South Glen Shiel Ridge

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Tue

Oct

2008

Sunrise

7:43 am

Sunset

6:33 pm

10 hours 49 minutes(s) daylight

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South Glen Shiel Ridge is a route in “The South Shiel Ridge” region / range which is located in the Loch Eil to Glen Shiel area of the Scottish Highlands as defined by the Scottish Mountaineering Club.

This is a route between two seperate points

South Glen Shiel Ridge is a munro baggers delight as 7 munros and numerous tops can be climbed in long single outing. The walker can look forward to miles of high walking on narrowish ridge with grassy slopes dropping away on the south and cliffs sweeping into Glen Shiel on the northern side.
On a clear day the views are superb all the way along the ridge.

This route displays the east to west outing but there are reasons that it cannot be reversed and done from west to east and ending in the Cluanie Inn advantageously.

Distance: 25km / 15 miles

Ascent: 1750m / 5742 feet

Time: 9 hours +

There are 7 munros on the South Glen Shiel Ridge route and are listed below

Munro	Height	Order	Pronunciation	Meaning
Creag a' Mhaim	947	218	Krayk er Vime	Cairn of the pass
Druim Shionnach	987	160	Drime Hyunoch	Ridge of foxes
Aonach air Chrith	1021	109	Ernoch ur Chree	Trembling ridge
Maol Chinn-dearg	981	168	Merle Heen Jerrack	Bald red head
Sgurr an Doire Leathain	1010	122	Skoor un Thurrer Leheen	Rocky peak of broad oak thicket
Sgurr an Lochain	1004	131	Skoor un Lochan	Rocky peak of the little loch
Creag nan Damh	918	273	Krayk nern Dav	Rock of the Stags

The use of two cars or bike make the walk a lot easier as otherwise you will have a long walk back along the A87 which can be quite busy with fast moving traffic at times. Alteratively there is a daily bus service from Portree which runs along the A87 (Check times)

Grid Ref.	Bearing	Distance(km)	Description
NH076117	97° E	0.2 (0.2)	From the Cluanie Inn, head East for the private road
NH07821167	146° SE	2.6 (2.8)	Follow the private road around
NH09260947	159° SSE	2.4 (5.2)	Continue on the private road
NH10120718	290° WNW	1.5 (6.7)	Follow the clearly marked path up to the summet
NH087077	298° WNW	1.5 (8.2)	The summit Creag a' Mhaim (947 metres)
NH074084	267° W	2.4 (10.6)	The summit Druim Shionnach (987 metres)
NH050083	285° WNW	1.9 (12.5)	The summit Aonach air Chrith (1021 metres)
NH032088	297° WNW	2 (14.5)	The summit Maol Chinn-dearg (981 metres)
NH01380974	36° NE	0.2 (14.7)	don't miss summit as it lies northeast of the main ridge
NH015099	216° SW	0.2 (14.9)	The summit Sgurr an Doire Leathain (1010 metres)
NH01380974	306° NW	1.1 (16)	don't miss summit as it lies northeast of the main ridge
NH005104	307° NW	1.1 (17.1)	The summit Sgurr an Lochain (1004 metres)
NG99661104	272° W	1.4 (18.5)
NG983111	284° WNW	1.6 (20.1)	The summit Creag nan Damh (918 metres)
NG967115	338° NNW	0.5 (20.6)
NG965120	14° NNE	2.1 (22.7)	Zigzag Down into Coire Toiteil to rejoin the main road
NG970140	14° NNE	2.1 (24.8)	Hitch back ?

Recommended Maps

cover of Glen Shiel and Kintail Forest (Explorer Maps)

cover of Loch Alsh, Glen Shiel and Loch Hourn (Landranger Maps)

Accommodation

Camping(s)

Morvich Caravan Club Site Shiel Bridge

Hostel(s)

Ratagan SYHA

The details provided above are an aid to planning an expedition, but all distances, altitudes and bearings must be considered approximate. You must navigate with the appropriate map, a compass, your navigation skills and common sense.
munro-madness.com accept no responsibility for your interpretation of our route information.

Submitted by Peter.Lord on Sun, 13/01/2008 - 16:00.

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Lay by on the A87 which was once the site of 1719 battle