Càrn Mòr Dearg

Càrn Mòr Dearg
Càrn Mòr Dearg: seen from Aonach Mor
Highest point
Elevation 1,223 m (4,012 ft) [1]
Prominence 165 m (541 ft)
Parent peak Ben Nevis
Listing Munro, Marilyn
Naming
Translation Great red peak (Gaelic)
Pronunciation Scottish Gaelic: [ˈkʰaːrˠn ˈmoːɾ ˈtʲɛɾɛk]
English approximation: KARN-mor-JERR-ek
Geography
Location Lochaber, Scotland
OS grid NN177722
Topo map OS Landranger 41

Càrn Mòr Dearg (1,221 m (4,006 ft)) is the eighth-highest mountain in Scotland. It is situated in the west of Scotland, close to the town of Fort William, in Lochaber, Highland. It lies just to the north-west of its much more famous neighbour, Ben Nevis, to which it is linked by the spectacular Càrn Mòr Dearg Arête.

Carn Mor Dearg and the arete as seen from Ben Nevis

The ascent of Càrn Mòr Dearg from the north (start from the North Face Car Park), the traverse of the arête, and the scramble up the north side of Ben Nevis make one of the best horse-shoe routes in Scotland.[2]

Signage on the path from the North Face Car Park to Ben Nevis and CMD

Snow Sports

Càrn Mòr Dearg is attractive to ski mountaineers and off piste skiers and boarders. In good conditions the summit can be reached from the nearby Nevis Range Ski areas in two hours or less. With enough snow, the descent from the summit to the CIC Hut gives a long, pleasant grade 1 descent. The eastern flank of the mountain has three fine bowls which give descents graded between 2 and 5 in K. Biggin's guide.[3]

Carn Mor Dearg as seen from Aonach Mor showing the snow bowl that attract off piste snowsports enthusiasts. Taken late winter with a poor snow cover. Ben Nevis is behind

See also

References

  1. ↑ "walkhighlands Carn Mor Dearg". walkhighlands.co.uk. 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  2. ↑ Irvine Butterfield (1986). The High Mountains of Britain and Ireland. London: Diadem Books. p. 98. ISBN 0-906371-71-6.
  3. ↑ Kenny Biggin, Scottish Offpiste Skiing and Snowboarding : Nevis Range and Ben Nevis (Spean Bridge : Skimountain, 2013)97-105.

Coordinates: 56°48′20″N 4°59′15″W / 56.80549°N 4.98744°W / 56.80549; -4.98744


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