Chno Dearg
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 View from the neighboring Stob Coire Sgrìodain to the summit of the Chno Dearg, in the foreground the Lochan Coire at Lochain |
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| height | 1046 m ASL | |
| location | Highlands , Scotland | |
| Mountains | Grampian Mountains | |
| Notch height | 644 m | |
| Coordinates | 56 ° 49 '48 " N , 4 ° 39' 39" W | |
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The Chno Dearg is a Munro and Marilyn classified, 1046 meter high mountain in Scotland . Its Gaelic name can be roughly translated as Red Mountain or Red Hill .
It is located in the Council Area Highland in the Grampian Mountains southeast of Spean Bridge . Together with the neighboring Munro Stob Coire Sgrìodain and various pre- peaks , it forms an independent small mountain group east of Loch Treig and south of Glen Spean . It is separated from Beinn na Lap further south by the valley of the Allt Fèith Thuill , which lies to the south-east .
The Chno Dearg is a little conspicuous, broad mountain with a rounded summit plateau that slopes gently on almost all sides and is characterized by a stony moss and heather landscape. Together with the western neighbor Stob Coire Sgrìodain enclose in the form of an open north horseshoe the Coire an Lochain , an embossed to the east, to Chno Dearg out of gentle grassy slopes Kar . In contrast, the Stob Coire Sgrìodain falls in the west with steeper, rock-interspersed walls into the cirque, which is filled in the middle by Lochan Coire on Lochain , a small mountain lake at an altitude of about 750 meters. The lowest point between the two Munros at the southern end of the Kars is around 890 meters. Only the southeast side of the Chno Dearg falls steeply and rocky into the valley of the Allt Fèith Thuill. The east side of the mountain and the south-east ridge of the mountain, known as Sròn Ruadh , enclose the rocky Glas-choire , to the south-west is the Coire nan Cnàmh, which is enclosed by the Sròn Ruadh and the 976 meter high pre-peak Meall Garbh . To the northeast run less pronounced ridges that end in two smaller pre-peaks, the 815 meter high Meall Chaorach and the 708 meter high Meall Dhearcaig .
Most Munro excavators combine an ascent of the Chno Dearg with that of the neighboring Stob Coire Sgrìodain. The starting point is the small settlement of Fersit north of the Loch Treig dam, which can be reached via a junction from the A86 . From there, both peaks can be climbed in a circular tour, alternatively first over the north ridge of the Stob Coire Sgrìodain to its summit and further over the wide connecting ridge above the walls of the Coire at Lochain to the broad western slope of the Chno Dearg. The descent from the summit then takes place via its broad north side, back to Fersit. The inspection is also possible in the opposite direction. A much longer approach is possible from the south, the starting point is Corrour station on the West Highland Line .
Web links
- The Chno Dearg on munromagic.com (English)
- The Chno Dearg on walkhighlands.co.uk
- Der Chno Dearg in Hill Bagging - the online version of the Database of British and Irish Hills
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chno Dearg at www.munromagic.com, accessed on August 4, 2020 (English)