/04/2023 |
| From Courror Station on good tracks to Peter's Rock. Then up grassy slopes to Meall na Leitire Duibhe. Along ridge to summit. | KeithByTheC | 26/04/2023 |
| From Corrour station, out and back to Beinn na Lap followed by Carn Dearg, Sgor Gaibhre and Sgor Choinnich. Back to the station café with time for tea and cake before catching the 15:24 train. | Geoff Briggs | 11/04/2023 |
| From Corrour station | geoffh12 | 27/04/2022 |
| 3 munros round Loch Ossian, clockwise from Corrour station | hummusg | 25/04/2022 |
| Round of Sgòr Gaibhre, Càrn Dearg and Beinn Pharlagain from the B846 near Rannoch. 3.2mi walk in to the start of the loop - started with Beinn Pharlagain (Meall na Meoig) and then over to Sgòr Gaibhre, then Càrn Dearg and then continued back along the ridge to the track back to the B846. Sunny with blue skies but strong freezing winds - just over 16 miles and over 1100m of ascent - total time 7h 8min. | mproudfoot | 20/03/2022 |
| Long Run due to OMM cancellation | Grimpeur1234 | 31/10/2021 |
| With B. | harristhedog | 18/07/2021 |
| Back after 33 years! | BaggerGutt | 07/06/2021 |
| Circuit from Corrour Halt starting at E end of Loch Ossian. Overcast day with heavy showers but clear on tops. Moss campion, mountain azaelia, lousewort, buttercup, ptarmigan. | Trotticus | 19/05/2021 |
| 1/2 - from track starting near Rannoch Station. Straight-forward walk in up track before climbing onto ridge...... | wychwood | 14/05/2021 |
| With Jack, Joe, Jim Ben Alder traverse (backpacking) | fellie | 02/05/2021 |
| Ben Alder Traverse | fellwanderer92 | 02/05/2021 |
| With Sunny & Iain. Amazing weather & visibility. Cycled in from Rannoch Station Beinn na Lap, Carn Dearg & Sgor Gaibhre | Huwel | 17/08/2020 |
| Bike&hike from Moy | Strathcarron | 16/08/2020 |
| From YHA Loch Ossian, ascent up Carn Dearg and along ridge to Sgor Gaibhre in the hot sun. Followed ridge line along to Being a' Chumhainn, descent into valley for lunch. Up West ridge of Ben Alder for Munro 50 then round to Being Bheoil then into valley for midge fuelled bivvy. | robertgn | 03/08/2019 |
| Early start from youth hostel | Rodge | 29/06/2019 |
| Third visit; TGOC 19 | Colin Crawford | 17/05/2019 |
| With Alan Gillies, Michelle Haining & Kathleen McGovern | Highland Days | 04/08/2018 |
| From the railway station direct fromt the sleeper. | sebastiencale | 05/07/2018 |
| 941m | The Grouse | 18/09/2017 |
| With Geraldine, Jo, Les | Chris Blake | 03/09/2017 |
| Chris, Les, Jo | Geraldine Fardon | 03/09/2017 |
| With Christine & Paul | Keith99 | 08/08/2017 |
| With Keith & Paul | christine99 | 08/08/2017 |
| KeithByTheC | 26/06/2017 | |
| Completed Carn Dearg and Sgor Gaibhre. was also planning to do corbet but thick mist and rain i missed it out. | JamesSDonald | 23/06/2017 |
| From Corrour village through wood then ATV tack to north ridge of Carn Dearg. Path from there down to Mam Ban and up to Sgorr Gaibhre, retuning over Sgor Choinnich and down by ATV track. Burn easier to cross than expected given rainfall day before. With Rod, Grant and Andrew. | SS | 07/06/2017 |
| With Steve, Rod, Andrew | Oik | 07/06/2017 |
| Corrour station by bike along Loch Ossian to NN396678, then up Carn Dearg via Peter's Rock and Meall na Leitre Duibhe, continuing to Sgor Gaibhre and Sgor Choinnich, descending along Meall Nathrach Mor to track following Allt Choire Chreagaich down to shooting lodge, returning along track on Loch Ossian's shore to bike and then Corrour | kdbennett | 03/06/2017 |
| started just along from Rannoch Station. Weather started off clear, rain mid way then clear again at the end. | FCMark | 02/06/2017 |
| From Corrour while staying in Signal Box with PJB. Sunshine so route was straightforward. Very dry underfoot. | trimarc2 | 11/05/2017 |
| From an overnight camp near Loch Eigheach, cycled in to the bridge over the Allt Eigheach. Walked on ridge over Sron Leachd a Chaorainn to summit. Cloudless day but cold wind from the east. | mindlessflogger | 03/05/2017 |
| Dull start, biked to bridge then long walk. Sunny mostly with snow showers but a decent day out. | Capt Malbec | 17/04/2017 |
| M2 | Dave Geere | 13/04/2017 |
| on ski from Corrour | cjo | 12/02/2017 |
| arrived on 9 am train round of carn dearg, sgor gaibhre, sgor choinnich, meall nathrach mor, and down to loch ossian hostel for the night. | robertphillips | 11/11/2016 |
| Solo - Very wet. mist 700m No view | Topsaswell | 24/09/2016 |
| From Sgor Gaibhre. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 19/09/2016 |
| R | Richard Tait | 05/06/2016 |
| Walked from Loch Eigheach up dirt track to ridge and along ridge to Carn Dearg. Clear and warm conditions. | honey badger | 15/05/2016 |
| Loch Eigheach-Beinn Pharlagain-Sgor Gaibhre-Carn Dearg-Loch Eigheach. On own. | MorecambeMonkey | 24/04/2016 |
| solo with Lily from Road to the Isles parking. A great windy but perfect viz day. 7 hours | alexmaclennan | 12/04/2016 |
| Climbed with TL between Corrour Station and Ben Alder Cottage | D.Hoyle | 19/03/2016 |
| From YH with Lynn and Kids + Jennifer - along Loch Ossian and up. A good circuit in clear weather and fine views. | nix_snilloc | 16/08/2015 |
| With Mark. | Jonathan Willingham | 08/07/2015 |
| From Corrour station, a round of Carn Dearg, Sgor Gaibhre, Sgor Choinnich and Meall Nathrach Mor. | rhalstead | 26/06/2015 |
| @ loch ossian | wendy.calder | 17/05/2015 |