Seana Bhràigh is a mountain east of Ullapool

Ullapool

Ullapool is a small town of around 1,300 inhabitants in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland. Despite its small size, it is the largest settlement for many miles around, and is a major tourist destination of Scotland. The North Atlantic Drift passes by Ullapool, bringing moderate temperatures...

, in the Highlands

Scottish Highlands

The Highlands is an historic region of Scotland. The area is sometimes referred to as the "Scottish Highlands". It was culturally distinguishable from the Lowlands from the later Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Scots replaced Scottish Gaelic throughout most of the Lowlands...

 of Scotland

Scotland

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Ascent

The main approach is from the A835 road through the Lael Forest then over the Coire an Lochain Sgeirich ridge at the head of Gleann a' Mhadaidh. The base of the hill is then reached across pathless boggy terrain, keeping the cliffs of Cadha Dearg to the north. The distance to the summit is 13.5 kilometres (8.4 mi) and will take the average hill climber just under 5 hours to reach. This makes Seana Bhràigh one of the two most inaccessible Scottish hills, along with A' Mhaighdean

A' Mhaighdean

A' Mhaighdean is one of the least accessible of the munros in northern Scotland. It is 8 miles North of Kinlochewe but most easily accessible from Poolewe, taking a private road South East to Kernsary. A good track then leads to the causeway between the Fionn Loch and Loch Dubh...

, north of Kinlochewe

Kinlochewe

Kinlochewe is a village in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. It is in the parish of Gairloch, the community of Torridon and Kinlochewe and the Highland Council area. It lies near the head of Loch Maree in its magnificent valley, and serves as a junction between the main Ullapool...

. A ski approach is possible in winter, providing a "superb" run from the summit to Strath Mulzie.

Geography and geology

Seana Bhràigh is the highest point of the upper Strath Mulzie plateau. There are several ridges along north and east facing crags with subsidiary peaks of 906 metres (2,972.4 ft) to the south east of the main summit and of 905 metres (2,969.2 ft) – The Sgurr at Creag an Duine, which is surrounded by steep crags.

Loch Luchd Coire lies below the summit ridge and the larger Loch a' Choire Mhoir at lower elevation at the head of Strath Mulzie.

Although the cliffs are impressive the summer rock climbing potential is poor. The rock is schist

Schist

The schists constitute a group of medium-grade metamorphic rocks, chiefly notable for the preponderance of lamellar minerals such as micas, chlorite, talc, hornblende, graphite, and others. Quartz often occurs in drawn-out grains to such an extent that a particular form called quartz schist is...

and the crags are broken and vegetated. The potential is greater in winter and routes were pioneered from 1962–65.