The Munros:
Drumochter and Loch Ericht.
Drumochter and Loch Ericht.
The Munros of Drumochter and Loch Ericht, the highest first. See them on the map.
Ben Alder.
1,148 metres
Ben Alder rises in the hills between Loch Ericht and Loch Laggan. It is the tallest of the nine Munros on Ben Alder Estate, which spans over 56,000 acres of mountains, moorlands and lochs.
Read about Ben AlderGeal-charn.
1,132 metres
Four Munros are called Geal-charn, and this is the highest of them: the one in the Ben Alder massif, west of Loch Ericht. At 1,132 metres it stands 26th among all 282, only sixteen metres lower than Ben Alder itself, which is a little under four kilometres away to the south-east.
Read about Geal-charnAonach Beag.
1,116 metres
This Aonach Beag stands west of Loch Ericht on the Ben Alder massif, and is not to be confused with the Aonach Beag of the Nevis range.
Read about Aonach BeagBeinn Eibhinn.
1,103 metres
Beinn Eibhinn, at 1,103 metres, stands on the Ben Alder massif west of Loch Ericht, on the Loch Ossian side.
Read about Beinn EibhinnCarn Dearg.
1,034 metres
This Carn Dearg stands above Culra on the Ben Alder massif, west of Loch Ericht, one of the nine Munros that Ben Alder Estate lists on its ground. The estate's lodge at Culra lies about two kilometres to the east.
Read about Carn DeargBeinn Bheoil.
1,019 metres
Beinn Bheoil is a Loch Ericht hill and the close neighbour of Ben Alder: the two summits are about two kilometres apart, with Ben Alder to the west.
Read about Beinn BheoilBeinn Udlamain.
1,010 metres
Beinn Udlamain is the highest of the four Munros on the west side of the A9 at Drumochter, and its summit sits on the line between Highland and Perth and Kinross.
Read about Beinn UdlamainSgairneach Mhor.
991 metres
Sgairneach Mhor stands on the west side of the A9 at Drumochter, the only one of the four Munros there that lies wholly in Perth and Kinross. Beinn Udlamain is its nearest neighbour, about two kilometres to the west, and A' Mharconaich stands about three kilometres to the north.
Read about Sgairneach MhorA' Mharconaich.
973 metres
A' Mharconaich is one of the four Munros on the west side of the A9 at Drumochter. Geal-charn stands about two kilometres to the north-west, Sgairneach Mhor about three kilometres to the south and Beinn Udlamain a little further off to the south-west.
Read about A' MharconaichMeall Chuaich.
951 metres
Meall Chuaich is one of 15 Munros the Cairngorms National Park Authority lists within reach of Dalwhinnie, the village at the head of Glen Truim that it calls the highest in the Highlands.
Read about Meall ChuaichCarn na Caim.
941 metres
Carn na Caim is one of the Drumochter hills, east of the A9 near Dalwhinnie. It sits on a county line, too: the hills database files it under both Highland and Perth and Kinross.
Read about Carn na CaimA' Bhuidheanach Bheag.
936 metres
A' Bhuidheanach Bheag is one of the Drumochter hills, on the east side of the A9 near Dalwhinnie. Its top is flat, open ground, and the highest point is bare ground eleven metres from a trig point.
Read about A' Bhuidheanach BheagGeal-charn.
917 metres
Geal-charn stands on the west side of the A9 at Drumochter, above Balsporran, where the road and the Highland Main Line run side by side through the pass. It is not to be confused with the much higher Geal-charn of the Ben Alder range.
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