Munros + Corbetts - 2009
05 July 2009 ......... Carn Dearg
This is the third of the three corbetts in Glen Roy called Carn Dearg - this one is on the east side of Glen Roy, and is sort of attached to the munro Beinn Teallach, which is a few km`s north of Laggan Dam. It is easy to get to from the top end of Glen Roy, and is a relatively easy climb.
I started from the footbridge at NN 330 909, headed south and up to Carn Brunachain, then up to the summit.
It is a fairly isolated hill, so views are good in every direction, though there weren`t really any views which you could say were stunning. Just for reference, here is the view looking north to the two Carn Deargs - ie, the two corbetts to the north of Glen Roy. As I said in my notes about my climb up them a few weeks previously, there is little to distinguish them from a thousand other hills in Scotland.
Across to the west, here is the fourth corbett in Glen Roy, Beinn Iaruinn, which is the hill I somewhat mistakenly climbed when the heather was getting burnt. You can see the amount of scarring along the flank of the hill, from the burning.
From the summit, I headed slightly east of north down to the coll, and then up to the un-named summit at NN 350 898. Then north west down to the next summit at NN 344 904, then down to the footbridge again.
Somewhat surprisingly, on the way down I found that Coire na Reinich has quite a dramatic top end -
To go with it, the north east side of Carn Brunachain is quite steep as well - it is even precipitous in places. So that was a bit of a surprise.
Although I started out alone, I actually had quite a sociable climb, as a steady stream of cleggs came to say hello. No midges, but loads of cleggs.
A very pleasant and light hearted day, even though I spent more time driving than climbing.
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