Carn an Fhidhleir

This very remote hill is one of two (the other being An Sgarsoch) which stand in one of the wildest and most inaccessible parts of the Highlands, more or less at the centre of the headwaters of the rivers Feshie, Geldie and Tarf. They are both smooth, gently sloping hills, with much rough heather and peaty ground on their lower slopes, but excellent walking on mossy turf on the upper parts.

As regards access, these hills can be climbed by long expeditions which will take a full day, or possibly even two, by three possible routes: up Glen Feshie to the headwaters of the River Feshie, up the River Dee and its tributary the Geldie Burn, or up Glen Tilt and across the Tarf Water. The use of a bicycle on these routes is invaluable on the long approaches. On the Glen Tilt route, it is possible to cycle to Forest Lodge, then walk over to the Tarf bothy, from where it is still a long walk round the two hills by their southern ridges. The route by the Dee and the Geldie Burn gives rough cycling past the ruins of Geldie Lodge, but the track beyond there goes quite far up the northern side of An Sgarsoch and gives the nearest approach to these two hills that can be cycled.

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