Càrn nan Gobhar has three main ridges, giving the mountain a roughly triangular shape. The 3.5 km long SSE ridge passes over the subsidiary top of Mullach na Moille (761 metres) before swinging more easterly and dropping down to the eastern end of Loch Mullardoch. The north western ridge links to the adjoining Munro of Sgurr na Lapaich via the Bealach na Cloiche Duibhe. The north eastern ridge leads to the Munro Top of Creag Dubh (947 metres). Creag Dubh has a prominence of 93 metres and was designated as a mountain in Sir Hugh Munro's original list of 1891, but was downgraded to a top in 1921. Its north eastern slopes are initially rocky as they drop down to the Glen Strathfarrar Forest.