Beinn a 'Bheithir

Beinn a 'Bheithir
	View from the north over Loch Leven to the massif of the Beinn a 'Bheithir
height	1024 m ASL
location	Highlands , Scotland
Notch height	729 m
Coordinates	56 ° 39 '14 " N , 5 ° 10' 17" W Coordinates: 56 ° 39 '14 " N , 5 ° 10' 17" W.

The Beinn a 'Bheithir is a mountain range in the Scottish Highlands , the highest peak of which reaches a height of 1024 meters. Its Gaelic name can be translated as mountain of lightning . The Beinn a 'Bheithir is in the Council Area Highland . Both the 1024 meter high main peak Sgorr Dhearg ( Red Peak ) and the 1001 meter high peak of Sgorr Dhonuill ( Donald's Peak ) are classified as Munro .

View from Sgorr Dhearg to the northeast towards Ballachulish , in the background the striking summit of the Pap of Glencoe

View from the north over Loch Leven, on the left the Sgorr Dhonuill , on the right the 758 m high pre-peak of the Creag Ghorm

Due to their location on the west coast above Loch Linnhe and Loch Leven west of Ballachulish and their height, the two Munros des Beinn a 'Bheithir are considered to be excellent panoramic mountains with a wide panorama. The Beinn a 'Bheithir is built in the form of a horseshoe opening to the north, the highest points of which are in the south. The two main ridges run from Sgorr Dhearg to the northeast and from Sgorr Dhonuill, which is just under two kilometers west of Sgorr Dhearg, first to the west and then also to the north. Another rocky ridge runs directly north from the summit of Sgorr Dhearg. This and the west-north running ridge of the Sgorr Dhonuill enclose the valley of Gleann a 'Chaolais, which opens up to Loch Leven . Between the two main peaks and at the upper end of Gleann a 'Chaolais there is a 760 meter high saddle ( Bealach ). In addition to the two main peaks, the massif also includes other sub-peaks, such as the 947 meter high Sgurr Bhan located directly to the northeast, adjacent to the Sgorr Dhearg, and the 758 meter high Creag Ghorm located at the end of the ridge running northwest from the Sgorr Dhonuill . In the summit area of the two Munros, the Beinn a 'Bheithir has steep and narrow ridges, some of which are steep. Above all, the summit area of Sgorr Dhomnuill also has rocky structures. In the lower elevations, the slopes of the mountain have been extensively reforested in the past decades.

Most Munro excavators climb the two Munros as part of a round trip from Ballachulish. The northeast ridge of the Sgorr Dhearg is usually used for the ascent. From the summit you can descend via the west ridge to the saddle, from there you can reach the Sgorr Dhonuill via a narrow and partly exposed ridge. From its summit, descents to the west are also possible, but most climbers turn around and descend from the saddle between the main peaks into the Gleann a 'Chaolais .

Individual evidence

↑ Beinn a 'Bheithir - Sgorr Dhearg on www.munromagic.com , accessed January 6, 2020

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[1] Beinn a 'Bheithir - Sgorr Dhearg on www.munromagic.com , accessed January 6, 2020