462:. There has always been some uncertainty about which is the highest point, with both An Gearanach and An Garbhanach given a height of 3,200 feet on pre metric maps in the 1970s. An Garbhanach reaches a height of 975 metres and in 1921 was accidentally elevated to Munro status and An Gearanach reduced to a "top" due to the vagaries of old fashioned mapping techniques. The mistake was rectified in the 1933 revision of Munro's tables with an explanation that it had all been a mistake. The northern slopes of An Gearanach require some care when descending from the mountain to Glen Nevis and there have been fatalities as walkers have left the
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on a wire suspension bridge and passing the foot of the waterfall, a stalkers path zig zags up the hillside to gain the NNE ridge and up to the summit. The approach from
Kinlochleven involves firstly ascending Stob Coire a' Chàirn by the stalkers' path up Coire na Ba before continuing to An Gearanach
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Gearanach are basically a north-south summit ridge just over a kilometre in length with steep flanks which drop into the valleys of the Allt Coire a' Mhail to the west and the Allt Coire na Gabhalach to the east. At the northern end of the mountain are three ridges which go
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during a circuit of the Allt Coire a' Mhàil, a glen which feeds the An Steall Ban waterfall. The An Steall Bàn ("the white spout") is a fine sight as it drops 120 metres down the northern lower slopes of An
Gearanach. The base of the falls is passed on the approach to the mountain from Glen
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is uncertain with some publications giving it as "short ridge" from "Geàrr Aonach" while others give a translated name of "the complainer" or "the sad place".
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The waterfall of An Steall Bàn flows into Glen Nevis on An
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Obscurities in Munro’s Tables - Gives details of An Gearanach.
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646:"The Magic of the Munros" Page 59 Gives translation as "The Complainer".
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dropping into deep glens on either side and requires a good
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1040:List of Munros and Munro Tops in Scotland
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397:of 151 metres it just qualifies as a
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598:"walkhighlands An Gearanach"
600:. walkhighlands.co.uk. 2013
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938:Aonach Beag
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604:22 November
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109:Coordinates
81:Parent peak
1053:Categories
1009:Chno Dearg
1004:Càrn Dearg
978:Geal Charn
973:Geal-Chàrn
963:Càrn Dearg
803:Aonach Mòr
487:References
411:Glen Nevis
407:Loch Leven
395:prominence
337:Munro Top
286:Landranger
119:56°45′30″N
71:Prominence
943:Ben Alder
844:Am Bodach
809:Ben Nevis
584:Footnotes
440:Am Bodach
425:Geography
202:Geography
122:4°58′02″W
86:Am Bodach
61:Elevation
907:Stob Bàn
879:Stob Bàn
767:Scotland
698:Archived
622:Archived
464:stalkers
415:Corbetts
385:Overview
379:Highland
375:Lochaber
367:mountain
364:Scottish
329:NN188665
313:Grid ref
293:Explorer
278:Topo map
270:NN187669
238:Scotland
234:Highland
836:Mamores
470:Ascents
447:Nevis.
432:Bealach
403:Mamores
399:Marilyn
373:in the
319:Status
264:OS grid
257:Mamores
195:-ə-nəkh
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93:Listing
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