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Although the mountain is seen as a conical peak when viewed from the Quoich dam this is quite misleading as the actual summit plateau extends westward for almost two kilometres culminating in the subsidiary top of
Gairich Beag with a height of 730 metres before descending into the a' Mhaingir glen.
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Doire Meall an Eilein, a small lake approximately 500 metres in length stands on the northern flanks of
Gairich around the 400 metre contour. The eastern slopes of the mountain has the smaller Coire Thollaidh which also drains north into the loch. Gairich is made up of three distinct ridges, the NE
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on its slopes. Coire Liath lies on the northern flank of the mountain. It is a kilometre across and is rimmed by crags. It is drained by the Allt a' Choire Leith which flows northwards into Loch Quoich. These lower northern slopes of the mountain formerly had a right of way which went along the
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of 552 metres and is conspicuous in the view up Glen Garry. It is seen as a conical peak when viewed from the Loch Quoich dam (see picture). The mountain was initially named Scour
Gairoch on the original 1891 list of Munros and is still occasionally called this, however it is now referred to
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and following an old right of way to
Tomdoun in Glen Garry as far as the Kinbreack bothy in Glen Kingie. The best place to wade the Kingie is near the bothy, Gairich can then be ascended by its western flank passing over Gairich Beag to reach the summit.
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across the loch. The eastern ridge descends for four kilometres from the summit ending near the Quoich dam and is used in ascending the mountain from that direction.
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and NW ridges form the flanks of Coire Liath and descend to Loch Quoich. Either of these ridges could be used for ascent by walkers approaching the mountain by
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southern shore of Loch Quoich, this track was submerged and lost when the loch was dammed in 1957 and the water level was raised by 100 feet as part of the
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The usual ascent of
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The Munros, Scottish
Mountaineering Trust, 1986, Donald Bennett (Editor)
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in Glen Kingie is a useful base for climbing the mountains in this area.
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With a height of 919 metres (3015 feet), Gairich qualifies as a
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The Munros
Almanac, Neil Wilson Publishing, 1991, Cameron McNeish,
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Hamish’s
Mountain Walk, Baton Wicks, 1996, Hamish Brown,
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Mountains of Britain and Ireland, Diadem, 1993,
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Page 147 (Gives details of ascent from Quoich dam).
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71:Parent peak
849:Categories
819:57°02′42″N
727:The Saddle
697:Gleouraich
633:Glenfinnan
629:Glen Shiel
569:The Munros
521:The Munros
389:References
299:prominence
275:Glen Garry
200:Landranger
61:Prominence
822:5°15′21″W
747:Sgùrr Mòr
479:"Gairich"
440:Footnotes
322:Geography
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371:NH070024
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289:Overview
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184:NN025995
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149:Lochaber
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