Beinn Fhada Explained

Beinn Fhada
Other Name:Ben Attow
Elevation M:1032
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence M:647
Parent Peak:Carn Eige
Listing:Marilyn, Munro
Translation:Long Mountain
Language:Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation:in Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic peɲ ˈat̪ə/
English approximation:
Location:Highland, Scotland
Range:Kintail
Grid Ref Uk:NH018192

Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Beinn Fhada|italics=no (Scottish Gaelic for 'long mountain') or Ben Attow is a mountain in the Scottish Highlands.

The finest route up Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Beinn Fhada is from Morvich to the north-west. There is a direct line up a grassy, and rather boggy, slope from the east side of the River Croe. This leads eventually to a craggy and undulating ridge, which begins in a southerly direction over Sgurr a' Choire Ghairbh and then turns east across the wider expanse of the Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Plaide Mhòr to the summit. There is one short tricky section of downward scrambling on this ridge. An easy line of descent can be found, north-westwards from the summit, into Gleann Choinneachain. Total distance from Morvich is about 7 km, with around 1100 metres of ascent, including undulations.

Beinn Fhada has been dismissed by some guide writers as boring. It has two remarkable features: the Plaide Mor is the largest extent of ancient (preglacial) land surface to survive in the western Highlands, and is of Cairngorm character. Secondly, its SW slopes into Gleann Lichd are seamed for 3 km with trenches reaching 10m high and 800m long, a slope deformation that is the largest 'rock slope failure' in the Highlands.[2]

References

57.2205°N -5.2844°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: walkhighlands Beinn Fhada . . 2014 . walkhighlands.co.uk . 9 January 2014.
  2. Ballantyne, C. K. and Jarman, D., in Mass Movements in Great Britain, JNCC, 2007, pp. 56–62; Jarman, D., in The Scottish Mountaineer, 2007–08.