Stob a 'Choire Odhair
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 View to Stob a 'Choire Odhair from the east, north of Achallader Farm |
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| height | 945 m ASL | |
| location | Highlands , Scotland | |
| Notch height | 277 m | |
| Coordinates | 56 ° 34 '24 " N , 4 ° 50' 18" W | |
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The Stob a 'Choire Odhair is a 945-meter-high mountain in the Scottish Highlands . Its Gaelic name can be translated as Mountain of the Dark Kars or Mountain of the Speckled Kars . 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 lowest 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 a 'Choire Odhair, together with the neighboring, 1090 meter high Stob Ghabhar to the west, dominates this part of Rannoch Moor and can be easily seen from the east running A82 . Compared to its western neighbor, which has several ridges and pre-peaks, the Stob a 'Choire Odhair is less complex. It falls evenly to the northeast and south with steep, partly rocky grass slopes, especially the north side is rocky and steep. To the south-east of the Stob a 'Choire Odhair is the 834 meter high pre-summit Beinn Toaig , to which it is connected by an approximately 800 meter high saddle. Ridges run out to the south and northeast, the latter enclosing the broad and steep Coire Odhar together with the north ridge of the Beinn Toaig . To the west, the summit ridge is followed by the transition to the Aonach Eagach , which is around 670 meters high at its lowest point , one of the pre-peaks of the Stob Ghabhar. The transition is also the end of the valley of the Coire Toaig, which is deeply cut between the two mountains .
There are several ways of climbing for mountaineers. Many Munro excavators combine the ascent with that of Stob Ghabhar. 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 Coire Toaig between Stob a 'Choire Odhair and Stob Ghabhar. The path leads along this stream into the Corrie and then climbs steeply from the south over the wide ridge to the summit. From Stob Ghabhar the path leads over the Aonach Eagach and the saddle between the two mountains to the west ridge and on to the summit. A day tour over all four Munros of the Black Mount, which leads from Stob a 'Choire Odhair and Stob Ghabhar to the north via Creise and Meall a' Bhùiridh to the beginning of Glen Coe , is physically demanding .
Web links
- The Stob a 'Choire Odhair on walkhighlands.co.uk (English)
- The Stob a 'Choire Odhair on munromagic.com (English)
- Hill Bagging - the online version of the Database of British and Irish Hills: Stob a 'Choire Odhair (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stob a 'Choire Odhair on www.munromagic.com , accessed February 23, 2020