📌 Atholl, Perth & Kinross
★★★
This Munro’s pink granite summit dome gives rise to its name, which translates as Red Hill. Beinn Dearg is a long way from any settlement or road, but a useful network of estate tracks makes the hill achievable in a single day from Glen Tilt – and as a circular walk too. Long barren stretches are broken up by a few intensely beautiful spots such as Allt Scheicheachan Bothy (where you could stay overnight), with attractive woodland lower down. Views from the top are of a lonely and empty landscape: this a great walk on which to “get away from it all”.
📷 Chronological photo guide
Track past Old Blair near the start 
Red squirrel at The Den 
The Den 
The Den 
The Den 
Banvie Burn 
Glen Banvie 
Cairn below Tom nan Cruach 
Above the Allt an t-Seapail 
Allt Scheicheachan Bothy 
Final approach to Beinn Dearg 
Looking back to Sliabh na Cloiche Mòire 
Beinn Dearg summit, with snow showers over the high Cairngorms 
Looking southeast 
Looking west 
Fording the Allt Sheicheachan 
View back down the Allt Sheicheachan 
Return along the Allt Slanaidh 
Glen Tilt 
Glen Tilt 
Glen Tilt
🌍 Location
📌 Start / finish at East Lodge, Old Bridge of Tilt, minor road 1 mi north of Blair Atholl
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NN 875663
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 56.774353,-3.843359
🚌 Bus to Blair Atholl (1 mi)
🚗 Car park
📝 Key info
▶ 29 km / 18 mi | ▲ 1000 m | ⌛ 8-9 hr
Features: 🌳 The Den; 🏚️ Allt Scheicheachan Bothy; △ Beinn Dearg (1008 m, Munro); 🌊 Lower Glen Tilt & Falls of Fender
⬤ Tough | Good tracks or paths for majority of the route. Final approach to summit is on a mostly clear path: steep at first and with one boggy section later on. Path through The Den is a little overgrown with a couple of fallen trees, though can be avoided by using the (less scenic) track above.
Download file for GPS➡️ Clockwise circuit with extension to summit: start – The Den – Glen Banvie – Allt Scheicheachan Bothy – track junction at 🧭 NN 849750 – Beinn Dearg – return to track junction – Allt Slanaidh – Lower Glen Tilt & Falls of Fender – start
🥾 On our last visit
Wildlife: Lower down: a couple of red squirrels, buzzard, pheasants, cows and sheep in fields. High up: large bird of prey, a few grouse, furry caterpillars.
Weather: Sunny at first and at finish, but cloudier during the middle of the day, with a very brief snow flurry on the summit. Just below freezing at start and on summit; moderate wind.
October 2018
