Loch Eil to Glen Shiel

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This area to the West of the Great Glen is one of the wildest and most mountainous in the Highlands. Its most distinctive feature is the succession of glens and lochs, (both sea-lochs and inland) aligned from east to west, between which the mountains form long ranges, nowhere better seen than on the south and north sides of Glen Shiel.

Near the southern edge of this area, Gulvain is a lone mountain to the north of Loch Eil, and to its west Sgurr Thuilm and Sgurr nan Coireachan stand at the head of Glen Finnan.

Far to their east, Meall na Teanga and Sron a'Choire Ghairbh rise prominently on the west side of Loch Lochy, but they are a long way from the other high mountains in this area. To the north of a line from Loch Arkaig to Loch Nevis there is a long and discontinuous line of peaks which as one goes from east to west become progressively wilder and more rugged.

Gairich, a solitary hill above Loch Quoich, is at the east end of this range, which to its west is more continuous over Sgurr Mor, Sgurr nan Coireachan, Garbh Chioch Mhor and finally Sgurr na Ciche, one of the great landmarks of the western highlands rising above the head of Loch Nevis. To the north of Loch Nevis in the district of Knoydart are three magnificently rough and wild mountains, Meall Buidhe, Luinne Bheinn and (finest of them all) Ladhar Bheinn. On the north side of Loch Quoich are Spidean Mialach, Gleouraich and Sgurr a'Mhaoraich, and to their north is the long South Glen Shiel Ridge of seven Munros forming a continuous high ridge.

To their west, and really an extension of this ridge, are Sgurr na Sgine and The Saddle, the latter one of the most popular mountains in Kintail by virtue of the fine scramble up its rocky Forcan Ridge. Finally, several kilometres west of The Saddle, Beinn Sgritheall rises steeply above Loch Hourn, its south face an intimidating slope of rock and screes.

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Order	Height	Munro
92	1040	Sgurr na Ciche	Add Sgurr na Ciche to your bagged list
97	1035	Gleouraich	Add Gleouraich to your bagged list
104	1027	Sgurr a'Mhaoraich	Add Sgurr a'Mhaoraich to your bagged list
109	1021	Aonach air Chrith	Add Aonach air Chrith to your bagged list
111	1020	Ladhar Bheinn	Add Ladhar Bheinn to your bagged list
116	1013	Garbh Chioch Mhor	Add Garbh Chioch Mhor to your bagged list
121	1010	The Saddle	Add The Saddle to your bagged list
122	1010	Sgurr an Doire Leathain	Add Sgurr an Doire Leathain to your bagged list
131	1004	Sgurr an Lochain	Add Sgurr an Lochain to your bagged list
132	1003	Sgurr Mor (Glen Kingie)	Add Sgurr Mor (Glen Kingie) to your bagged list
146	996	Spidean Mialach	Add Spidean Mialach to your bagged list
160	987	Druim Shionnach	Add Druim Shionnach to your bagged list
161	987	Gaor Bheinn	Add Gaor Bheinn to your bagged list
168	981	Maol Chinn-dearg	Add Maol Chinn-dearg to your bagged list
183	974	Beinn Sgritheall	Add Beinn Sgritheall to your bagged list
193	963	Sgurr Thuilm	Add Sgurr Thuilm to your bagged list
206	956	Sgurr nan Coireachan (Glen Finnan)	Add Sgurr nan Coireachan (Glen Finnan) to your bagged list
213	953	Sgurr nan Coireachan (Glen Dessary)	Add Sgurr nan Coireachan (Glen Dessary) to your bagged list
218	947	Creag a' Mhaim	Add Creag a' Mhaim to your bagged list
222	946	Meall Buidhe (Knoydart)	Add Meall Buidhe (Knoydart) to your bagged list
223	946	Sgurr na Sgine	Add Sgurr na Sgine to your bagged list
234	939	Luinne Bheinn	Add Luinne Bheinn to your bagged list
239	937	Sron a'Choire Ghairbh	Add Sron a'Choire Ghairbh to your bagged list
272	919	Gairich	Add Gairich to your bagged list
273	918	Creag nan Damh	Add Creag nan Damh to your bagged list
274	918	Meall na Teanga	Add Meall na Teanga to your bagged list