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Three peaks hereabouts are ‘Cairnsmore’; the others are of Carsphairn (Walk 8) and of Dee, which is densely planted and not an attractive walk. All three of them are granite hills. The name, meaning ‘large stone-pile hill’, may refer not to their height but to their sprawling granite-hill shapes.

Turn southeast down the gently sloping summit plateau, soon with cliffs dropping to the left. Posts of a former fence guide down to a col (Nick of Clashneach), where the route passes through a gap in an old wall. Head uphill, southeast, and at the slope top turn south along the level plateau. At its far end is the large, ancient cairn of Knee of Cairnsmore.

Looking west from Craignelder, in the rough plateau northwards from Cairnsmore of Fleet

Descend southwest over grassy ground on a vague spur-line. As the ground steepens, find a grassy way down between granite boulder-fields. Cross the head of a shallow stream hollow onto the moorland beyond, named as Knocktim. Turn southwest along the crest of this on short mossy heather, and after 400 metres or so join a faint old track. This track appears on modern Explorer maps and old Landrangers.