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It's a shapeless-looking lump when seen from Dalwhinnie but The Fara has hidden depths, the secretive Dirc Mhor. This surprisingly impressive dry ravine sees the occasional climber, but few others venture this far around the hill's wilder flanks. If you don't mind a bit of leg work it's a brilliant way to approach the hill. Up above is the summit ridge, an elongated crest running for several kilometres over a series of grassy tops high above the fjord-like trench of Loch Ericht. Its central position between the Monadhliath, the Cairngorms and the Ben Alder hills gives it wide-ranging views.

12.91 miles, 20.78 km, 862m ascent, 4 – 6 hours. Dalwhinnie

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In reply to Dan Bailey - UKHillwalking.com:
We were there (Dirc Mhor) a couple of weeks ago. It was blizzarding so we didn't go up the ravine - all the big holes were hidden by a thin layer of snow. So went up Dirc Bheag instead, which is impressive in its own right.
We were staying at the Raeburn Hut and made the mistake of walking from there - the going is awful, endless heather and tussocks with some hidden boulders for good measure.
It's well worth taking in Meall nan Eagan for the views.

In reply to Toreador: Been meaning to check out the other Dirc; maybe a walk through both would be a good day?

In reply to Dan Bailey - UKHillwalking.com:

Any idea what the rock climbing in Dirc Mhor is like - good esoteric or bad esoteric?!

In reply to Toreador:

The E2s are all good. The grading is a bit random (one of them is more like HVS), but all definitely worth doing. Nice rock, and definitely no queues. Worth a trip once you have done everything on Creag Death at the grade.

The E5s all look awesome. Just need to up the grade a bit...