Sgurr an Lochain
| Meaning: | From the Gaelic, peak of the little loch |
| Munro Region: | Loch Eil to Glen Shiel |
| Munro Number: | 131 |
| Height in Metres: | 1004 metres |
| OS Map Reference: | OS Sheet 33, GR: 005104 |
The traverse of the three western peaks of the South Glen Shiel Ridge can be started from the A87 road 3 kilometres west of Cluanie Inn. Follow the stalker's path up the Druim Thollaidh ridge to Sgurr Coire na Feinne (which is not one of the seven Munros) and traverse west to Sgurr an Doire Leathain. Continue to Sgurr an Lochain, which is a very fine peak with a deep corrie holding the little loch which gives its name, and over Sgurr Beag to Creag nan Damh. This is the last of the Munros on the South Glen Shiel Ridge, but enthusiasts may continue a further 2½ kilometres across the Bealach Duibh Leac to Sgurr a' Bhac Chaolais, which is the westernmost peak on the ridge. The most direct descent from Creag nan Damh goes down Am Fraoch-choire to reach the A87 road in Glen Shiel several kilometres west of the day's starting point. Alternatively, one can descend from the Bealach Duibh Leac along the Allt Mhalagain to finish even further down Glen Shiel.
(Copyright The Scottish Mountaineering Club)
- 1. Loch Lomond to Loch Tay
- 2. The River Tay to Rannoch Moor
- 3. Strath Orchy to Loch Leven
- 4. Loch Linnhe to Loch Ericht
- 5. The Drumochter Hills
- 6. The West Mounth: Blair Atholl to Braemar
- 7. The East Mounth: Glen Shee to Mount Keen
- 8. The Cairngorms
- 9. Glen Roy to the Monadhliath
- 10. Loch Eil to Glen Shiel
- 11. Glen Affric and Kintail
- 12. Glen Cannich to Glen Carron
- 13. Cuillin and Torridon
- 14. Loch Maree to Loch Broom
- 15. Loch Broom to Easter Ross
- 16. Coigach to Cape Wrath
- 17. The Islands
