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Meaning |
Big peak (Jewel hill) |
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Altitude
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986 metres
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Grid Ref.
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Beinn Alligin
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Our first view of the Horns of Alligan as we near the end of our walk.
© Steve Marlow
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Image by Steve Marlow
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Mountain Description
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Sgurr Mor is the highest peak on Beinn Alligin and is a very distinctive mountain with its great cleft, the Eag Dubh, on its S face. From the summit a ridge runs SW, curving S to a col below the rocky slopes of Tom na Gruach. The col is the normal ascent route, either from Tom na Gruach or from Coire Toll a Mhadaidh Mor to the E. To the E of the summit a craggy ridge leads to Na Rathan with its rocky crest. This ridge is known as the Horns of Alligin. A traverse of the Horns, which requires scrambling, leads to a descent into Bealach a' Chomla. Beinn Alligin is a relatively steep sided mountain with much of its slopes formed of terraced layers of red sandstone which erode to a rounded profile making hand and footholds difficult.
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Available Routes
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on the Horns of Alligin with Sgurr Mhor behind us 15th may 2008
© Dougie Mccoll
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Image by Dougie Mccoll
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A brief break in the mist to get a view of the Horns of Alligan
© Steve Marlow
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Image by Steve Marlow
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Weather & Maps, etc ...
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| Links to the nearest available forecast to Sgurr Mhor. |
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View Location
(Detailed Ordnance Survey maps are available to registered users)
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David Roy
wrote on August 11, 2001:
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could not find first bridge at 800m so did walk anti clockwise from second bridge.met others who missed bridge also{is it there?} Nice scrambling on the horns.put midge repellent on BEFORE opening car door in the car-park.Hardly any midges once i left the car-park. july 2001
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Local Accommodation Options
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| Showing the nearest 10 of 36 within 100Km of the summit of Sgurr Mhor. Would you like to view all 36? |
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| 21.2 km |
Caolas Beag - 2 Big Sand, Big Sand, Gairloch, Wester Ross, IV21 2DD Tel: 0131 466 0308
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| 33.9 km |
Easter Badbea B&B - Easter Badbea, Badbea, Dundonnell, IV23 2QX Tel: 01854 633704
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Alder Cottage - Nostie, Kyle of Lochalsh, Rosshire, IV40 8EQ Tel: 01875 830566
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Bla Bheinn - Crossal, Carbost, Isle of Skye, IV47 8SP Tel: 01478 640269
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