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Altitude
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926 metres
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Geal Charn [Monadh Liath]
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The rocky ascent on the SW ridge of Geal Charn.
© Terry Thomson
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Image by Terry Thomson
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Mountain Description
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Geal Charn is a compact mountain with steep and at times craggy E slopes but moderate to easy W slopes. Geal Charn is separted from its nearest neighbour Beinn Sgiath by a high col (850m) at the head of Coire nan Dearcag. The moderate to easy slopes of the SW ridge lead to a path from Garva Bridge and the gentle slopes of the broad NW ridge leads to the high moorland of the Monadhliath plateau. To the NE, a ridge (Bruach nam Biodag) leads SE from the plateau offering an alternative ascent route from Glen Markie.
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Available Routes
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Ascent
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952 m
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22.90 km
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6.5 hrs
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Geal Charn [Monadh Liath]
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Easy route to the summit of the most western of the Monadh Liath hills.
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Jack and Helen on the summit cairn of Geal Charn, looking South. 14 June 2008
© Brian Williams
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Image by Brian Williams
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A triumphant (or was it lucky) bit of map and compass work to find the cairn in all that white! March 2006.
© Paul Richardson
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Image by Paul Richardson
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Me and the missues (her first Munro) on top - great day.
© Bruce Wilson
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Image by Bruce Wilson
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Ellis and Peppa on the summit following a wet and windy assent
© David Nichols
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Image by David Nichols
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A dull and breezy summit
© Graham Avis
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Image by Graham Avis
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Weather & Maps, etc ...
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| Links to the nearest available forecast to Geal Charn [Monadh Liath]. |
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Rob Graham
wrote on January 3, 2008:
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One thing that seems to be missing from all the reviews and reports on this hill is that the Markie Burn is anything but a burn and does present quite a barrier from the Land Rover track in Glen Markie. However we discovered on the 02/01/08 that there is a good foot bridge about 400 or 500m up from where the Piper's Burn comes in.
A poor day weatherwise for the 17k/820m round trip (we did find stepping stones on the way back), but a good day for refreshing our compass skills (party of 4 - 2 compasses failed, a fall broke one and a large bubble in another), and tolerance to 40 mph winds.
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David Nichols
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Climbed this hill on 27th October in poor and windy weather from Garva Bridge, lost path on lower slopes after crossing a small burn. No problem finding path further up leading to the cairn. Decended north then east into Glen Markie and back to the dam and our lift. There is little or no path from approx. 800m to 400m of decent and the ground is very rough. Time taken 4 hours.
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Ian Mather
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Climbed on 5/4/07 from the Spey Dam.Underfoot conditions were surprisingly good.Given the comments from other walkers me and my buddy Eddie were a little apprehensive.Pipers Burn was no problem and only in patches was it a little soggy underfoot going uphill.Having said that it has been great weather all week,this was the 5th Munro we have done in 3 days.
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Local Accommodation Options
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| 15.8 km |
Creag Meagaidh - Creag Meagaidh, Main Street, Newtonmore, Inverness-shire, PH20 1DP Tel: 01540 673798
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Invergarry Lodge - Mandally Road, Invergarry, PH35 4HP Tel: 01809 501 412
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Ardgarry Farm - Faichem, Invergarry, Inverness-shire, PH35 4HG Tel: 01809 501226
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Tomich Hotel - Tommich, Cannich, Nr Beauly, IV47LY Tel: 01456 415399
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Westward - Cannich, Beauly, Inverness-shire, IV4 7LT Tel: 01456 415708
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![Geal Charn [Monadh Liath] Title Image](Images/MountainTitles/260.png "Geal Charn [Monadh Liath] Title Image")
