Creag nan Damh

Creag nan Damh
Ross-shire, Inverness-shire
Range:	Glen Shiel Hills
Summit:	3,012 feet NG983112 57°8’50"N, 5°20’9"W

Creag nan Damh 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 nan Damh itself is on the border of the two shires. It reaches a height of 3,012 feet at its summit, and so it qualifies as a Munro.

Creag nan Damh is part of the south Glen Shiel ridge, a ridge of seven Munros stretching 8½ miles from the head of Loch Cluanie in the east to the start of Glenshiel Forrest in the west.

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 nan Damh is the most western Munro on the ridge connected on its eastern side to Sgùrr an Lochain. Doing the whole ridge and all seven Munros in a day is a worthy challenge, though dividing it may be wiser for most.