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Beinn Dearg [Blair Atholl]

Height Grid Ref. Pronunciation Meaning
1008 mt. NN852777 Bine Jerrack Red hill
Location Access
The West Mounth: Blair Atholl to Braemar Atholl Estate, tel: 01796 481740

a bike can be usefull on this munro

Beinn Dearg [Blair Atholl] is munro number One Hundred and Twenty-Four

Mountain Description for Beinn Dearg [Blair Atholl]

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Beinn Dearg [Blair Atholl] is an munro in Scotand and is located in the area The West Mounth: Blair Atholl to Braemar as defined by SMC (and lies in region known as Atholl )

Beinn Dearg lies to the north east of Bruar and west of Glen Tilt. It is a dome shaped looking granite munro which rises above numerous flat / rounded hills at a peak of 1008 metres set in some fairly bleak moorland on the south end of the high Mounth peaty plateau. Beinn Dearg takes it's name from the reddish screes on the higher sides of the mountain.

To the north the are two minor tops, Beinn Gharbh on the north and Elrig 'ic an Toisich to on the northeast where there are slopes onto a high platea.

Access is usually via Glen Tilt on a long approch upto Snaicheachan bothy. Alternatively there is a track from Calvine on the A9 along Glen Bruar.

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Routes

Route NameDistance (m / km)Ascent (ft /mt)
Beinn Dearg17 / 283052 / 930

Useful Maps

ThumbnailPriceMap Name
Atholl: Glen Tilt, Beinn Dearg and Carn Nan Cabhar (Explorer Maps) cover image£7.99Atholl: Glen Tilt, Beinn Dearg and Carn Nan Cabhar (Explorer Maps)
Pitlochry and Loch Tummel: Aberfeldy, Kinloch Rannoch and Schiehallion (Explorer Maps) cover image£7.99Pitlochry and Loch Tummel: Aberfeldy, Kinloch Rannoch and Schiehallion (Explorer Maps)

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Beinn Dearg is a remote, dome shaped granite hill set in some fairly bleak moorland. Being some-what distant from any neighbouring Munros it is climbed alone.
Munros Key
Loch Lomond to Loch TayLoch Tay to  Loch RannochStrath Orchy to Loch LevenLoch Linnhe to Loch ErichtThe  Drumochter HillsThe West Mounth: Blair Atholl to BraemarGlen Shee to Mount KeenThe CairngormsGlen Roy to MonadhliathLoch Eil to Glen ShielGlen Affric and KintailGlen Cannich to Glen CarronCoulin and TorridonLoch Maree to Loch BroomLoch Broom to Easter RossCoigach to Cape WrathThe Islands
  • Loch Lomond to Loch Tay
  • Loch Tay to Loch Rannoch
  • Strath Orchy to Loch Leven
  • Loch Linnhe to Loch Ericht
  • The Drumochter Hills
  • The West Mounth: Blair Atholl to Braemar
  • Glen Shee to Mount Keen
  • The Cairngorms
  • Glen Roy to Monadhliath
  • Loch Eil to Glen Shiel
  • Glen Affric and Kintail
  • Glen Cannich to Glen Carron
  • Coulin and Torridon
  • Loch Maree to Loch Broom
  • Loch Broom to Easter Ross
  • Coigach to Cape Wrath
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