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a private road goes along the glen to the foot of the loch at Monar Lodge. Cycling is allowed and a very limited number of vehicles are also permitted access. Even if using a mountain bike the expedition is, according to Dan Bailey "a single epic trip, which can be undertaken either as an appealingly
293:) is situated. The ridge is narrow in places and some scrambling (which cannot be avoided easily) is required between Lurg Mhòr and Meall Mhor. This ridge has steep cliffs facing north but on the southern side the slope is gentle and grassy. The ridge leads down to Loch Monar at Pait Lodge.
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or use the two-wire bridge – cycling is not an option. Otherwise, from Craig nearby there is a somewhat longer route which may be cycled for the first 5.5 km (3.4 mi) – this way the total distance to Lurg Mhòr is 14.5 km (9.0 mi) – 5 hours 30 minutes on foot.
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brutal one-day assault or a slower overnighter". The route round the loch traversing these Munros and the three immediately north of the loch is 43 km (27 mi) plus 52 km (32 mi) cycling – 18 hours.
332:, "two of the lonliest Munros in the land" An approach can be made from the north, the east or the west. All the approach routes are long and arduous but, if a two-day expedition is planned, three open
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to the south. The west ridge of Lurg Mhòr curves round to the north before rising to Bidein a' Choire
Sheasgaich, a separate Munro. Lurg Mhòr has a long, relatively flat east ridge where Meall Mhor (a
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Attadale there is an 13 km (8 mi) track along which a mountain bike may be ridden, with difficulty, to the open bothy at Ben Dronaig Lodge which is maintained by the
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to a very high standard. From bothy to Lurg Mhòr is another 7.2 km (4.5 mi) on a stalkers' path. A shorter 9.7 km (6 mi) stalkers' path leads to this bothy from
Achintee (
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bothy not far off these routes and for a stop-over it is conveniently located. However, a less hilly route to get there directly is from
Achintee (
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of
Scotland at the high point of an east–west range of hills comprising Meall Mor (974 metres), Lurg Mhòr and
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The route from the east is along, and possibly around, Loch Monar which is reached through
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961:"Putting the PUSH into Pushbiking to Bendronaig Bothy (Sheasgaich & Lurg Mhor)"
882:"Munro Central : Bidein a' Choire Sheasgaich and Lurg Mhor from Glen Carron"
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Wilderness World of
Cameron McNeish: Essays From Beyond The Black Stump
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Great
Mountain Days in Scotland: 50 classic hillwalking challenges
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Great
Mountain Days in Scotland: 50 classic hillwalking challenges
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1105:(2nd ed.). Scottish Mountaineering Trust. pp. 180–191.
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The shortest route to the mountain from a public road is from
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Lurg Mhòr and Bidein a' Choire
Sheasgaich are, according to
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but to start off it is necessary to wade across the
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1123:(1986). "Chapter 22: Strathcarron and Achnasheen".
1086:. Scottish Mountaineering Trust. pp. 158–169.
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336:are available as an alternative to wild camping.
300:. The bedrock is of the Glenfinnan Group of the
1302:Mountains and hills of the Northwest Highlands
304:– highly metamorphosed sedimentary sandstone.
129:big ridge stretching into the plain / big shin
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1005:"Bidein a'Choire Sheasgaich & Lurg Mhor"
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589:. Cicerone Press Limited. pp. 379–380.
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675:"Robin Howie - On the track from Attadale"
443:publish the Strathfarrar access agreement.
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1125:The High Mountains of Britain and Ireland
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685:from the original on 10 August 2017.
1015:from the original on 10 August 2017
965:The Adventures of a Mountain Coward
817:The Adventures of a Mountain Coward
813:"Loch Monar Wilderness – Meall Mor"
495:from the original on 1 August 2017.
848:. Cicerone Press. pp. 91–95.
14:
971:from the original on 11 May 2017.
789:from the original on 28 May 2024.
431:, another remote west coast loch.
268:Loch Monar and surrounding Munros
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842:Bailey, Dan (31 January 2014).
654:from the original on 3 May 2011
518:Bailey, Dan (31 January 2014).
296:The mountain is located on the
272:Lurg Mhòr, is situated west of
1216:Càrn nan Gobhar (Strathfarrar)
941:Allan, Geoff (23 April 2015).
524:. Cicerone Press. p. 92.
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673:Howie, Robin (30 July 2008).
1211:Càrn nan Gobhar (Mullardoch)
372:Mountain Bothies Association
1206:Bidein a' Choire Sheasgaich
785:. Mountaineering Scotland.
697:"Geology of Britain viewer"
485:"Lurg Mhor, United Kingdom"
254:Bidein a' Choire Sheasgaich
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1067:. Wild Things Publishing.
646:Bailey, Dan (April 2011).
308:Approaches to the mountain
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51:986 m (3,235 ft)
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1084:The Northwest Highlands
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441:Mountaineering Scotland
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886:www.munrocentral.co.uk
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324:East ridge, north face
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284:lies to the north and
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1312:Marilyns of Scotland
1236:Sgùrr a' Chaorachain
387:Strathcarron station
376:Strathcarron station
302:Loch Ness Supergroup
105:57.41333°N 5.22333°W
16:Mountain in Scotland
1121:Butterfield, Irvine
989:. 16 October 2015.
892:on 18 December 2010
648:"Lap of Loch Monar"
624:, p. 162, 164.
570:, pp. 162–164.
250:Northwest Highlands
199:Northwest Highlands
126:English translation
101: /
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1251:Sgùrr Fhuar-thuill
819:. 25 August 2014.
650:. UK Hillwalking.
634:Butterfield (1986)
489:www.peakbagger.com
393:Maol Bhuidhe bothy
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41:Highest point
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967:. 22 April 2011.
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855:978-1-84965-500-2
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701:mapapps.bgs.ac.uk
596:978-1-84965-353-4
583:(30 March 2011).
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341:Glen Strathfarrar
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282:Glen Carron
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83:Coordinates
1296:Categories
1103:The Munros
451:References
429:Loch Morar
286:Glen Shiel
274:Loch Monar
228:Landranger
96:05°13′24″W
93:57°24′48″N
57:Prominence
1221:Lurg Mhòr
1201:An Socach
1176:Inverness
456:Citations
291:Munro Top
248:, in the
242:Lurg Mhòr
235:429 / 430
169:Lurg Mhòr
144:Geography
47:Elevation
24:Lurg Mhòr
1168:Scotland
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991:Archived
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586:Scotland
493:Archived
233:Explorer
220:Topo map
212:NH064404
180:Scotland
1231:Mòruisg
397:Killian
343:. From
334:bothies
206:OS grid
76:Marilyn
67:Listing
1307:Munros
1164:Munros
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138:Gaelic
121:Naming
415:Notes
370:is a
345:Struy
246:Munro
72:Munro
1107:ISBN
1088:ISBN
1069:ISBN
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898:2017
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