Glas Bheinn Mhòr
| Glas Bheinn Mhòr | ||
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 View from the northwest of the Glas Bheinn Mhòr |
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| height | 997 m ASL | |
| location | Highlands , Scotland | |
| Notch height | 231 m | |
| Coordinates | 56 ° 32 '31 " N , 5 ° 0' 19" W | |
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The glass Bheinn Mhòr is a 997-meter-high mountain in the Scottish Highlands . Its Gaelic name can be translated as Big Green Mountain . The mountain is in the Council Area Argyll and Bute , bordering the Council Area Highland , and is classified as Munro and Marilyn .
In the mountain range that stretches from Loch Etive to the western edge of Rannoch Moor north of Loch Tulla , the Glas Bheinn Mhòr is the fourth highest of six Munros. To the west the 1078 meter high Ben Starav closes the mountain range, to the east the 945 meter high Stob a 'Choire Odhair . The direct eastern neighbor of Glas Bheinn Mhòr is the 1044 meter high Stob Coir 'on Albannaich . Apart from the two connecting ridges running to the west and northeast to the neighboring peaks, the Glas Bheinn Mhòr has no further ridges or pre-peaks worth mentioning. Only on the ridge to Ben Starav is the 892 meter high Meall nan Tri Tighearnan to the west with a low notch height . To the north, the Glas Bheinn Mhòr has a steep rock- strewn side that towers prominently above the Allt Mheuran valley. The mountain falls steeply to the south, albeit less rocky than on the north side, into the valley of the River Kinglass .
Most Munro excavators combine an ascent of Glas Bheinn Mhòr with that of neighboring Ben Starav or Stob Coir 'on Albannaich. There are several ways of ascent, all of which start in Glen Etive north of the mountain. The starting point is the former Coileitir farm . One way to climb is the long north ridge of Ben Starav, from whose summit the connecting ridge leads to the summit of Glas Bheinn Mhòr. Other possibilities lead through the valley of Allt Mheuran , either west of the summit via the side valley of Allt nam Meirleach to Bealachan Lochain Ghaineamhaich , a Bealach between Ben Starav and Glas Bheinn Mhòr, or east of Allt Mheuran following further into the saddle between Glas Bheinn Mhòr and Stob Coir 'at Albannaich, from there then to the west. Ascents from the south or east are also possible, but require very long and sometimes pathless marches.
Web links
- The Glas Bheinn Mhòr on walkhighlands.co.uk
- The Glas Bheinn Mhòr on munromagic.com (English)
- Hill Bagging - the online version of the Database of British and Irish Hills: Glas Bheinn Mhòr (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Glas Bheinn Mhòr on www.munromagic.com , accessed on January 20, 2020