http://munro-madness.com/category/gaelic/mullach The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en-gb http://munro-madness.com/hills/mullach-fraoch-choire <p><a class="glossary-term" href="/category/gaelic/mullach"><acronym title="This is an old word that now means 'simple dry upland more'. ">Mullach</acronym></a> Fraoch-choire lies on the west end of Loch Cluanie and <a href="http://munro-madness.com/region/glen-affric" title="reference on Glen Affric">Glen Affric</a> and is a peak very much hidden set back nearly 5km from Loch Cluanie. It's one of the fines peaks in the <a href="http://munro-madness.com/region/five-sisters-of-kintail" title="reference on Five Sisters of Kintail">Five Sisters of Kintail</a> formed by the meeting of three ridges giving a fairly pointed appearance rising high at the end of a 8km long ridge. The southern ridge is fairly narrow leading to the <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/term/105"><acronym title="The high point of a mountain or peak. Used as a verb to indicate that a person reached the top.">summit</acronym></a> point which is marked with a substantial <a class="glossary-term" href="/category/gaelic/cairn"><acronym title="rocky hill. And has been appropriated by Scots as cairn for a hill, and has passed into English as the term for a pile of rocks. ">cairn</acronym></a> and windbreak.</p> <p><a href="http://munro-madness.com/hills/mullach-fraoch-choire">read more</a></p> choire mullach Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:10:41 +0000 Peter.Lord 421 at http://munro-madness.com http://munro-madness.com/hills/mullach-na-dheiragain <p><a class="glossary-term" href="/category/gaelic/mullach"><acronym title="This is an old word that now means 'simple dry upland more'. ">Mullach</acronym></a> na Dheiragain lies 4 km to the north-east of <a href="http://munro-madness.com/hills/sgurr-nan-ceathreamhnan" title="reference on Sgurr nan Ceathreamhnan">Sgurr nan Ceathreamhnan</a> with its small <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/term/105"><acronym title="The high point of a mountain or peak. Used as a verb to indicate that a person reached the top.">summit</acronym></a> <a class="glossary-term" href="/category/gaelic/cairn"><acronym title="rocky hill. And has been appropriated by Scots as cairn for a hill, and has passed into English as the term for a pile of rocks. ">cairn</acronym></a> standing at the end of a long <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/term/168"><acronym title="an elongated mountain crest (usually narrow)">ridge</acronym></a> which is rocky in places. Although it is given full munro status, it is in fact part of the larger mass of Sgurr nan Ceathreamhnan. Mullach na Dheiragain is one of the most remotest mountains in the Scottish Highlands and accessing it from any direction involves a very long <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/term/187"><acronym title="The path or route to the start of a technical climb. Although this is generally a walk or, at most, a scramble it is occasionally as hazardous as the climb itself.">approach</acronym></a>.</p> <p><a href="http://munro-madness.com/hills/mullach-na-dheiragain">read more</a></p> mullach Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:10:41 +0000 Peter.Lord 423 at http://munro-madness.com