Stob a' Choire Mheadhoin

Stob a' Choire Mheadhoin is a Munro in the Scottish Highlands, rising 1105 metres east of Fort William. It stands close to its higher neighbour Stob Coire Easain, the two often climbed together as ‘The Easains’. The mountain’s Gaelic name means ‘Peak of the Middle Corrie’, describing the steep crags of Coire Meadhon below the summit. From Glen Spean it appears as a separate peak, while from Loch Treig its conical shape and dramatic corries are clear. The long north-east ridge leads down to the hamlet of Fersit at the head of the loch. The mountain’s slopes rise from Loch Treig’s edge to the summit in 850 metres, with an average gradient over thirty degrees. Red rock patches mark the upper slopes of Coire Easain Beag, where a point named Càrn Dearg appears on Ordnance Survey maps. The southern side of Coire Meadhon drops steeply from the top, while the northern slopes feed the Allt Laire into the River Spean. Walkers on the West Highland Railway see these eastern flanks rising sharply from the water. The most common route starts at Fersit and follows the five-kilometre north-east ridge to the top. A longer approach begins at Corrour railway station, a thirty-kilometre walk around the loch’s head before climbing Stob Coire Easain first. From the summit the view stretches over Glen Spean and across Loch Treig to the surrounding Munros. The rocky climb up Meall Cian Dearg near the ridge offers a short scramble before the final ascent.