Carn Eighe is the highest mountain north of the Great Glen, a pointed summit where three ridges meet between Glen Affric and Loch Mullardoch. Its trig point stands inside a stone shelter. When an Ordnance Survey officer reached the top in 1848, he found a pile of stones already there, a sign that someone had climbed it before. The name is often read as 'file peak' or 'notch hill', and it lies more than 10 km from the nearest road.
New to the Munros?Read our guide: What Are The Munros?Trig point in shelter
Hard metamorphic rock, with grassy, mossy slopes and boggy moorland lower down.
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Also on this route: Mam Sodhail, Tom a' Choinich, Beinn Fhionnlaidh (Glen Affric)
Safety: Routes are a guide only. Carry a map and compass and know how to use them, check the weather before you go, and turn back if in doubt. You use this route at your own risk.
