Toll a' Ghobhain

Rising as a high northern bastion of the Mullach na Dheiragain massif, this remote summit overlooks the wild, uninhabited country between Glen Elchaig and Loch Mullardoch. It is a place of quiet, grassy slopes and immense scale, requiring a long approach that guarantees solitude far from the busier Torridon peaks.

• •The name is Gaelic for 'Hollow of the Smith', which likely refers to the deep glacial bowl to the east of the ridge rather than the 826-metre high point itself.
• •Reaching this summit usually involves a trek of over ten miles from the nearest road-end, often starting from the remote Iron Lodge or as part of a demanding high-level traverse from Glen Cannich.
• •The summit provides a spectacular perspective of the sprawling ridges of Sgùrr nan Ceathreamhnan to the southwest and the long, shimmering reach of Loch Monar to the north.
• •It is a prime spot for observing red deer, which favor these high, wind-scoured shoulders as a refuge from midges during the warmer months.
• •It attracts very few visitors compared to its neighbouring Munros; if you encounter another soul here, they are either remarkably lost or a very dedicated hill-bagger.