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passed as it comes down off Beinn a’ Mhuinidh to join the river. When the foot of Gleann
Bianasdail is reached the climbing begins: it is a one kilometre walk up the glen to a path that goes left and heads for Coire na Sleaghaich and then up the south east ridge of Slioch passing two small lochans, known to many as the 'twin lochans', to reach the summit of the mountain. The return journey can be varied by taking in the subsidiary top of Sgurr an Tuill Bhain and then descending south into the corrie to join the uphill route.
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Slioch is unusual in being bounded on three sides by waters flowing southeast (Lochan Fada), then southwest (Gleann
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Slioch is climbed almost exclusively from
Incheril, one kilometre east of Kinlochewe. Starting from here involves a flat five kilometre approach walk northwest along the banks of the Kinlochewe River and Loch Maree before any climbing begins. An impressive 100-metre-high (330 ft) waterfall is
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Loch Maree. Google Earth however shows no watercourse between the two ribbon lochans at the head of Allt Gleann na Muice, confirmed by its satellite elevation data, and by
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with a height of 980 metres whilst the northern top is situated on the edge of the cliffs and is a finer viewpoint. In recent years it has been elevated to a height of 981 metres by the
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making it the highest point on the mountain. Slioch's isolation from other mountains makes the view from the summit extensive; it takes in the wilderness of the
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word "sleagh" and means "the spear" and this only becomes obvious when Slioch is viewed from Lochan Fada to the northeast, from here the subsidiary top of
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to give one of the best known and most photographed sights (from the
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The summit has twin pinnacles: the southern top has a
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566:: Bidein a' Ghlas Thuill
83:626 m (2,054 ft)
73:981 m (3,219 ft)
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1033:Southern Highlands (15)
712:Northern Highlands (20)
254:) is a mountain in the
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1095:Ben More (Crianlarich)
911:Sròn a' Choire Ghairbh
851:Sgùrr a' Choire Ghlais
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20:, Aberdeenshire, see
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784:Sgùrr Mòr (Fannichs)
574:Beinn a' Chlaidheimh
472:57.66469°N 5.34796°W
29:Mountain in Scotland
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1055:Beinn a' Chreachain
955:Central and Eastern
931:Sgùrr Ghiubhsachain
594:Meall a' Chrasgaidh
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121:English translation
1195:Scottish Lowlands,
1085:Beinn Mhòr (Cowal)
994:Sgor nam Fiannaidh
881:Sgùrr a' Mhaoraich
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337:Fisherfield Forest
63:Highest point
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1151:Beinn na Caillich
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999:Beinn a' Bheithir
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891:Sgùrr nan Eugallt
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1249:Aran Fawddwy
1214:Scafell Pike
1176:Beinn an Òir
1119:Islands (13)
1050:Schiehallion
1045:Ben Cruachan
941:Garbh Bheinn
916:Sgùrr Thuilm
789:Fionn Bheinn
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739:Ben Klibreck
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1382:Keeper Hill
1362:Slievenamon
1357:Slieve Carr
1302:Baurtregaum
1292:Lugnaquilla
1239:Glyder Fawr
1110:Ben Chonzie
979:Binnein Mòr
926:Rois-bheinn
921:Gaor Bheinn
876:A' Chràlaig
866:Beinn Fhada
814:Sgorr Ruadh
799:Beinn Eighe
774:An Teallach
764:Beinn Dearg
619:Sgùrr Breac
570:Sgùrr Fiona
564:An Teallach
525:Loch Carron
475: /
379:26 February
313:Feral goats
290:Torridonian
263:Wester Ross
195:Wester Ross
89:Parent peak
1417:Categories
1392:Maumtrasna
1229:Cross Fell
1146:Blà Bheinn
1126:An Cliseam
1100:Ben Lomond
1090:Doune Hill
1060:Ben Lawers
1014:Ben Macdui
984:Chno Dearg
886:Gleouraich
809:Beinn Bhàn
599:Meall Gorm
529:Loch Maree
460:57°39′53″N
438:Ken Wilson
401:References
329:trig point
271:Loch Maree
267:Kinlochewe
228:Landranger
79:Prominence
1387:Croaghaun
1352:Binn Bhan
1297:Galtymore
1264:Waun Fach
1259:Pen y Fan
1219:Helvellyn
1209:Broad Law
1181:Goat Fell
1136:The Storr
1075:Beinn Ìme
1024:Lochnagar
989:Ben Alder
969:Ben Nevis
861:Càrn Eige
769:Ben Wyvis
734:Ben Loyal
702:prominent
624:Sgùrr Mòr
614:Sgùrr Bàn
463:5°20′53″W
359:Footnotes
293:sandstone
279:Highlands
277:) in the
275:A832 road
259:Highlands
252:Sleaghach
235:Explorers
186:Geography
144:English:
124:the spear
94:Sgurr Mor
69:Elevation
45:Sleaghach
18:Drumblade
1397:Cuilcagh
1377:Ben Gorm
1367:Knockboy
1332:Fauscoum
1312:Mweelrea
1186:Snaefell
906:Càrn Mòr
804:Liathach
729:Ben Hope
719:Foinaven
521:Scotland
256:Scottish
237:433, 435
220:Topo map
212:NH004688
199:Scotland
191:Location
1347:Errigal
1234:Snowdon
1224:Skiddaw
1204:Merrick
1161:Askival
1065:Ben Lui
754:Cùl Mòr
724:Ben Hee
206:OS grid
110:Marilyn
101:Listing
1423:Munros
1317:Nephin
779:Slioch
749:Canisp
639:Slioch
517:Munros
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319:Ascent
305:Gaelic
301:corrie
244:Slioch
133:Gaelic
116:Naming
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