Beinn Alligin

Beinn Alligin is a gem of a mountain. It's traverse involves the 'Horns of Alligin'. This part of the ridge looks really evil from the main summit and other angles, in reality the ridges of the three horns involve nothing more than simple walking on fairly narrow ridges. The only scrambling involved is that needed to get on and off the horns:- and that is as hard as the 'bad step' on Striding Edge in the Lake District.





The principal summit, Sgurr Mhor has a deep gash on its southern face and it's quite awesome to look down into it from the top and see the ground six hundred meters below framed between two parallel vertical walls.

Further easy scrambling can be found on the ascent of the second summit, Tom na Gruagauch but this can be bypassed to the path that does a rising traverse beneath the crest. The summit is crowned by a well built stone trig point and reveals superior views of Loch Torridon and the Hebrides. The easy decent can be taken down Coire nan Laogh though the sporty scramblers among you may opt to take on the southern arm of this corrie.

Climb this mountain and you won't be disappointed.