Corrieyairack Hill

About Corrieyairack Hill

Sitting high above the historic Corrieyairack Pass, this expansive Grampian dome is defined by its connection to General Wade’s 18th-century military road. While the summit is a broad, heathery plateau, the real draw is the dramatic engineering of the nearby zig-zags and the sense of crossing a wild, high-altitude frontier.

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• •The name is derived from the Gaelic Coire Ghaidheirig, often translated as the 'Corrie of the Short-cut', referring to the ancient drove route through the mountains that preceded the military road.
• •The hill looms over the highest point of General Wade’s Military Road. Completed in 1731 to link Fort Augustus with the south, the road’s famous 'zig-zags' on the western side of the pass represent a remarkable feat of 18th-century engineering.
• •From the summit, walkers are rewarded with a clear perspective of the Great Glen’s rift, with the jagged skyline of the Knoydart hills visible to the west and the massive Creag Meagaidh range to the south.
• •Unlike the busy Munros nearby, this hill sees relatively few visitors, though it remains a significant landmark for those walking the traditional 25-mile crossing between Laggan and Fort Augustus.
• •Despite the military's best efforts to civilise the pass with stone and drainage, the summit plateau remains an uncompromising landscape of peat hags and heather that requires better navigation skills than the road below suggests.