Leacann na Sguabaich

Tucked away on the high Monadhliath plateau, this rounded, expansive summit offers a true sense of Highland isolation. The terrain is a mix of peat hags and hardy grasses, typical of these rolling hills. It provides a quiet, windswept vantage point for looking across the Spey Valley towards the Cairngorm giants.

• •The name translates from Gaelic as the 'slope of the sweeping wind', a reference to the way the prevailing westerlies scour the broad, high-altitude shoulders of the Monadhliath mountains.
• •It is frequently visited as part of a longer circuit including Geal Charn, the highest point of the local massif, with the two peaks separated by a wide, high-level col that remains above the 800-metre contour.
• •The summit offers an unobstructed view of the Moine Mhòr (the Great Moss) and the western flanks of the Cairngorms, specifically the deep glacial trough of the Lairig Ghru and the plateau of Braeriach.
• •At a height of 899.9 metres, it is a hill defined by a near-miss, sitting just ten centimetres shy of the 900-metre milestone.