Sgùrr a 'Mhàim

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Sgùrr a 'Mhàim
View from the north from the Glen Nevis to the Sgùrr a 'Mhàim

View from the north from the Glen Nevis to the Sgùrr a 'Mhàim

height 1099  m ASL
location Highlands , Scotland
Mountains Grampian Mountains
Notch height 316 m
Coordinates 56 ° 45 ′ 21 ″  N , 5 ° 0 ′ 13 ″  W Coordinates: 56 ° 45 ′ 21 ″  N , 5 ° 0 ′ 13 ″  W
Sgùrr a 'Mhàim (Scotland)
Sgùrr a 'Mhàim
rock Quartzite
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The Sgùrr a 'Mhàim is a Munro and Marilyn classified, 1099 meter high mountain in Scotland . Its Gaelic name can be roughly translated as the top of the large round hill . It is located in the Council Area Highland in the southeast of Fort William and Ben Nevis mountain range of the Mamores , the second highest peak of which it is. The main chain of the Mamores extends in an east-west direction between the Glen Nevis and the southern village of Kinlochleven and has a total of eight Munros. Two more Munros are a bit off to the east of the main chain.

View from the south over the "Devil's Ridge" to the summit of Sgùrr a 'Mhàim
The summit of the Sgùrr a 'Mhàim

In the central part of the Mamores, the broad summit of Sgùrr a 'Mhàim rises prominently over the south side of Glen Nevis. The quartzite in the summit area makes it appear very bright. To the south, the Sgùrr a 'Mhàim is connected to the main chain of the Mamores by a very narrow ridge, also known as “Devil's Ridge”. Along the ridge lies the 990 meter high pre-summit of the Stob Choire a 'Mhail , at the 1001 meter high Sgùrr an Iubhair the connecting ridge meets the main chain, which runs roughly in an east-west direction. To the north-west, north and north-east, three steeply sloping ridges run into Glen Nevis, the last two surrounding the steep Coire Sgorach in the upper area . To the east and west, the Sgùrr a 'Mhàim drops evenly steeply, interspersed with rocks, into two side valleys of Glen Nevis. While the western valley of the Allt Choire a 'Mhusgain slopes evenly down to the valley floor of the Glen Nevis, the eastern valley of the Allt Coire a' Mhàil ends as a hanging valley far above the valley floor of the Glen Nevis, the stream overcomes the difference in altitude over the one at the foot of the Sgùrr a 'Mhàim lying Steall Falls .

Many Munro excavators climb the Sgùrr a 'Mhàim as part of the "Ring of Steall", a ridge crossing designed as a circular tour over a total of four Munros and other peaks of the Mamores. The starting point of this tour, which takes about 9 to 12 hours, is the parking lot at the end of the road from Fort William to Glen Nevis. From there you can start the round trip through the River Nevis Gorge and parallel to the Steall Falls, climbing steeply over the neighboring An Gearanach to the east . From there the tour leads over the Stob Coire a 'Chàirn and the Am Bodach to the Sgùrr an Iubhair , where the main ridge of the Mamores is left and the partly exposed connecting ridge to the Sgùrr a' Mhàim begins. From the summit there is an opportunity to descend over the steep northwest ridge to Glen Nevis. Alternatively, the "Ring of Steall" can also be walked in the opposite direction. An ascent exclusively of the Sgùrr a 'Mhàim usually takes place in the ascent and descent over the northwest ridge.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sgùrr a 'Mhàim on www.munromagic.com , accessed on July 3, 2020
  2. ↑ www.walkhighlands.co.uk: The Ring of Steall, Mamores , accessed July 17, 2020