Beinn Tharsuinn

About Beinn Tharsuinn

Sitting as the high point of the vast moorland between the Cromarty and Dornoch Firths, this broad Graham offers a sense of immense space. It provides a quieter perspective on the Northern Highlands, with its peat-heavy slopes leading to a summit that feels significantly more remote than its modest height suggests.

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• •The name is Gaelic for 'transverse hill' or 'cross-hill.' This usually denotes a hill that lies at a right angle to the general trend of the surrounding ridges or glens, effectively cutting across the grain of the landscape.
• •The summit provides an excellent vantage point to appreciate the sheer scale of Ben Wyvis to the southwest, while to the northeast, the view extends over the Kyle of Sutherland toward the distinctive lone peaks of Sutherland and Assynt.
• •The usual approach from the south via Glenglass leads through a landscape of managed moorland and forestry, eventually opening out into the wilder, largely pathless terrain that characterises the summit plateau.
• •While its Munro neighbour Ben Wyvis attracts the crowds and wears a visible scar of a path, Beinn Tharsuinn remains blissfully quiet, guarded by just enough boggy ground to ensure you will likely have the summit cairn to yourself.