Little Glas Maol

Sitting on the eastern edge of the high Mounth plateau, this substantial Munro Top is often overlooked in favour of its parent, Glas Maol. It offers a more rugged character than the main summit, with stony slopes providing a dramatic vantage point over the deep, glacial trough of Caenlochan Glen.

• •The name is derived from the Scottish Gaelic 'Glas Maol', meaning the grey-green bare hill. The 'Little' prefix serves to distinguish it from its 1,068-metre parent peak situated less than a kilometre to the west.
• •It occupies a prime position overlooking the Caenlochan National Nature Reserve. From the summit, the ground drops away sharply, providing a clear, plunging view into the head of Canness Glen and across to the neighbouring ridge of Monega Hill.
• •The hill is frequently visited as part of the 'Glenshee Six' circuit. While the main Glas Maol summit is a broad, relatively featureless dome, this eastern top feels much more like the edge of the world, marking where the high plateau finally breaks into the Angus glens.
• •The cliffs and screes below the summit are a known site for rare arctic-alpine flora. The base-rich rocks here support species that are rarely found elsewhere in the British Isles, surviving in the cold, damp microclimate of the eastern corries.
• •Naming a 972-metre peak 'Little' is a fine example of Highland understatement; it stands taller than almost every mountain in England and Wales, yet here it is relegated to the status of a secondary shoulder.