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Gaor Bheinn

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Location
  
Highland, Scotland

Elevation
  
987 m

Parent peak
  
Càrn Eige

OS grid
  
NN002875

Prominence
  
842 m

Listing
  
Munro, Marilyn

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Translation
  
dirty hill or noisy hill (Gaelic)

Pronunciation
  
Scottish Gaelic: [ˈkɯːɾveɲ]

Similar
  
Sgùrr Thuilm, Gleouraich, Sgùrr a' Mhaoraich, Sròn a' Choire Ghairbh, Sgùrr na Cìche

Gaor Bheinn, also known as Gulvain or Culvain, is a mountain in Scotland, to the north of the road west of Fort William (from which it is usually climbed), and south of Loch Arkaig. It is composed of banded granite and shaped like a letter Y, with two tops connected by a ridge running from northeast to southwest, with the northern top 6 m higher than the one to the south. Crags drop at either end, and steep slopes fall away to either side.

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Map of Gulvain, Spean Bridge, UK

The south ridge path is really a stream bed, so in wet conditions an easier if longer ascent from Na Socachan is to walk up Allt a Choire Reidh towards Gualann nan Osna and climb the south top's north-west ridge.

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References

Gaor Bheinn Wikipedia