Toll Creagach

About Toll Creagach

Sitting north of Glen Affric, this broad, high Munro offers a gentler alternative to the jagged peaks across the glens. Its vast, mossy summit plateau provides an expansive vantage point over Loch Mullardoch, looking towards the remote giants of the north-west Highlands. It is frequently climbed alongside its neighbor, Tom a’ Choinnich.

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• •The name is derived from the Scottish Gaelic Toll Creagach, meaning 'craggy hollow'. This refers to the dramatic, rock-strewn corries on its northern and eastern aspects, which are hidden from view during the standard approach from the south.
• •Hillwalkers almost exclusively tackle this summit in tandem with Tom a' Choinnich to the west. The two are connected by a high, grassy col at Bealach Toll Easa, making for a straightforward but high-altitude circuit above the Chisholms’ Pass.
• •From the summit cairn, the view north across the deep waters of Loch Mullardoch is exceptional, framed by the massive, triple-peaked ridge of Sgùrr na Lapaich and the remote peaks of the Monar Forest.
• •Despite its name suggesting a rocky nature, much of the ascent from Glen Affric is over soft moss and short grasses, providing some of the kindest underfoot conditions found on any Munro in the region.
• •Given the notoriously boggy approach from the Glen Affric road, the 'Craggy' in its name can feel like an optimistic misnomer until you finally reach the northern rim of the summit plateau.