Creag Mhòr
| Creag Mhòr | ||
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 The Creag Mhòr from the southwest |
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| height | 1047 m ASL | |
| location | Highlands , Scotland | |
| Notch height | 393 m | |
| Coordinates | 56 ° 29 '23 " N , 4 ° 36' 54" W | |
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The Creag Mhòr is a 1047 meter high mountain in Scotland . Its Gaelic name means great rock . It is classified as Munro and is located on the border between the Council Areas Perth and Kinross and Stirling , about ten kilometers northeast of Tyndrum in the extensive mountainous landscape between Glen Lyon in the north and Glen Lochay in the south.
Contrary to what its Gaelic name suggests, the Creag Mhòr, like many peaks in the region, is characterized by wide grassy slopes. However, the summit area consists of rocks and thus justifies the name. The mountain has three distinctive rock ridges, some of which are steeply sloping on both sides. To the northeast, the ridge drops steeply to a flat saddle, which forms the transition to the neighboring 895 meter high pre-summit of the Meall Tionail . From the pre-summit, the ridge above Loch Lyon drops steeply into Glen Lyon. Similarly, the southeast ridge runs steeply over the Sròn nan Eun pre-summit into Glen Lochay, which is parallel to the south of Glen Lyon . The third ridge, characterized by rocky structures more than the other two, runs first to the southwest and then in a curve also to the southeast to the neighboring top of the Stob nan Clach with a height of 956 meters. Both ridges enclose the basin of the Coire Cheathaich, which drops into Glen Lochay . The Scottish Gaelic poet Duncan Ban MacIntyre (1724–1812) immortalized the Coire Cheathaich in his poem "Oran Coire a Cheathaich", in which he describes the nature of the valley.
The Creag Mhòr is usually climbed together with its eastern neighbor Beinn Heasgarnich . Since the Creag Mhòr is one of the most remote Munros and offers comparatively few views due to the surrounding, slightly higher mountains, it is rarely climbed. All ascent possibilities are pathless and partly lead through swampy moorland. The approach over the Beinn Heasgarnich begins at the highest point of a small single track road between the settlement of Kenknock in Glen Lochay and Loch Lyon in the east. The shortest approach is via the southeast ridge in a direct ascent from Glen Lochay. The Creag Mhòr can also be reached from the west , starting point is the farm Auch , located on the West Highland Line and the A82 , between Tyndrum and Bridge of Orchy .
Individual evidence
- ^ Scottish Mountaineering Club Munro List , accessed April 10, 2018
- ↑ slainte.org.uk: Scottish Authors> Duncan Ban Macintyre Poet 1724-1812 ( Memento of the original dated December 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- The Creag Mhòr on walkhighlands.co.uk (English)
- The Creag Mhòr on munromagic.com (English)