Scotland
Carn Choire Odhair
609M
1997FT
About Carn Choire Odhair
Rising above the River Findhorn near Tomatin, this rounded heathery peak sits on the fringes of the Monadhliath. While just three feet shy of the 2,000ft mark, its broad summit offers a quiet, expansive perspective over Strathdearn towards the distant, jagged silhouettes of the northern Cairngorm giants.
Key Statistics
Rank
245th Highest in Region
Parent Range
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Prominence
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88m
Nearest Town
Tomatin
Geology
You are walking on tough, crystalline sandstone. These rocks were compressed and heated into a layered form, often featuring a subtle, glittering sheen from tiny mineral flakes.
Classifications
Nearby Fells
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OS Grid Reference
NH751283
Latitude
57.3288°N
Longitude
4.0747°W
Did You Know?
- •The name is derived from the Gaelic Càrn Coire Odhair, translating as the ‘cairn of the dun-coloured corrie’, a reference to the pale brown grasses that often coat its sheltered hollows.
- •Standing at 1,997 feet, the hill is an agonizing three feet short of the 2,000ft mark needed to be classified as a Graham, leaving it in the somewhat overlooked category of 'unclassified'.
- •The summit offers a bird's-eye view of the Slochd Mhuic, the famous pass where the A9 and the Highland Main Line railway squeeze through a narrow gap in the hills north of Carrbridge.
- •Its eastern slopes drop steeply into the deep trench of Strathdearn, a valley famous for its golden eagle sightings and the meandering upper reaches of the River Findhorn.