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xx INTRODUCTION 44 SECTION 7 BRIDGE OF ORCHY 37 38 45 36 35 39 25 SECTION 5 GLEN LOCHAY 26 24 individually, while their clustering facilitates combined ascents. The shortest route in this book bags a Munro for a mere 520m/1700ft of ascent (Meall Buidhe – Route 44a). Ben Lawers is unique in that the shortest way to its summit goes over a neighbouring Munro (Route 27a). By contrast, the longest route in this book would have you tripping the light fantastic over all seven Munros of the Lawers Range (Route 31d). You won’t find in the Southern Highlands any remote expeditions of the kind possible in the Western Highlands or Cairngorms, but Lawers’ Magnificent Seven and others will be more than Page xviii challenge enough for most. The Munros fall naturally into eight groups, which form the eight sections of this book, presented in roughly leftto-right (west-to-east) and bottom-totop (south-to-north) order. Each group is named after the glen, loch or village on which it is centred: 1 The Arrochar Alps, 2 Tyndrum, 3 Crianlarich, 4 Loch Earn, 5 Glen Lochay, 6 Loch Tay, 7 Bridge of Orchy, 8 Glen Lyon. The three most westerly groups of Arrochar, Tyndrum and Bridge of Orchy contain the most bare rock, the shapeliest mountains and the toughest ascents. The Crianlarich, Loch Earn and Loch Tay groups are characterised
xxi 46 SECTION 8 GLEN LYON 43 42 40 41 30 SECTION 6 LOCH TAY 29 34 32 31 27 28 33 Page xix by distinctive summits linked by undulating ridges that give great ridge walking. The Glen Lochay and Glen Lyon groups are greener and gentler still, with less well-defined summits atop broad, rolling ridges that make great tramping country. Of course, these generalities mask some important exceptions. As the nearest region to the most populated parts of Scotland, the Southern Highlands contain many of the country’s most popular Munros. Only the Central Highlands’ Ben Nevis, the highest in the land, is climbed more times than Ben Lomond, the nearest Munro to Glasgow and the centrepiece of Scotland’s first National Park, created in 2002. Other popular mountains include Loch Earn’s Ben Vorlich (one of the nearest to Edinburgh), the spectacular Cobbler (only a Corbett, but what a Corbett!), historic Schiehallion and Ben Lawers & Meall nan Tarmachan (reached by a road that climbs to a height of 550m/1800ft between them). If you’re new to the Scottish Highlands, the Southern Highlands are a good place to start: easy access, a variety of mountains, a whole host of different routes, extensive views over deep glens and ribbon lochs… and no less than 46 Munros to bag.
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