Aonach Beag (Ben Nevis)

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The Aonach Beag, view from the neighboring Aonach Mòr to the north over the connecting ridge between the two peaks.

The Aonach Beag, view from the neighboring Aonach Mòr to the north over the connecting ridge between the two peaks.

height 1234  m ASL
location Highlands , Scotland
Mountains Grampian Mountains
Notch height 404 m
Coordinates 56 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  N , 4 ° 57 ′ 15 ″  W Coordinates: 56 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  N , 4 ° 57 ′ 15 ″  W
Aonach Beag (Ben Nevis) (Scotland)
Aonach Beag (Ben Nevis)
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The Aonach Beag ( Little Mountain or Little Ridge in Gaelic ) is a mountain in Scotland . It is located on the west coast on the Council Area Highland east of Fort William in the immediate vicinity east of Ben Nevis , the highest mountain in Great Britain.

A snow field on the Aonach Beag in September 2008
The summit of Aonach Beag, in the background Ben Nevis

At 1,234 meters, the Aonach Beag is the seventh highest mountain in Scotland and one of the highest peaks in Great Britain. Despite its name, it is 13 m higher than the neighboring Aonach Mòr ( Great Mountain or Great Ridge ), but seen from the Great Glen between Spean Bridge and Fort William, the Aonach Beag, which towers behind the Aonach Mòr, appears less massive and broad. Both peaks represent the highest points of a mountain ridge that initially runs from north to south, which is connected in the southern part, about halfway between the two peaks, by a narrow Bealach with the neighboring Càrn Mòr Dearg and the subsequent Ben Nevis. They are classified as Munros , the Aonach Beag, due to its notch height , also as Marilyn . While the ridge runs very wide and flat to the north into the Great Glen, it drops off steeply to the west and especially east. On the east side of the ridge, snow fields often last all year round.

Due to the steep west and east sides, approaches are only possible from the north and south. The summit of the Aonach Beag can be reached relatively easily from the mountain station of the only British gondola lift , which opens up the north slope of the Aonach Mòr . The path leads over the Aonach Mòr and the wide connecting ridge between the two peaks. However , this route is frowned upon with Munro excavators . The most frequented route, avoiding the gondola, leads through Glen Nevis and an ascent on the southwest side of the Aonachs along the Allt Coire Ghiubsachan .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Munro list of the SMC (accessed April 10, 2018)
  2. ↑ The Nevis Range on visitscotland.com (accessed June 24, 2019)
  3. ↑ The Aonachs on undiscoveredscotland.co.uk (accessed June 24, 2019)

Web links

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