Ruadh Stac Mor & A'Mhaighdean
 arguably the most remote mountains in mainland Britain

 

the two Munro's in "the great wilderness" Ruadh Stac Mor & A'Mhaighdean are generally accepted as the most remote of all the Munro's.

We climbed them as part of a 3 day back pack of 6 Munro's staying at the famous Shenavall bothy

 

 

we started the walk from the A382 walking south west to the Shenavall bothy where we stopped two nights.

day one : afternoon start walking in to the bothy

day two : the ridge walk of the Beinn a' Chlaidheimh to Ben Tarsuinn ridge

day three : Ruadh Stac Mor & A'Mhaighdean
(pictures below)

 

a much better day than the day before when we completed the Beinn a' Chlaidheimh to
Ben Tarsuinn ridge in a very mixed day

the views started to become more dramatic as we approached the Bealach between the two remote Munro's Ruadh Stac Mor & A'Mhaighdean

the summit of Ruadh Stac Mor
and a well earned lunch break

 

the route we took was - from the Shenavall bothy we crossed the river and headed directly for the hunting lodge where we crossed a second river.

we then followed the path upstream until it split. We followed the split gradually ascending height until this path split again where we followed the path to the Bealach between the two peaks.

we climbed Ruadh Stac Mor first before returning to the Bealach and onto & A'Mhaighdean.

From the summit of A'Mhaighdean, we traversed across loosing height before descending steep ground to the river below.  We followed the river back to the hunting lodge where we crossed the two rivers again before returning back to the bothy

map -  O/S sheet 19

distance - 20 KM

ascent - approximately 1700m

time - 8 hours (round trip from Shenavall bothy)
A'Mhaighdean is generally considered as the more remote of the two (there is under a hour's worth of walking between then)
at 967 meters high the important numbers are
grid reference 008 749 on map 19
the summit of most remote Munro
 

looking across towards Slioch
the best view from A'Mhaighdean

click link for full size picture from
A'Mhaighdean

 

 

 

 

also in the great wilderness is the ridge of 6 Munro's the other side of the valley to the pictures above

for pictures of these four Munro's
Beinn a' Chlaidheimh
Mullach Coire Mhic Fhearchair,
Sgurr Coire,
& Ben Tarsuinn,

visit my page  "the great wilderness"