Introduction
East of Ullapool lies a lonely and desolate region that rises up to a collection of peaks between Beinn Dearg to the south and Seana Bhraigh to the north. Between Ullapool and these peaks lies some very empty moorland that undulates around the 500 meter mark. Beinn Dearg itself is the only peak to rise above 1000m north of the Ullapool road.

Beinn Dearg summits from the Ullapool Road

Beinn Dearg and Choire Ghranda

Beinn Dearg
Beinn Dearg has one very grand corrie known as Coire Ghranda which lies to the east of Beinn Dearg. While you could ascend to Beinn Dearg via this corrie, it is very rough going to get here and involves crossing the Allt a' Gharbhrain which can be impossible in wet weather. The popular route to Beinn Dearg is from the west up via good paths up Gleann na Sguaib. There are increasingly steep slopes to the south as you get further into this glen. When you get to the Bealach north of Beinn Dearg, all that remains is a simple short ascent following a stone wall nearly all the way to the summit.

Looking down into Coire Ghranda

The Cliffs lining Gleann na Sguaib

Once you've reached Beinn Dearg, there are three remaining summits that most folk will do. These are said to be fairly straightforward with not much ascent between them. The two neighbours with Beinn Dearg are the most rocky and are thus a bit arduous.

The south slopes of Seana Braigh

Cadha Dearg - some cliffs south of Seana Bhraigh

Seana Braigh seen from An Faochagach in the south

Seana Bhraigh
Between this cluster of peaks and Seana Bhraigh to the north lies some very remote high altitude grassy country, there are some crags lining Cadha Dearg but other than that, it's empty country. Good campsites can be found here - very remote. There's a nice corrie to walk round on the way to Seana Braigh, Cadha Dearg, which has some nice vertical cliffs.

South of Seana Braigh sees rounded convex slopes plunging to broken cliffs. What lies north from Seana Bhriagh is a near vertical cliff plunging down several hundred meters to Loch Luchd Choire. The eastern rim of the Corrie is bounded by Crag an Duine - a pretty sharp subsidiary peak. What lies to the north is a desolate area extending for 15km to the next road north. Seana Braigh is one the most remote peaks in the UK and up there you would certainly feel it!

The plataeu of Seana Bhraigh seen from its summit

Loch Lucha Choire seen from Seana Bhraigh

Big Cliffs on Seana Bhraigh