Monadhliath Mountains means "grey mountains". Running in a northeast to southwest direction, the mountains lie on the western side of Strathspey, to the west of the Cairngorms and to the south east of Loch Ness. The mountains are within the Highland council area, and the south and east fringes are within the Cairngorms National Park. The high point of the range is Càrn Dearg, at 945 m/3100ft, located 24 km south of Inverness.
Started the walk in relatively good conditions with light Cloud, but cloud covering the summits of the chosen mountains. Handrailed the Alt a Chaorainn Burn to find a crossing point, but when the footbridge that was denoted on the map was found to be missing, continued up the brun until a safe crossing point could be found.
