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Ben Lawers – Pride of the Perthshire Highlands

Ben Lawers – Pride of the Perthshire Highlands

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Ben Lawers is the friendly face of 4,000-foot mountains, rising proudly above the shimmering waters of Loch Tay and set in a softer landscape than the rockier or more remote giants to the north. With the option of a high starting point and a gently graded path, the ascent might just feel a little like cheating. But does that make Lawers a lesser mountain? In the field of lure and status Ben Lawers reigns supreme as Perthshire’s highest point. However,…

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Gleouraich – A window into the wild

Gleouraich – A window into the wild

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The two historic routes to the Isle Skye, through Glen Shiel and Glenfinnan demark a vast, remote mountain landscape penetrated by just two minor roads, both abruptly terminated by the fabled Rough Bounds of Knoydart. Amongst this wilderness are twenty-eight Munros with Sgurr na Ciche claiming first place in altitude and Gleouraich a close second. Whilst the former grips attention from every angle, Gleouraich is a benign presence above Loch Quoich, yet is of considerable interest to the discerning hillwalker….

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Bidean Nam Bian – Pinnacle of the Mountains

Bidean Nam Bian – Pinnacle of the Mountains

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This is the highest and most complex mountain in Glencoe standing at 3771 feet (1150m), with multiple ridges that sprout nine individual summits. The loftiest top is bashfully concealed behind the monumental spurs of three of these ridges, The Three Sisters, which themselves form the most celebrated view in Scotland’s most revered glen. In fact, Bidean nam Bian comprises the whole southern side of the glen, from the curve of the A82 at Achnacon rising to the Glencoe Waterfalls at…

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The Cobbler – the upstart of the south

The Cobbler – the upstart of the south

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Popularity is bestowed on some hills due to their arresting appearance regardless of their altitude; Stac Pollaidh is an audacious example and so is the Cobbler, which scores on an additional front due to its southern Highland location, thus accessible to the masses from the Scottish Central belt. To describe the mountain as being like a triple-peaked alpine aiguille is perhaps an exaggeration, despite being part of the grandly titled ‘Arrochar Alps’ and, if transported to Skye, The Cobbler would…

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Ben More Coigach & Stac Pollaidh – a gateway to heaven

Ben More Coigach & Stac Pollaidh – a gateway to heaven

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Ben Mor Coigach forms the entrée to Coigach and Assynt, a land of mystical pointy mountains. Driving north from Ullapool to Ardmair Bay the imposing wall of Garbh Coireachan thrusts into view, an awe-inspiring sight, with the dynamic interplay of light and sea constantly reflecting the capricious atmospheric conditions. What most observers will not comprehend is the crest of the vertiginous precipice actually forms a sharp arete that is merely the front man to a complex of tops beyond, crowned…

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Buachaille Etive Mor – Glencoe’s Shop Window

Buachaille Etive Mor – Glencoe’s Shop Window

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The impact generated when sighting Buachaille Etive Mor is profound and permanent. It never wanes, however many times the traveller witnesses its rearing prow surging from the fringe of Rannoch Moor’s barren expanse. Nature has fashioned a mountain from a child’s sketchbook, whose accessibility to the passing motorist has bestowed upon it a Hollywood presence, and one that is wholly deserved as the ‘Buachaille’, to use its familiar stage name, warrants every inch of its celebrity. The mountain was well-known…

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