A huge Munro above Loch Laggan, wrapped around the cliffs of Coire Ardair and ringed by a national nature reserve
Open accessin a National Nature Reserve open to the public
Creag Meagaidh is a 1,128m Munro — a Scottish hill over 3,000 feet — set back from the north shore of Loch Laggan, and its great draw is Coire Ardair, a deep corrie (a bowl-shaped hollow) ringed by tiers of dark cliff that pull winter climbers from across Scotland. The usual walk starts at Aberarder and climbs gently up the glen towards those cliffs, then bears up to a notch in the ridge called the Window before the final pull onto a broad, often icy summit plateau. Strong walkers carry on around the rim of the corrie over Stob Poite Coire Ardair to make a longer horseshoe. The whole massif sits inside a national nature reserve known for its regenerating birch woodland, and up high it is a big, exposed hill where the plateau can bewilder in cloud, so it wants clear conditions or careful navigation.
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