The Fara

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The Fara is a mountain of great bulk, with a long ridge stretching for miles above lower Loch Ericht and above Dalwhinnie. Its position makes it an excellent vantage point, and with easy going along the ridge it makes a grand hillwalk.

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Region: Cairngorms

Altitude: 911 metres

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Detailed route description and map

The Fara, from Dalwhinnie

Other routes and challenges

An alternative ascent of the Fara makes use of the tracks on the northeast side of the hill. It is possible to combine the ascent with a visit to the dramatic ravines of the Dirc Mhòr and Dirc Bheag.

Panoramic summit view (click to open)


The Fara



Users' walk reports for The Fara

There are 1325 Walkhighlanders who have climbed The Fara. They have contributed 31 public walk reports including this summit. These are ordered below with the most popular ones first. The rightmost column shows how many summits were included in their report, which may help you to find the most relevant reports.

Walk report AuthorDate walked LikesHills
  11/5/17  13 C1
  11/8/20  9 C1
  20/6/22  7 C1
  20/8/11  7 C1F1
  22/12/19  6 C2S2
  20/9/16  6 M4C1F1
  29/5/16  6 C2
  22/3/22  3 C1
  20/8/21  3 C1
  1/6/19  3 C1
  3/4/18  3 C2
  27/12/14  3 C1
  30/6/12  3 C1
  26/3/18  2 C1
  4/5/11  2 C1
  1/4/23  1 M8C2F1
  6/10/18  1 C1
  23/11/14  1 C1
  1/11/14  1 C1
  9/3/12  1 M2C3F1
  8/7/22  0 C1
  22/2/19  0 C1
  12/8/18  0 C1
  30/12/14  0 C1
  4/8/14  0 C1
  28/6/13  0 C1
  31/5/13  0 C1
  29/10/11  0 C1F1
  26/2/11  0 C1
  17/11/08  0 C1
  16/6/04  0 M5C1

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