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The Meall Glas massif from the southwest, above Crianlarich, in the middle the tip of Meall Glas, on the right the Beinn Cheathaich, on the left in front of the Beinn nan Imirean

The Meall Glas massif from the southwest, above Crianlarich, in the middle the tip of Meall Glas, on the right the Beinn Cheathaich, on the left in front of the Beinn nan Imirean

height 959  m ASL
location Highlands , Scotland
Notch height 554 m
Coordinates 56 ° 27 '21 "  N , 4 ° 32' 48"  W Coordinates: 56 ° 27 '21 "  N , 4 ° 32' 48"  W.
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The Meall Glas is a 959 meter high mountain in Scotland . Its Gaelic name means green-gray hill . The mountain is classified as Munro and is located in the Stirling Council Area , about ten kilometers northeast of Crianlarich between the Glen Lochay and Glen Dochart valleys on the northern border of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park .

The Meall Glas seen from the eastern pre-summit of Beinn Cheathaich

In the east-west ridge between the two valleys, the Meall Glas represents the highest elevation. Together with its only 22 meters lower lower summit, Beinn Cheathaich , the Meall Glas forms a broad, gently sloping south into Glen Dochart with wide grassy slopes Solid. Due to the lower height compared to other mountains in the area and the wide slopes, the two peaks of the Meall Glas and the Beinn Cheathaich do not stand out clearly from the surrounding mountains when viewed from Glen Dochart and are only the two highest points of the wide ridge recognizable. The Beinn Cheathaich was therefore initially erroneously entered by Sir Hugh Munro as the highest point and thus as Munro. In 1921 the mistake was corrected. To the north into the Glen Lochay, the Meall Glas massif forms a large horseshoe-shaped cirque that ends in a U-shaped mountain ridge. The main peak represents the highest point of the western part, the Beinn Cheathaich in the eastern part of the ridge. To the north, the mountain also has steeper rocky areas. To the south-west lies the 849 meter high Beinn nan Imirean , another, somewhat lower pre-summit in the form of a broad grassy hump, which, however, is managed as an independent corbett . The massif is separated from its eastern neighbor, Sgiath Chùil , by a saddle about 600 meters high. To the west, the Meall Glas, like the entire mountain range south of Glen Lochay, is separated from Ben Challum to the northwest by the watershed between Glen Lochay and Strath Fillan, which is about 400 meters high .

The Meall Glas can be climbed from both the south and the north. More popular is the ascent from the south from Glen Dochart, which has somewhat wetter sections, but can be easily reached via Crianlarich and the A85 that branches off from the A82 . The starting point is the hamlet of Auchessan on the A85 . In the north of Glen Lochay, the hamlet of Kenknock is the starting point at the end of the road there. Both climbs do not present any particular difficulties.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Munro tables of the Scottish Mountaineering Club (SMC) , accessed January 9, 2019
  2. ↑ hills-database.co.uk: The Munros and Tops 1891-1997. , accessed December 16, 2014
  3. ↑ The Beinn nan Imirean on munromagic.com , accessed December 16, 2014

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