Scotland
Geal-charn
921M
3021FT
About Geal-charn
Rising as a vast, rounded shoulder in the western Monadhliath, this remote Munro Top offers a sense of immense scale and solitude. Its broad, mossy plateau requires careful navigation in mist, rewarding the effort with a stark, expansive summit that feels far removed from the busier Highland glens below.
Key Statistics
Rank
82nd Highest in The Cairngorms
Parent Range
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Prominence
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56m
Nearest Town
Highland
Geology
You are walking on a fine-grained granite from the Cairngorm mountains. This rock contains larger, visible crystals embedded in a smoother base formed from cooled magma.
Classifications
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OS Grid Reference
NH884014
Latitude
57.0901°N
Longitude
3.8432°W
Did You Know?
- •Geal-charn translates from Scottish Gaelic as 'White Cairn.' This likely refers to the presence of light-coloured quartz or the way snow lingers on its stony upper slopes well into the spring, contrasting with the darker heather of the lower moorland.
- •The usual approach starts from the historic Garva Bridge on the Corrieyairack Pass road. From here, the walk follows the Feith Talagain, traversing a landscape that remains one of the most significant areas of blanket bog in the United Kingdom.
- •The summit provides an exceptional vantage point for studying the Monadhliath's distinctive topography; looking east, the peaks of the Cairngorms, including Braeriach and Cairn Toul, form a massive, high-altitude horizon beyond the Spey Valley.
- •Local walkers often refer to the 'Monadhliath mile,' a unit of measurement where the actual distance on the map is effectively doubled by the physical effort required to navigate the undulating peat-hags and waterlogged ground characteristic of this range.