Conival
| Conival | ||
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 View of the Conival from neighboring Ben More Assynt |
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| height | 987 m ASL | |
| location | Highlands , Scotland | |
| Notch height | 835 m | |
| Coordinates | 58 ° 8 ′ 9 ″ N , 4 ° 53 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Conival is a 987 meter high mountain in the Scottish Highlands . On Gaelic is his name Cona Mheall , it means Mountain of the dog or mount of the congregation . It is the second highest mountain in Assynt , a landscape in the Northwest Highlands , and also in the county of Sutherland . The Conival and the neighboring Ben More Assynt , a good ten meters higher, are the only mountains in Assynt classified as Munro . Both mountains are part of one along the main watershed between the North Seaand Scottish Sea from north to south through the Sutherland mountain range and its highest points. While the Conival lies in the course of the north-south chain, the Ben More Assynt is a little east of it. Due to its location, the Conival therefore offers a good view of Loch Assynt and the individually towering mountains of Assynt to the west, such as the Canisp .
Geologically, the Conival lies in the Moine Thrust zone ; its summit area consists predominantly of Cambrian quartzite , which is superimposed here in the area of the Ben More Thrust along the ridge connecting the Conival and the Ben More Assynt gneiss from the Lewisian . In contrast to Ben More Assynt, layers of torridonic sandstone can also be found in the upper area of the Conival massif .
Most Munro excavators usually climb the Conival together with the neighboring Ben More Assynt. The starting point is the small town of Inchnadamph on the A 837 at the south end of Loch Assynt . From there the path leads in the valley of the Traligill River to the east and gradually ascending on the northern side of the valley to a Bealach between the Conival and the 775 m high Beinn an Fhurain to the north . From there, the ascent leads over the scree of the steep north-west ridge to the summit of the Conival. The transition to Ben More Assynt is possible to the east via the narrow, sometimes easy climbing ridge.
Individual evidence
- ^ Scottish Mountaineering Club Munro List , accessed April 10, 2018
- ↑ Kathryn Goodenough, Maarten Krabbendam: Conival and Ben More Assynt, North-west Highlands - an excursion , in: EARTHWISE: The digital publication channel for the British Geological Survey , accessed September 9, 2017
Web links
- The Conival on walkhighlands.co.uk (English)
- The Conival on munromagic.com (English)