Chno Dearg
| Meaning: | From the Gaelic, red hill |
| Munro Region: | Loch Linnhe to Loch Ericht |
| Munro Number: | 86 |
| Height in Metres: | 1046 metres |
| OS Map Reference: | OS Sheet 41, GR: 377741 |
One of two hills (the other being Stob Coire Sgriodain) which are to the east of Loch Treig and south-east of Fersit, a small group of cottages reached by a narrow public road from the A86 in Glen Spean. They are not impressive hills to look at, and Chno Dearg appears to be more an expanse of rising moorland than a distinctive hill. Stob Coire Sgriodain forms an undulating ridge above Lochan Coire an Lochain and its west slopes drop steeply to Loch Treig, contributing to the fiord-like appearance of that loch. The smooth easy-angled contours of Chno Dearg make it a popular hill for an easy ski tour.
The traverse of the two hills starts from the end of the public road at Fersit. Go east along the private road over the river and railway and beyond the last cottages bear south across the gradually rising moorland to the rocky nose of Sron na Garbh-bheinne. Continue along the ridge to Stob Coire Sgriodain, descend south and then bear south-east over two lower tops to the broad grassy col. Finally, climb north-east to the rounded stony dome of Chno Dearg. Descend down very easy grassy slopes following the line of the streams back to Fersit.
(Copyright The Scottish Mountaineering Club)
- 1. Loch Lomond to Loch Tay
- 2. The River Tay to Rannoch Moor
- 3. Strath Orchy to Loch Leven
- 4. Loch Linnhe to Loch Ericht
- 5. The Drumochter Hills
- 6. The West Mounth: Blair Atholl to Braemar
- 7. The East Mounth: Glen Shee to Mount Keen
- 8. The Cairngorms
- 9. Glen Roy to the Monadhliath
- 10. Loch Eil to Glen Shiel
- 11. Glen Affric and Kintail
- 12. Glen Cannich to Glen Carron
- 13. Cuillin and Torridon
- 14. Loch Maree to Loch Broom
- 15. Loch Broom to Easter Ross
- 16. Coigach to Cape Wrath
- 17. The Islands
