Creag an Dubh-chadha

Tucked away on the high, peaty plateau west of the Gaick Forest, this remote summit offers a stark sense of isolation away from the busier Munros. Its broad, heather-clad slopes require careful navigation, but the effort reveals an expansive, wind-scoured landscape typical of the wilder fringes of the Monadhliath.

• •The name is Scottish Gaelic, meaning 'crag of the black pass,' likely a reference to the shadowed, narrow defiles that break the high ground in this part of the Lochaber and Badenoch borders.
• •The summit provides a clear, elevated view across the deep trench of the Gaick Pass toward the prominent peak of An Sgùrr and the sprawling northern slopes of the Drumochter hills, including Geal-chàrn.
• •Navigating the approach is less about technical mountaineering and more a test of one's patience for peat hags; it is a place where a dry foot is usually a rare and temporary luxury.