Sgùrr a' Bhealaich Dheirg stands on the main east–west watershed of Scotland with drainage going to both coasts of the country.

The River Affric rises in Coire nan Eun on the eastern flank of the mountain and flows some 80 kilometres to reach the east coast at the Beauly Firth.

The steep southern slopes of the mountain are clothed in the trees of the Glenshiel Forest below the 450 metre contour.

This traverse of all three mountains starts either at the Cluanie Inn to the east of the group, or from a parking place in Glen Shiel at grid reference NH009135 to the west.

It is an easy scramble to reach the well built summit cairn which commands good views of the mountainous country to the north.