Creag Mhòr

Creag Mhòr is a Scottish mountain which stands in the ancient Forest of Mamlorn deer forest, it is located ten kilometres north east of Tyndrum on the border between the Perth and Kinross and Stirling council areas.OverviewCreag Mhòr reaches a height of 1047 metres and qualifies as a Munro and a Marilyn. It is commonly climbed with the neighbouring Munro of Beinn Heasgarnich, which stands 3.5 km to the NE, the two mountains form the high ground between Glen Lochay and Loch Lyon. Creag Mhòr is one of the remotest of the southern highlands being situated about eight kilometres from the nearest public road, it is surrounded by other high ground which make it difficult to get a good view of the mountain from any valley, and the best aspect is obtained from the surrounding peaks. The mountains name translates from the Gaelic as “Big Rock”, an unusual name for a hill which is mostly grassy, however its top has craggy areas and the name refers to a series of rocky buttresses near the summit.GeographyCreag Mhòr is composed of three ridges, the ESE ridge descends to Glen Lochay at the habitation of Batavaime and gives the usual route of ascent from that glen. Another ridge also descends to Glen Lochay, this initially goes south from the summit before swinging SE down steep slopes, which need care, to reach the glen. These two ridges enclose Coire Cheathaich, a former royal hunting ground which was made famous by Duncan Ban MacIntyre, the Scottish Gaelic poet who worked as a gamekeeper in the area. He wrote the poem Òran Coire a' Cheathaich which gives a natural description of the corrie and its flora and fauna and includes the line "'S rìomhach còta na Creige Mòire" .