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Following Jezzas lavish praise,a good time to post up the latest wanderings.
Beinn Alligin(a ridge containing 2 munros, Sgurr Mohr 3234ft,Tom na Gruagaich 3024ft,and the horns of Alligin)
What a cracking day we had here at the W/E. Havnt seen views like we did on these hills.We did the whole circuit which includes the horns,but its possible to do the 2 munros without doing the tricky horn section as explained below
Parked at the National trust car park about 3 km West of the village of Torridon,and followed the path up on the rhs of the river(Abhainn Coire Mhic Nobuill),which is next to the car park
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Most people do it Clockwise,but we did it anti-clockwise.Followed the path up crossing the 2 bridges you come to en route,and headed sharply up the ridge for about 20 mins before it eased off for a bit
The first horn to the right,with the first munro,Sgurr Mor to the left
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The first horn was the trickiest,requiring a wee bit of scrambling,ie using all fours,and a couple of bum slides on descent.
Looking back at the first horn descent.Looks worse that it was in reality,paths weave in and round the slabby sections
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On the 3rd horn,looking over to the 2 munros
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Best not to be done in snow,but the path zig zags up the inside of the rhs edge
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Once youve done that part,the trickiest bits are out the way.Sgurr Mor offers 360o of outstanding views
The route ahead from Sgurr Mor over to Tom na Gruagaich
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Ptarmigan en route
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Just after the summit of Tom na Gruagaich,theres a cairn(left-mid photo) to mark the descent back to the car park.We managed to miss it and find an awkward clamber over rocks and scree instead
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Mistakes aside this is a superb mountain,voted in the top 10 of Scottish Munros.The tricky horns section can be avoided without missing much of the views,by ascending Tom na Gruagaich first,(follow lhs of river) and onto Sgurr Mor,and return the same way
Sgurr mor and the 3 horns on the way down
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