Often referred to as the Central Highlands, this area covers the mountains between Loch Treig, Loch Ericht and Loch Laggan. Access is commonly from the A86 or the Corrour Halt stop on the West Highland Railway. An impressive fourteen Munros are scattered across this area (four of which are over 1100m), and included in the mountains list are all of the peaks above 600m. Ben Alder is often thought of as one of the more remote mountains in Scotland and its vast high plateau sits in contrast to the ridge created by Beinn Bheoil. Peaks to the east of Loch Ericht are listed in the East Highlands region.
A four day backpack with friends, travelling up from London on the sleeper train to Corrour. The first day we traversed Ben na Lap from Loch Ossian SYHA before crossing the Bealach Chumhainn and staying two nights at Ben Alder Cottage. We abandoned our original plan of traversing the Munros south of Loch Ossian due to the serious avalanche risk. On the third day we attempted Ben Alder and Ben Bheoil but turned back at Sron Coire nah- Iolaire due to high wind and whiteout. The descent was through deep fresh snow. The final walk-out to Dalwhinnie was along the north bank of Loch Ericht where we caught the sleeper train back to London.
