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Creag Meagaidh

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Translation
  
Bogland crag (Gaelic)

OS grid
  
NN418875

Elevation
  
1,128 m

Mountain range
  
Creag Meagaidh Range

Listing
  
Marilyn, Munro

Location
  
Glen Spean, Scotland

Topo map
  
OS Landranger 34, 42

Prominence
  
867 m

Parent peak
  
Creag Meagaidh httpsiytimgcomviiag407UYZAhqdefaultjpg

Pronunciation
  
Scottish Gaelic: [ˈkʰɾʲek ˈmekɪ]

Similar
  
Ben Nevis, Beinn a' Chaorainn, Ben Alder, Stob Coire Easain, Chno Dearg

Creag Meagaidh is a mountain on the northern side of Glen Spean in Scotland. It is a complex mountain, taking the form of a flat summit plateau from which five ridges radiate, and is most famed for the cliffs surrounding the corrie of Coire Ardair on the north-eastern face. These crags are a renowned venue for winter and ice climbing, though being somewhat vegetated they are less suited to "normal" climbing.

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Map of Creag Meagaidh, Roy Bridge, UK

The name Creag Meagaidh is also applied to refer to the neighbouring peaks of Stob Poite Coire Ardair and Carn Liath, which together may be termed the Creag Meagaidh range.

All three peaks in the range may be climbed from Aberarder on the A86 road by initially following the path leading up Coire Ardair, before striking north to the summit of Carn Liath. A circuit of the glen may be made by returning to Aberarder by way of Creag Meagaidh's east ridge. The most direct route to the summit of Creag Meagaidh ascends from the head of the corrie to reach a narrow gap between the crags known as The Window. The Window forms the bealach between Creag Meagaidh and Stob Poite Coire Ardair. Creag Meagaidh may also be climbed from Moy to the southeast.

Creag Meagaidh is designated as both a Special Protection Area and a National Nature Reserve, and the number of grazing animals is controlled. This has led to a regrowth of the native woodland of birch, alder, willow, rowan and oak. The site is also an important breeding ground for many species of birds, in particular the dotterel Charadrius morinellus.

Scottish winter climbing creag meagaidh


References

Creag Meagaidh Wikipedia


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