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Càrn Gorm above Glen Lyon, the crags of Creag Ghlas on its right.

Carn Gorm

A Munro of 1,030 metres on the north side of Glen Lyon, climbed from Invervar by its south-east ridge.

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Carn Gorm, 1,030 metres, is one of four Munros on the north side of Glen Lyon in Perthshire, above Invervar.

It is not Cairn Gorm in the Cairngorms. Its close neighbour, Meall Garbh, stands about two kilometres to the north-east, and Carn Mairg and Meall na Aighean further east. They are kept by North Chesthill Estate. Nine-tenths of the estate is open hill moorland, and the area is a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

The estate publishes a recognised round of the four from Invervar, walked clockwise, with Carn Gorm its first summit, climbed by the south-east ridge. It stalks deer in the autumn and puts up notices in the car park and at the hill gate on stalking days. No avalanche forecast covers these hills, and under snow that does not mean there is no risk. Choose a day with a good forecast, and carry a map, a compass and warm clothes.

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A landscape view of Loch on the crest of its grassy bank, the glass front reflecting the birches and a rusted screen by an old stump.Kinloch RannochLoch at Redhill RetreatSleeps 2 · 4.5 miles
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Rannoch from across the clearing: a black cabin with a larch end, a rope-railed deck and a mossy drystone dyke, tall pines behind.Rannoch at Redhill Retreat
  • Sleeps 2
  • In Kinloch Rannoch
  • 5 miles from Carn Gorm
Free 4–6 NovA landscape view of Kin between two birch trunks, its black boards and rusted panels above the blaeberry, spruce behind.Kin at Redhill Retreat
  • Sleeps 2
  • In Kinloch Rannoch
  • 5 miles from Carn Gorm
Free 9–11 NovA landscape view of Loch on the crest of its grassy bank, the glass front reflecting the birches and a rusted screen by an old stump.Loch at Redhill Retreat
  • Sleeps 2
  • In Kinloch Rannoch
  • 5 miles from Carn Gorm
Free 4–6 NovA stone steading with a slated roof and an arched green door stands beside a gravel courtyard, daffodils growing at its base.West Tempar Bothy
  • Sleeps 2
  • 6 miles from Carn Gorm
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