Carn Mor Dearg

About Carn Mor Dearg

Càrn Mòr Dearg — 'great red cairn' — is the eighth-highest mountain in Scotland and the British Isles, standing a short way north-east of Ben Nevis. The two are joined by the curving Càrn Mòr Dearg arête, generally shortened to the CMD arête.

With Càrn Dearg Meadhanach ('middle red cairn') and Càrn Beag Dearg ('little red cairn'), it forms the eastern arm of the horseshoe-shaped Ben Nevis massif.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Càrn Mòr Dearg (CC BY-SA 4.0). Heights, prominence and grid references come from the Database of British & Irish Hills, not from Wikipedia.

Access rights here

General position for Scotland — local byelaws, seasonal restrictions and closures can override it. Full details: access rights in Scotland ·check another location.

Daylight at this summit today

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Computed astronomically for 56.805, -4.987. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Reaching Carn Mor Dearg by train

2 National Rail stations sit within 8 km of the summit — close enough to make a car-free day of it. Distances are straight lines, not walking routes.

Each station page lists every hill in its reach, long-distance paths from the door and a live-times link — see all stations with hills in reach. Station positions from NaPTAN (OGL v3.0).

Get food nearby

3 places to eat or drink within 10 km of the summit, rated under the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (Scotland runs its own Food Hygiene Information Scheme, a pass/fail equivalent).

Classifications and ratings are the local authority's own and can be coarse — this is a lead, not a guarantee of opening hours or that food is served to non-residents. Follow a name through to the official rating page to check, and confirm before you rely on it.

Food hygiene data from the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland (Open Government Licence v3.0). Distances and directions computed by OpenFell from the summit.

The Carn Mor Dearg group

One other listed summit sits in the same prominence group, with Carn Mor Dearg as the independent hill at its head.

Grouping is by prominence alone: a summit belongs to the nearest higher Marilyn it connects to without a deeper intervening col. Over a large massif that can gather hills no one would walk in a single day, and which few would describe as parts of the same mountain — it is a measure of independence, not a suggested route.

Nearest listed peaks