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This is the summed total of all the climbing within a route and is a good indicator of the strenuousness of a route.
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An estimate of the time taken based on a derivation of Naismiths rules. Our calculation is based on the horizontal and ascent components of a climb, we do not make a reduction for descent.
Registered users can customise these walking times by specifying their own walking and ascending speeds. They can also add a fixed time period for stoppages.
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The UK is covered by 204 Ordnance Survey Landranger 1:50,000 scale maps. Maps numbered 1 to 86 cover Scotland but for the highest mountains (Munros) only 23 maps are required. The name given roughly describes the area covered by the map.
You can click on the map name to purchase the map for £6.29 including postage which is one of the cheapest prices we have found.
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This is the west section of the South Glen Shiel Ridge. It is possible to traverse the whole ridge on a long summer day.
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Head to: Shiel Bridge
From Shiel Bridge (A87) travel SE 10km to parking at Glen Sheil Battle site. N.B.This is close to the end rather than the start of the route.
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Sgurr an Doire Leathain, with Sgurr an Lochain to left, seen across Glen Quoich from Gleouraich.
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Summit cairn of Sgurr an Lochain 10-8-12 , a fantatsic day on the ridge and one summit to go.. my favourite day in the mountains in a
long time
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At last, nearly done. Creag nan Damh from the slopes of Sgurr Beag, 7 of 7. THE best day on the hills I have had ! Can it get any better ?? 4th April 2010
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Creag nan Damh from the NW: taken near Achnagart farm, Glen Shiel, May 2006.
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Written by
Dave Craik
on 02 Oct 2008:
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Did the full route from east to west, poor visibility and very mixed weather, rained liked there Noah was builting the ark the night before and started to snow with 50mph winds half way through route, as for the descent off Greag nan damh don't try this if heavy rain the day before,would have been better walking down the middle of the several burns, and the forest route was knee high mud, terrible, exit NW route, must be better than the muddy swim we had.
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Written by
Mike Watson
on 17 Sep 2007:
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Another vote for doing it in one go. Once up there its really not too bad and the path is very obvious.
The taxi we used dropped us off at the end of the private road to Cluanie Lodge with shaved off some time.
If descending via Bealach Duibh Leac be careful as there are a few dodgy burn crossings!
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Written by
Ben Dolphin
on 15 May 2007:
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I'd be the first to admit I'm something of a masochist when it comes to walk-ins, but doing the full circular walk along the ridge isn't too bad at all. Starting at Cluanie, the key is to walk down the road first and do the ridge west to east, otherwise you'll be walking up that road at day's end. Still, to avoid too much road-walking I went up Druim a Choire Reidh. It's quite easy to nip to Creag nan Damh and back from Sgurr Beag in an hour or so and then head east along the six other munros back to Cluanie. Took me 9 hours. The only downside is that the views are better east to west.
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Written by
Craig Dunderdale
on 11 Mar 2007:
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I did the whole ridge on a clear day on 9th October 2006 with my mate in 8hrs. We started at the Cluanie Inn (they only do drop offs if ur staying there!) and walked out via the North East ridge of Creag nan Damh. A taxi from the village to the Cluanie dropping your car off at the Glenshiel memorial may be your best option, if you don't want to take your chances with thumbing or the bus timetable. Without a doubt one of the best days I've ever had on Munros!
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Graham Ellis
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I did all the ridge in one long day. If coming down the NE ridge, then look out for the "path" when it veers to the west through the wood at the end. It doesn't follow the route marked on the map around the edge of the wood, but goes through the middle. It is very wet, with big holes, and with some sheer, but small drops. Others have been before, so it is possible with care!
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Disclaimer. The details provided above are an aid to planning an expedition, but all distances, altitudes and bearings must be considered approximate. You must navigate with the appropriate map,
a compass, your navigation skills and common sense, MunroMagic.com accept no responsibility for your interpretation of our route information.
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