Sgiath Chùil
| Sgiath Chùil | ||
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 The Sgiath Chùil from the north, seen from the Glen Lochay |
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| height | 921 m ASL | |
| location | Highlands , Scotland | |
| Notch height | 312 m | |
| Coordinates | 56 ° 27 '11 " N , 4 ° 29' 43" W | |
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The Sgiath Chùil is a 921 meter high mountain in Scotland . Its Gaelic name means back back . The mountain is classified as Munro and is located in the Stirling Council Area , about eleven kilometers west of Killin between the Glen Lochay and Glen Dochart valleys on the northern border of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park .
In the ridge between the two valleys in an east-west direction, the Sgiath Chùil represents the third highest elevation after the Meall Glas and its pre-summit, Beinn Cheathaich . As with the Meall Glas, Sir Hugh Munro initially built a pre-summit in the neighboring Sgiath Chùil the 917 meter high Meall a 'Churain , wrongly registered as the highest point and thus as Munro. In 1921 the mistake was corrected.
The Sgiath Chùil is a rather unspectacular mountain, the broad summit ridge of which runs from Meall a 'Churain as the northern pre-summit over the main summit to the 853-meter-high Sgiath Chrom in the north-south direction. With the exception of the immediate summit area, which has a rocky structure, the mountain consists largely of grass slopes. A flat, about 780 meter high saddle separates the mountain from the high moorland and mountainous terrain to the east, which forms a wide ridge that slopes gently to the east. To the west, the deeply cut valley of the Allt Riobhain from the south and the valley of the Lubchurran Burn from the north separate the Sgiath Chùil from its western neighbor Meall Glas. Both valleys are connected by a 600 meter high saddle.
The Sgiath Chùil can be climbed from both the south and the north. The climb from the south from Glen Dochart, which can be easily reached via Crianlarich and the A85 that branches off from the A82 , is mostly used . The starting point is the hamlet of Auchessan on the A85 , the approach leads over the wide southern slope of the mountain. It is also possible to approach via the saddle between the Sgiath Chùil and the Meall Glas, which many Munro excavators use to connect the two peaks. In the north of Glen Lochay, the hamlet of Lubchurran is the starting point. There are no particular difficulties in any of the climbs.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Munro tables of the Scottish Mountaineering Club (SMC) , accessed January 5, 2019
- ↑ hills-database.co.uk: The Munros and Tops 1891-1997. , accessed February 5, 2015
Web links
- The Sgiath Chùil on walkhighlands.co.uk (English)
- The Sgiath Chùil on munromagic.com (English)