Creag Mhor

About Creag Mhor

Rising above the Spey Valley, this bulky Monadhliath summit offers a rugged, heathery escape from the bustle of Kingussie. Often climbed alongside neighbouring Carn an Fhreiceadain, it provides a panoramic vantage point over the high plateau of the Cairngorms and the distant, jagged peaks of the Lochaber hills.

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• •The name Creag Mhòr is Scottish Gaelic for ‘the big crag’. While common across the Highlands, here it distinguishes this bulkier summit from its smaller, more popular neighbour, Creag Bheag, which overlooks the town.
• •The hill is typically climbed as part of a high-level circuit through the Pitmain Glen, using a network of estate tracks that provide an efficient way to gain height into the Monadhliath interior.
• •The summit provides an excellent perspective on the 'Great Wall' of the Cairngorms, with the massive western corries of Braeriach and the steep cliffs of Sgòr Gaoith dominating the view across the Strathspey.
• •For a hill named ‘the big crag’, the terrain is surprisingly short on actual vertical rock, consisting instead of a vast, wind-scoured plateau where the local mountain hares are often the only company.
• •Anyone arriving at the summit with a rack of climbing gear and dreams of technical granite will be disappointed to find that the 'big crag' is, in reality, a very large pile of heather and peat.