Creag a' Mhaim

Creag a' Mhaim
Ross-shire
Range:	Glen Shiel Hills
Summit:	3,107 feet NH087077 57°7’13"N, 5°9’41"W

Creag a' Mhaim is a mountain amongst the Glen Shiel Hills, the district packed with high peaks where Ross-shire and Inverness-shire meet near the west coast. Creag a' Mhaim itself stands in Ross-shire. It reaches a height of 3,107 feet at its summit, and so it qualifies as a Munro.

Creag a' Mhaim is part of a group of seven Munros forming the south Glen Shiel ridge stretching 8½ miles from the head of Loch Cluanie in the east to the start of Glenshiel Forrest in the west. They can be completed in one long and extremely rewarding day out. The southern faces along the ridge overlook Glen Quoich and the slopes are generally steep but grassy. The northern slopes overlook the remote areas of the Kintail Forrest and are bitten into by a series of corries for much of the duration of the ridge. This gives rise to an extremely craggy northern face particularly towards the eastern end of the ridge. The south Glen Shiel ridge is one of the best of Scottish Mountaineering and a good day out should be had by all.

Creag a Mhaim is the most eastern Munro on the ridge connected on its western side to Druim Shionnach.

Doing the whole ridge and all seven Munros in a day is a worthy challenge, though dividing it may be wiser for most.