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Walking in Torridon
A guidebook to the best walking routes in the mountains of Torridon in the western Highlands of Scotland. Based around Shieldaig and Slioch, the 52 day walks include easy walks to routes up Torridon's best summits, including 9 Munros. The mountains of Torridon rarely have clearly defined paths to their summits, but the many excellent stalkers' paths take walkers deep into wild territory and often give them a flying start. To explore this remote and much-loved area of the Highlands fully you need to be prepared to free-range over heather, grass, rock and marsh and this guide will help you find the best ways across the landscape. This book makes Shieldaig its base and covers the 200 square miles south west of Loch Maree and north of the Achnasheen - Achnashellach - Lochcarron road, as well as Slioch and its environs. The guidebook offers a wealth of routes of different grades and differing characters between 2 and 14 miles in length. It is also beautifully illustrated with Peter Barton's original drawings, alongside clear OS map extracts. Routes described include 11 easy walks, 11 long or high-level walks, ascents of 32 summits over 2000ft and 5 outline suggestions for major ridge walks.
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Walking in Torridon
A guidebook to the best walking routes in the mountains of Torridon in the western Highlands of Scotland. Based around Shieldaig and Slioch, the 52 day walks include easy walks to routes up Torridon's best summits, including 9 Munros. The mountains of Torridon rarely have clearly defined paths to their summits, but the many excellent stalkers' paths take walkers deep into wild territory and often give them a flying start. To explore this remote and much-loved area of the Highlands fully you need to be prepared to free-range over heather, grass, rock and marsh and this guide will help you find the best ways across the landscape. This book makes Shieldaig its base and covers the 200 square miles south west of Loch Maree and north of the Achnasheen - Achnashellach - Lochcarron road, as well as Slioch and its environs. The guidebook offers a wealth of routes of different grades and differing characters between 2 and 14 miles in length. It is also beautifully illustrated with Peter Barton's original drawings, alongside clear OS map extracts. Routes described include 11 easy walks, 11 long or high-level walks, ascents of 32 summits over 2000ft and 5 outline suggestions for major ridge walks.
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Walking in Torridon

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A guidebook to the best walking routes in the mountains of Torridon in the western Highlands of Scotland. Based around Shieldaig and Slioch, the 52 day walks include easy walks to routes up Torridon's best summits, including 9 Munros. The mountains of Torridon rarely have clearly defined paths to their summits, but the many excellent stalkers' paths take walkers deep into wild territory and often give them a flying start. To explore this remote and much-loved area of the Highlands fully you need to be prepared to free-range over heather, grass, rock and marsh and this guide will help you find the best ways across the landscape. This book makes Shieldaig its base and covers the 200 square miles south west of Loch Maree and north of the Achnasheen - Achnashellach - Lochcarron road, as well as Slioch and its environs. The guidebook offers a wealth of routes of different grades and differing characters between 2 and 14 miles in length. It is also beautifully illustrated with Peter Barton's original drawings, alongside clear OS map extracts. Routes described include 11 easy walks, 11 long or high-level walks, ascents of 32 summits over 2000ft and 5 outline suggestions for major ridge walks.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781849653640
Publisher: Cicerone Press
Publication date: 12/16/2014
Series: Cicerone Press
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 224
File size: 17 MB
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About the Author

Peter Barton produced this much-loved guide in 1989, after retiring to Torridon following a career in surgery. The guide has been revised and updated, in keeping with Peter's original style, by Chris Lowe, an author of wildlife guides to the region, with Jim Sutherland, local guide.

Table of Contents

Overview map Editor's Preface to the New Edition Introduction - Peter Barton Geology and vegetation - Chris Lowe Easy Walks EW1 The Falls of Balgy and Loch Damh (Shieldaig) EW2 The Shieldaig Peninsula (Shieldaig) EW3 West Lodge, Loch Torridon and Loch Torridon Hotel (Shieldaig) EW4 Coire Mhic Nobuil (Alligin) EW5 Ardheslaig to Kenmore (Applecross Peninsula) EW6 Coulin Estate: Loch Clair and Loch Coulin (Glen Torridon) EW7 Torridon (Fasag) to Inveralligin (north shore Upper Loch Torridon) EW8 Heights of Kinlochewe (Incheril) EW9 Toscaig to Airigh-drishaig (southern Applecross) EW10 The Coire an Laoigh of Beinn Eighe (Glen Torridon) EW11 The Cold Hollow of Fuar Tholl (from Achnashellach) Long and High Level Walks W1 Coire Mhic Fhearchair (ascent of Beinn Eighe) W2 Walk round Beinn Alligin W3 An Staonach-An Fur Ridge W4 The Great Corries of Beinn Bhan W5 Walk round Beinn na h-Eaglaise W6 Walk to Applecross or around Croic Bheinn W7 Heights of Kinlochewe and Gleann Bianasdail W8 An Sgurr (Kishorn) W9 Seana Mheallan (Glen Torridon) W10 Three Flowerdale Miniatures: Meall a' Ghlas Leothaid, Meall na Meine and Meall Lochan a' Chleirich W11 Through Walks Mountain Ascents over 2000ft Introduction Liathach Beinn Eighe Northern Group N1 Beinn Alligin N2 An Ruadh Mheallan N3 Beinn Bhreac N4 Slioch N5 Beinn a' Chearcaill N6 Beinn an Eoin N7 Baosbheinn N8 Beinn Dearg N9. Meall a' Ghuibhais (mountain trail) Southern Group S1 Beinn Damh S2 Beinn Liath Mhor S3 Sgorr nan Lochan Uaine S4 Beinn Liath Bheag S5 Sgurr Dubh S6 Beinn na h-Eaglaise S7 Beinn Shieldaig S8 Beinn Bhan S9 Sgurr a' Gharaidh S10 Glas Bheinn S11 Sgorr Ruadh S12 Fuar Tholl S13 Maol Chean Dearg S14 Meall nan Ceapairean S15 Meall Dearg S16 Beinn a' Chlachain S17 An Ruadh Stac S18 Sgurr a' Chaorachain S19 Meall Gorm S20 Carn Breac S21 Beinn na Feusaige Major Ridge Walks Appendix 1 Deer Stalking Appendix 2 Useful Information
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