is the ninth-highest mountain in
Scotland
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and the
British Isles
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, with a height of . It stands a short distance northeast of
Ben Nevis
Ben Nevis ( ; , ) is the highest mountain in Scotland, the United Kingdom, and the British Isles. Ben Nevis stands at the western end of the Grampian Mountains in the Highland region of Lochaber, close to the town of Fort William.
The mount ...
, the highest mountain in Britain, to which it is linked by the Càrn Mòr Dearg
arête
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(commonly abbreviated to "CMD arête"). Along with Càrn Dearg Meadhanach ("middle red cairn") and Càrn Beag Dearg ("little red cairn"), it makes up the eastern ridge of the horseshoe-shaped Ben Nevis massif in the
Scottish Highlands
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.
Climbing
The ascent of Càrn Mòr Dearg from the north (start from the North Face Car Park), the traverse of the arête, and the scramble up the north side of Ben Nevis make one of the best horse-shoe routes in Scotland.
Snow sports
Càrn Mòr Dearg is attractive to ski mountaineers and off piste skiers and boarders. In good conditions the summit can be reached from the nearby Nevis Range Ski areas in two hours or less. With enough snow, the descent from the summit to the CIC Hut gives a long, pleasant grade 1 descent. The eastern flank of the mountain has three fine bowls which give descents graded between 2 and 5 in K. Biggin's guide.
[Kenny Biggin, ''Scottish Offpiste Skiing and Snowboarding : Nevis Range and Ben Nevis'' (Spean Bridge : Skimountain, 2013) 97–105.]
Gallery
File:Carn Mor Dearg summit ridge - geograph.org.uk - 2493228.jpg, Càrn Mòr Dearg summit
File:Carn Mòr Dearg and Carn Dearg Meadhonach viewed from Tower Ridge - geograph.org.uk - 3583774.jpg, Càrn Mòr Dearg and Càrn Dearg Meadhanach, from Ben Nevis to the west
File:Ben Nevis and Carn Mor Dearg - geograph.org.uk - 2488341.jpg, Càrn Mòr Dearg (left), Càrn Dearg Meadhanach (middle) and Càrn Beag Dearg (right), with Ben Nevis behind, from Aonach Mòr to the east
File:Cmd-3.jpg, Càrn Mòr Dearg from Aonach Mòr showing the snow bowl that attracts off-piste snowsports enthusiasts
File:Carn Mor Dearg Arete - panoramio.jpg, Càrn Mòr Dearg arête
See also
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Geology of Scotland
The geology of Scotland is unusually varied for a country of its size, with a large number of different geology, geological features.Keay & Keay (1994) page 415. There are three main geographical sub-divisions: the Highlands and Islands is a dive ...
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List of Munro mountains
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Mountains and hills of Scotland
Scotland is the most mountainous country in the United Kingdom. Scotland's mountain ranges can be divided in a roughly north to south direction into: the Scottish Highlands, the Central Belt and the Southern Uplands, the latter two primarily belo ...
References
External links
360munros.co.uk- Càrn Mòr Dearg Arête 360° Virtual Tour
Lochaber
Munros
Marilyns of Scotland
Mountains and hills of the Central Highlands
Mountains and hills of Highland (council area)
One-thousanders of Scotland
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