Glas Charn

Sitting within the rolling, high-altitude plateau of the Grampians, this quiet summit offers a remote experience away from the busy A9 corridor. Rising above the Gaick Forest, its broad, heathery slopes lead to a modest cairn with expansive views across to the high peaks of the Cairngorms and the distinctive Meall Chuaich.

• •The name is derived from the Scottish Gaelic 'Glas Charn', meaning 'green cairn' or 'grey-green stony hill', referring to the distinctive lichen-covered rocks that dot its upper slopes.
• •The hill overlooks the remote Gaick Forest, an area notorious in Scottish history for the 'Gaick Catastrophe' of 1800, where an avalanche destroyed a hunting lodge and killed five men.
• •From the summit, walkers gain a clear perspective of the deep trench of Loch an Duin and the steep western flanks of the neighbouring Corbett, An Sgùrr.
• •It is a hill for the connoisseur of silence, or perhaps just for the walker who took a slightly over-ambitious bearing while heading toward the more popular Meall Chuaich.