Stob a' Choire Mheadhoin

Stob a' Choire Mheadhoin, at 1,105 metres, is the first of a fine pair of Munros — known collectively as "the Easains" — giving a long ridgewalk high above the glacial trough of Loch Treig, with three rocky corries carved into its eastern flank.

The route starts from the parking area just south of An Dubh Lochan on the Fersit road, following a track through a gate and attractive birch woodland towards the Loch Treig dam. A vague, sometimes boggy path leads to Creag Fhinaclach, then a muddy track continues to the foot of Meall Cian Dearg, whose steep, craggy front demands genuine hands-on climbing and care — this section can cornice over badly in winter, in which case it should be avoided by contouring round its north-west side instead. Above the crags, the ridge broadens into what one regular visitor calls "a broad highway," narrowing as it curves round the steep-sided Coire Shomhairle, with views opening up to the Corbetts Sgùrr Innse and Cruach Innse and the shapely Munro of Stob Bàn beyond. The final approach crosses a small, pathless plateau to the windshelter cairn on Stob a' Choire Mheadhoin's summit, a spectacular viewpoint over the Grey Corries.

Almost all walkers continue to neighbouring Stob Coire Easain, descending steep, increasingly stony ground to a high bealach before the second ascent — Hamish Brown famously nicknamed this pair "This Yin and That Yin" in his classic Munro-bagging account.

The combined round taking in both Munros from Fersit is around 15-16 kilometres with roughly 1,250 metres of ascent, typically five to seven hours.

The ascent of Meall Cian Dearg is genuinely steep and eroded, calling for careful hand-and-foot work particularly in descent, and the summit plateau's boulders can hide the connecting path in poor visibility — full navigation skills are essential given the remote, largely pathless terrain on the lower approaches.

Parking near An Dubh Lochan on the Fersit road is free; there is no public transport to Fersit.