Hills of Britain and Ireland
OS Map of Carn Eighe
Height: 1183m / 3881ft • Prominence: 1147m / 3763ft • Summit : trig point in shelter • Trip reports (hill-bagging)
Affric ridge pinnacle
One of the rock pinnacles on the ridge leading to Carn Eige from the east. Luckily climbing up and over it wasn’t necessary, there’s a path to the left. Carn Eige itself is the dark peak to the left.
26-Jun-23 • OutdoorMonkey • flickr
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Looking NE towards Loch a' Choire Dhomhain and Loch Mullardoch from the pinnacle section of ridge east of Carn Eige.
26-Jun-23 • OutdoorMonkey • flickr
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Looking east along the Affric ridge from Stob a' Choire Dhomhain (just along from Carn Eige) to Tom a' Choinich in the distance on the left.
26-Jun-23 • OutdoorMonkey • flickr
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Beinn Fhionnlaidh
The remote munro Beinn Fhionnlaidh above Loch Mullardoch, north of Carn Eige.
26-Jun-23 • OutdoorMonkey • flickr
outside outdoor rural nature natural scenic scenery wild wilderness remote countryside scotland highlands mountain mountainside ridge loch lochan water lake coire 53017208610
Mam Sodhail summit cairn
Mam Sodhail's huge and partly hollow summit cairn, and the view towards Sgurr nan Ceathreamhnan. A Wikipedia fact about this mountain - "Mam Sodhail was an important part of the Ordnance Survey’s initial mapping of the northern Highlands in the 1840s, and the summit carries a massive cairn which was used by the surveyors in their work."
26-Jun-23 • OutdoorMonkey • flickr
mamsodhail cairn summit mountain scotland highlands outside outdoor rural scenic scenery countryside 53017374859
Sgurr na Lapaich ridge
Looking along the Sgurr na Lapaich ridge not far from the summit of Mam Sodhail. The water down to the right is Loch Affric. The line on the peak at the end of the ridge isn't (as I originally assumed) a path, but rather where the whole north/left side of that area seems to have slumped by several meters at some point in the past.
26-Jun-23 • OutdoorMonkey • flickr
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OS Map
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Photos
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The other photos have been geo-tagged as on or around the summit. For less busy mountains, it can be a little hit and miss.
Affric ridge pinnacle
One of the rock pinnacles on the ridge leading to Carn Eige from the east. Luckily climbing up and over it wasn’t necessary, there’s a path to the left. Carn Eige itself is the dark peak to the left.
26-Jun-23 • OutdoorMonkey • flickr
outside outdoor rural nature natural scenic scenery wild wilderness remote countryside scotland highlands mountain mountainside ridge rock pinnacle geology 53017273713
photo
Looking NE towards Loch a' Choire Dhomhain and Loch Mullardoch from the pinnacle section of ridge east of Carn Eige.
26-Jun-23 • OutdoorMonkey • flickr
outside outdoor rural nature natural scenic scenery wild wilderness remote countryside scotland highlands mountain mountainside loch lochan water lake coire 53017305143
photo
Looking east along the Affric ridge from Stob a' Choire Dhomhain (just along from Carn Eige) to Tom a' Choinich in the distance on the left.
26-Jun-23 • OutdoorMonkey • flickr
outside outdoor rural nature natural scenic scenery wild wilderness remote countryside scotland highlands mountain mountainside ridge loch lochan water lake coire 53017176935
Beinn Fhionnlaidh
The remote munro Beinn Fhionnlaidh above Loch Mullardoch, north of Carn Eige.
26-Jun-23 • OutdoorMonkey • flickr
outside outdoor rural nature natural scenic scenery wild wilderness remote countryside scotland highlands mountain mountainside ridge loch lochan water lake coire 53017208610
Mam Sodhail summit cairn
Mam Sodhail's huge and partly hollow summit cairn, and the view towards Sgurr nan Ceathreamhnan. A Wikipedia fact about this mountain - "Mam Sodhail was an important part of the Ordnance Survey’s initial mapping of the northern Highlands in the 1840s, and the summit carries a massive cairn which was used by the surveyors in their work."
26-Jun-23 • OutdoorMonkey • flickr
mamsodhail cairn summit mountain scotland highlands outside outdoor rural scenic scenery countryside 53017374859
Sgurr na Lapaich ridge
Looking along the Sgurr na Lapaich ridge not far from the summit of Mam Sodhail. The water down to the right is Loch Affric. The line on the peak at the end of the ridge isn't (as I originally assumed) a path, but rather where the whole north/left side of that area seems to have slumped by several meters at some point in the past.
26-Jun-23 • OutdoorMonkey • flickr
sgurrnalapaich mamsodhail ridge affric ourside outdoor nature natural scenic scenery countryside rural remote wild wilderness scotland highlands loch lochaffric water lake valley valleys glen gleannnamfiadh coireleachavie 53017259281
Carn Eighe
© Steven Fallon
12-May-13 • Steven Fallon • flickr
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Videos
In today's video I will be Munro Bagging some extremely remote Munros, Càrn Eige (or Càrn Eighe) Beinn Fhionnlaidh Mam ...
A high wildcamp to bag 3 Munros in the heart of Glen Affric , North West Scotland in early March 2022.
Affric Graft Day 2. Beinn Fhionnlaidh (Càrn Eige), Càrn Eige, Màm Sodhail, Date walked: 31/07/2020, Time taken: 9.9 hours, ...
Notes
- Data: Database of British and Irish Hills v18.2
- Maps: We use OS mapping for England, Scotland, Wales, and the Isle of Man. Sadly, Channel Islands, Northern (OSNI) and Southern Ireland (OSI) mapping isn't available online, so we use Openstreetmap.