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Red peak (Big shepherd of [Glen] Etive) |
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1021 metres
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Buachaille Etive Mor
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Buachaille Etive mor, picture taken at 6am on a cold snowy morning in Glen Coe
© Al Savage
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Image by Al Savage
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Mountain Description
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This beautiful mountain is a magnet for hill-walkers, climbers and photographers. Buachaille Etive Mor is orientated SW to NE with its two munros at either end of a long winding ridge. Stob Dearg is the classic peak, it has a "tourist" path through Coire na Tulaich rising to the ridge at the head of the coire, but there are also several routes, within the ability of scramblers, up the rocky NE face. Most famous of these is "Curved Ridge" which starts from the waterslide slab, a huge rock slab lying low on the NW slopes. Curved Ridge has lots of exposure but is not technically difficult - see Noel Williams "Scrambles in Lochaber" for a full description.
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Available Routes
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Ascent
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Distance
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1507 m
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13.13 km
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5.5 hrs
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Stob Dearg and Stob na Broige
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This moderate route described above is referred to as the "tourist route" by rock climbers and scramblers. These enthusiasts ascend Curved Ridge or other routes up the north-east rock face of Stob Dearg.
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Looking N towards Devil's Staircase (beyond white cottage) from the ascent of Stob Dearg
© Bruce Falconer
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Image by Bruce Falconer
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Finally, Stob Dearg summit with a view! 21st June 2008
© Bill Boyter
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Image by Bill Boyter
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Sue, Annemarie and I at the summit after Sue (right) from Dundee City Council's Ancrum Outdoor Education Centre had guided us up the north buttress to the top.
© Margaret Spalding
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Image by Margaret Spalding
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Stob Dearg Jul'06
© Mike Blake
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Image by Mike Blake
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Peter Dyson on summit.
© Peter Dyson
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Image by Peter Dyson
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Weather & Maps, etc ...
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| Links to the nearest available forecast to Stob Dearg. |
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View Location
(Detailed Ordnance Survey maps are available to registered users)
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Bill Boyter
wrote on June 23, 2008:
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Sat 21st June 2008, back again! Same route as before up through Coire na Tulaich, but this time blessed with some excellent views. The sun was out with some broken cloud and got a fantastic full panorama from the top. On the left hand side going up the coire there were eight deer taking life very easy. They seemed at home and didn't bat an eye lid when myself and Paul stopped for an hour to take photos. Fantastic day!
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Bill Boyter
wrote on November 5, 2007:
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Excellent start to the day, some clouds but the summit was clearly visible. Went up through Coire na Tulaich and the infamous scree slope. Once we reached the top of the scree the mist descended with a vengeance and remained with us for the rest of the day. What was new to me was the "rock staircase" just to the right of the scree slope which meant you could totally bypass the scree (used this for the descent). Unfortunately no views from the top as we couldn't see a foot in front of us due to the thick mist.
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Liam O'Hagan
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A fantastic but long day out, the climb up thru Coire na Tulaich was a little tricky with lots of loose rock and scree which moves somewhat underfoot, the view from Stob Dearg made it worthwhile tho as you can follow the line of the WHW as it comes down from Rannoch Moor and disappears over the top of the devils staircase. It's a fair hike along the ridge over the 2 tops to Stob na Broige but again well worth it for the differing views down into Glen Etive. All in all a very pleasant day out only slightly marred by what was a fairly frightening descent from the col below Altrium, this path seemed almost vertical and was very very loose on the whole top half leading to a couple of slips on the way down (my hands bear the scars!) the bottom half of this path is much easier going once you've crabbed across the flat rocks, as mentioned the slog out thru the bog is a long, wet and muddy experience which coupled with the slow descent added nearly 2 hours onto the day.
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Local Accommodation Options
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| Showing the nearest 10 of 40 within 100Km of the summit of Stob Dearg. Would you like to view all 40? |
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| 13.8 km |
Inveroran Hotel - Inveroran, Bridge of Orchy, PA36 4AQ Tel: 01838 400220
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Birchbrae - Birchbrae, Onich, Fort William, PH33 6SE Tel: 01855 821261
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Stobhan - Fassifern Road, Fort William, PH33 6BD Tel: 01397 702790
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Braemar - Lundy Gardens, Fort William, PH33 6PD Tel: 01397 705988
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