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Beinn Dearg
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Beinn Dearg from the east
Highest point
Elevation 914 m (2,999 ft)
Prominence c. 469 m
Listing Marilyn, Corbett
Naming
English translation red mountain
Language of name Gaelic
Geography
Location Torridon, Scotland
OS grid NG895608
Topo map Ordnance Survey Landranger 19, 24

Beinn Dearg is a beautiful mountain in the Torridon Hills of the Scottish Highlands. Its name means "red mountain" in Gaelic. This mountain is known for its steep, rocky sides that look like giant steps or terraces. It also has deep, narrow channels called gullies.

The top of Beinn Dearg is a narrow, exciting ridge. You can do some easy climbing, called scrambling, to get across it. If you prefer, there's also a path that goes around the side.

Beinn Dearg is almost 3,000 feet tall, but it just misses that height. Mountains over 3,000 feet in Scotland are called Munros. Because Beinn Dearg isn't quite a Munro, fewer people climb it compared to the taller mountains nearby. In 2007, experts measured the summit very carefully. They found it was just 2.42 feet too short to be a Munro.

Climbing Beinn Dearg

Most people start their climb of Beinn Dearg from a car park. This car park is near a river called Abhainn Coire Mhic Nobuil. It's also where you would start if you were climbing the nearby mountain, Beinn Alligin.

To begin, you follow the river until you reach another stream called Allt à Bhealaich. You can follow this stream up to a low mountain pass, or "bealach." This pass is between Beinn Dearg and Beinn Alligin. From there, you can climb up towards the western end of Beinn Dearg's long summit ridge.

There are other ways to climb the mountain too. You can keep following the Abhainn Coire Mhic Nobuil river along the south side of Beinn Dearg. Two gullies offer paths up to the summit ridge. These are on either side of a smaller peak called Carn na Feòla. This peak is at the eastern end of the 4-kilometer-long ridge.

If you combine two different routes, you can walk all the way across Beinn Dearg. From the top, you'll get amazing views of the famous mountains around Torridon.

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