Stob Ghabhar
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 The Stob Ghabhar from the southeast, in the foreground Loch Tulla |
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| height | 1090 m ASL | |
| location | Highlands , Scotland | |
| Notch height | 393 m | |
| Coordinates | 56 ° 34 '5 " N , 4 ° 52' 56" W | |
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The Stob Ghabhar is a 1090 meter high mountain in the Scottish Highlands . Its Gaelic name can be translated as head of goats . The mountain lies on the border between the Council Areas Argyll and Bute and Highland and is classified as Munro .
In the Black Mount , which is part of a mountain range that extends from Loch Etive to the western edge of Rannoch Moor , the Stob Ghabhar is the third highest elevation and one of four Munros. The Black Mount are bounded south by Loch Tulla and north by the upper valley end of Glen Coe . Due to its prominent east side towering over Loch Tulla, the Stob Ghabhar, together with the neighboring, 945 meter high Stob a 'Choire Odhair, dominates this part of Rannoch Moor and can be easily seen from the eastward A82 . At the summit of Stob Ghabhar as the highest point, the three ridges of the broad and massive looking mountain meet at the same time, running to the west, south-east and north. At the end of the sometimes very narrow, rocky and steeply sloping ridges on both sides there are somewhat lower pre-peaks of the Stob Ghabhar. To the southeast lies the 991 meter high Aonach Eagach , which is followed by the significantly lower transition to the Stob a 'Choire Odhair. To the west is the 990 meter high Sròn a 'Ghearrain and to the north the 976 meter high Sròn nan Giubhas . Deeply cut corries lie between the ridges , while Coire Dhearbhadh lies between the north and south-east ridge and the small Karsee Coirein Lochain . The mountain also forms part of the watershed between the Scottish east and west coasts. Along the eastern side it drains over Loch Tulla and Loch Bà towards the North Sea , to the west and north towards the Scottish Sea .
There are several ways of climbing for mountaineers. Many Munro excavators combine the ascent with that of Stob a 'Choire Odhair. The busiest boarding option begins at the end of the road coming from Bridge of Orchy at Victoria Bridge at the east end of Loch Tulla , where the West Highland Way crosses the Abhainn Shira , a tributary of Loch Tulla. From there the path leads along the north bank of the Abhainn Shira to the valley of the Allt Toaig , which rises from the Corrie between Stob Ghabhar and Stob a 'Choire Odhair. The path leads along this stream into the Corrie and then climbs steeply from the southeast to the ridge between the main summit and the pre-summit of the Aonach Eagach. The way to the summit over the narrow ridge is rocky and has exposed spots. The neighboring Stob a'Choire Odhair can also be climbed from Corrie des Allt Toaig, from whose summit the ascent then leads over the connecting ridge and the Aonach Eagach to the summit. A day tour over all four Munros of the Black Mount, which leads from Stob Ghabhar north via Creise and Meall a 'Bhùiridh to the beginning of Glen Coe , is physically demanding .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stob Ghabhar at www.munromagic.com , accessed February 19, 2019
Web links
- The Stob Ghabhar on walkhighlands.co.uk (English)
- The Stob Ghabhar on munromagic.com (English)