Carn Gorm, Glen Cannich

Carn Gorm, Cannich

Carn Gorm - rugged wee hill above Cannich

Carn Gorm is a wee heather-clad hill overlooking Strathglass and the woodlands surrounding the village of Cannich.


Carn Gorm, Cannich


Height677.3m
Prominence194m
Meaningblue cairn
ListsFionas, 138
LocationNorth of Glen Cannich,
Glen Strathfarrar to Glen Affric
Grid RefNH328355
Lat/Lon57.37925, -4.78176


Standing between the glens of Strathglass and Strathfarrar and overlooking the woodlands surrounding the village of Cannich, Carn Gorm is a little and rather unassuming hill clad in heather.

Carn Gorm can be approached from a variety of directions, with the most direct of these being from the village of Cannich. The hill's slopes are for the most part covered in heather and pathless, though a line of old iron fence-posts aid navigation on the summit crest.



Routes up Carn Gorm


Carn Gorm from Cannich

From Cannich, a faint network of ATV tracks leads uphill through bracken and woodland, eventually emerging onto open hillside from where a hike through dense heather leads to Carn Gorm with its fine views across to Affric and Mullardoch.

Peaks : 1 Fiona

Ascent : 700m (2300ft)
Distance : 11km (7m)
Time : 3:55hr



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