Follow a landrover track up through birchwoods and then over the moors on this straightforward climb up to a rounded summit. Càrn na h-Easgainn offers extensive views for the modest effort required.
Bog Factor
Landrover track throughout. Route is very exposed to the elements - hillwalking gear needed.
Lynebeg off the A9.
None to start.
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The parking described on the track to the left is in use for the A9 construction project and is not available until complete. There is currently no parking that can be recommended - take care not to block entrances/gates etc.; some walkers have reported parking in Moy off the opposite side of the A9, which would mean having to cross the road - potentially dangerous.
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Turn off the A9 where signed for Lynebeg. Just after the cattle grid, there is parking on the track to the left - do not continue on the road after it bends right towards the houses. Begin the walk by following the tarred road to the houses. It ends at a turning area head across another cattle grid to begin along the track. Keep left at a fork to head up past the further house at Lynemore. Keep ahead on the track here (ignoring the track forking right), climbing to pass a waterworks compound.
The track now reaches an area of beautiful birch woodland. There is a burn to cross - easy when not in spate - and then the track begins climbing steeply. There are good views back over Loch Moy to the windfarm beyond. Continue uphill, leaving the wooded area via a gate in a deer fence.
The ascent continues, now crossing increasingly bleak moorland. Away to the north there are views to Inverness and the Moray Firth, with the Kessock Bridge visible in good conditions.
Just before the summit the track reaches another at a t-junction - the trig point is just a few metres straight ahead from the junction. For an undistinguished hill, Càrn na h-Easgainn is a very extensive viewpoint.
There is a shooters hut a short distance north of the summit along the track. To return to the start, however, it is best to retrace your steps.
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