Creag Pitridh

Creag Pitridh is a Munro standing at 924 metres in the Grampian Mountains of the Scottish Highlands. Its Gaelic name means Peters Felsspitze or possibly Felsiger Hügel des hohlen Ortes. The mountain lies east of Spean Bridge between Loch Laggan and Loch Ericht in the remote Ardverikie Forest. Three Munros stand in this forest, with Creag Pitridh the lowest and positioned west of Geal Chàrn. To the south, separated by the 500-metre-deep An Lairig pass, the ridge north of Ben Alder continues the skyline. The peak is a modest cone of rock with three broad ridges, the south-east one linking to Geal Chàrn over an 819-metre bealach. Westwards the ridge rises to the cliffs called Sgùrr an t-Saighdeir above Lochan na h-Earba, where Creag Pitridh’s summit sits. The north-east ridge ends above Coire a’ Mhaigh, from which the Allt Cùil a’ Mhaigh flows down to Lochan na h-Earba. Steep cliffs guard the west and north flanks, while the south-east slope falls gently in grassy banks. Walkers usually climb Creag Pitridh as part of a round tour that also includes Geal Chàrn and Beinn a’ Chlachair. The route starts from a car park on the A86 near Moy west of Loch Laggan. It follows forest tracks and stalkers’ paths past Lochan na h-Earba along the Allt Coire Pitridh burn. The path then climbs the south-west flank to the west ridge and the summit marked by a cairn. From the top the south-east ridge leads on to Geal Chàrn, continuing the round to Beinn a’ Chlachair.