I left my vehicle in the parking area to the south of Loch Tarff on the B862 Fort Augustus to Whitebridge Road and walked briefly east along the road to a gate in a stock fence.
![Ducks in Loch Tarff.](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/01-Ducks-in-Loch-Tarff.jpg)
Once through this gate I initially followed a churned up vehicle track which ran south-east but left the track to find a more suitable route but this wasn’t successful.
I headed up the ATV track on the east side of the Allt an Eich Dhuibh but later left it and climbed south-east through numerous crags onto the north face of Carn Thomais and to the summit of this Sub Simm, a rib of rock.
![Fort Augustus and Loch Tarff](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/02-Fort-Augustus-and-Loch-Tarff.jpg)
![Loch Knockie. Meall Fuar-mhonaidh beyond.](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/03-Loch-Knockie.-Meall-Fuar-mhonaidh-beyond.jpg)
![Strath Errick and Loch Mhor.](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/04-Strath-Errick-and-Loch-Mhor.jpg)
The descent south took me through rocky ground, peat hags, mostly dry, and bog pools which were avoidable but despite these conditions the walking was fairly easy just not in a straight line. I passed to the east of Lochan Vungie and west of a couple of unnamed lochans to reach the vegetated outcrop marking the highpoint of Cairn Vungie. Immediately prior to reaching this Graham Top I disturbed a family of grouse. The young disappeared while the adult birds tried to distract me.
![Grouse trying to distract me from their young.](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/05-Grouse-trying-to-distract-me-from-their-young.jpg)
![Lochan Vungie and Carn Thomais](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/06-Lochan-Vungie-and-Carn-Thomais.jpg)
![Dubh Lochan and Creag Coire Doe](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/07-Dubh-Lochan-and-Creag-Coire-Doe.jpg)
![Creag Coire Doe North Top](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/08-Creag-Coire-Doe-North-Top.jpg)
I took a break here listening to the alarm calls from several birds before heading off in a southerly direction through similar underfoot conditions and to the east of more unnamed lochans to reach the Sub Simm, Cairn Vungie South Top, the summit marked by a vegetated outcrop.
![Cairn Vungie](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/09-Cairn-Vungie.jpg)
Thereafter I headed west round or through a few undulations passing between the Dubh Lochans before climbing to the outcrop marking the summit of the Graham Top, Creag Coire Doe, which was the highest of a small group of minor hills I planned to continue to.
![Dubh Lochan North and Cairn Vungie](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/10-Dubh-Lochan-North-and-Cairn-Vungie.jpg)
![Dubh Lochan South](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/11-Dubh-Lochan-South.jpg)
![Lochan na Stairne and road to Glen Doe Reservoir](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/12-Lochan-na-Stairne-and-road-to-Glen-Doe-Reservoir.jpg)
The next hills was to the north so I headed to and climbed Creag Coire Doe North Top. The highest point of this Sub Simm was apparently a vegetated outcrop but I also visited the cairn further north as it appeared around the same height.
![Carn Thomais. Meall Fuar-mhonaidh in the distance](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/13-Carn-Thomais.-Meall-Fuar-mhonaidh-in-the-distance.jpg)
![Fort Augustus](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/14-Fort-Augustus.jpg)
I returned to the west side of Creag Coire Doe and used the base of several dry peat hags making for easy walking to below Creag Coire Doe South Top. I then ascended this hill still using some of the peat hags. An outcrop marked the summit of this Graham Top.
![Corbett, Carn a' Chuilinn](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/15-Corbett-Carn-a-Chuilinn.jpg)
![Creag Coire Doe West Top](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/16-Creag-Coire-Doe-West-Top.jpg)
The next one was only 300 metres to the west but I took a slightly longer route to avoid the crags. The summit of the Sub Simm, Creag Coire Doe South-West Top, was another vegetated outcrop.
![Glen Garry](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/17-Glen-Garry.jpg)
![Creag Coire Doe North Top and the Allt an Eich Dhuibh.](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/18-Creag-Coire-Doe-North-Top-and-the-Allt-an-Eich-Dhuibh.jpg)
I then headed NNW to the next Sub Simm which was a bit further away but it was only a short walk to Creag Coire Doe West Top, with another vegetated outcrop, marking its summit.
![Creag Coire Doe North-West Top](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/19-Creag-Coire-Doe-North-West-Top.jpg)
The final wee hill of this group was to the NNE and a bit more interesting with its small rocky summit. It was a short easy walk and ascent to Creag Coire Doe North-West Top, the rocky knoll marking the highpoint of this Sub Simm which was a suitable point to stop for lunch.
![Creag Coire Doe West Top. Carn a' Chuilinn beyond.](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/20-Creag-Coire-Doe-West-Top.-Carn-a-Chuilinn-beyond.jpg)
![Carn Clach nan Fearna, Murligan Hill, Loch Tarff and Beinn a' Bhacaidh](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/21-Carn-Clach-nan-Fearna-Murligan-Hill-Loch-Tarff-and-Beinn-a-Bhacaidh.jpg)
Afterwards I descended north-west with a couple of steeper sections mainly through heather with some bog and wetter ground lower down.
![Carn Clach nan Fearna](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/22-Carn-Clach-nan-Fearna.jpg)
I headed for a vehicle track that I had spotted to the south of Carn Clach nan Fearna. I joined this track, which came up from Glen Doe, at NH428077 and followed it onto the south-west ridge before it came to an end at NH427082.
![Approaching summit of Carn Clach nan Fearna](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/23-Approaching-summit-of-Carn-Clach-nan-Fearna.jpg)
It was then a short walk to the summit of this Tump, a large pointed rock.
![Route from Creag Coire Doe North-West Top](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/24-Route-from-Creag-Coire-Doe-North-West-Top.jpg)
![Carn Leitir an Lochain and Loch Tarff](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/25-Carn-Leitir-an-Lochain-and-Loch-Tarff.jpg)
I briefly returned down the south-west ridge to avoid the steeper north-west face then continued the descent north-west before making the easy ascent of the Tump, Carn Leitir an Lochain, where there was a cairn at the summit.
![Carn an t-Suidhe and Gleann nan Eun](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/26-Carn-an-t-Suidhe-and-Gleann-nan-Eun.jpg)
![Carn Clach nan Fearna](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/27-Carn-Clach-nan-Fearna.jpg)
![Loch Tarff](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/28-Loch-Tarff.jpg)
![Carn an t-Suidhe, Gleann nan Eun and Loch nan Eun](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/29-Carn-an-t-Suidhe-Gleann-nan-Eun-and-Loch-nan-Eun.jpg)
![Carn Thomais](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/30-Carn-Thomais.jpg)
It was then a short descent north-east to the gate in the stock fence to access the B862 a short distance from my car.
This was the most hills I had every climbed in a single day, albeit there wasn’t a lot of distance or height between them.
- Time taken – 6.5 hours.
- Distance – 15 kilometres.
- Height climbed – 815 metres.