Meall na h-Uinneig

Rising above Glen Banchor near Newtonmore, this rounded Monadhliath summit provides a quiet, heathery escape from the busier Munros nearby. It is a place of solitude, where the rolling plateau reveals expansive views across the Spey Valley toward the high granite giants of the Cairngorms National Park.

• •The name is derived from the Gaelic Meall na h-Uinneig, meaning 'Hill of the Window', which likely refers to a notch or gap in the summit ridge that frames the sky when viewed from the valley floor.
• •While often overlooked in favour of the neighbouring Munro, A' Chailleach, this summit provides a superior vantage point for looking north into the wild, uninhabited headwaters of the River Dulnain.
• •The ascent from the south follows the Allt a' Chaorainn into a landscape of vast peat moorland, where the lack of formal paths offers a more traditional Highland navigational challenge than the well-trodden routes nearby.
• •Hillwalkers frequently find that 'Hill of the Window' is an optimistic title for a peak where the most common view is a close-up of the peat hags you are currently trying to extract your boots from.