Meall Mhic Iomhair

Tucked away in the wild heart of the North West Highlands, this broad, heather-topped summit provides a lonely perspective on the great Inverlael Munros. The terrain is rugged and pathless, demanding a crossing of high peat moorland to earn a stunning, close-quarter view of Cona’ Mheall’s dark, shattered eastern cliffs.

• •The name is Scottish Gaelic for 'the hill of Iver’s son' (MacIver’s hill), likely a reference to a local figure from the historic grazing lands of the surrounding Braemore or Loch Broom estates.
• •Though often bypassed by those focused on the neighboring 3,000ft peaks, the summit offers an excellent, 'insider' view of the Destitution Wall, a remarkable drystone dyke built during the potato famine that climbs over the high ridges of the Beinn Dearg massif.
• •The hill is frequently approached from the Dirrie More side of the A835, where the landscape transitions from rolling moorland into the sharp, alpine rock architecture characteristic of the Coigach and Assynt borders.
• •At just over 607 metres, it qualifies as a mountain by the narrowest of margins—a distinction that feels somewhat academic when you are knee-deep in the saturated peat hags that guard its eastern flanks.