Beinn Fhada

Beinn Fhada (Scottish Gaelic: long mountain) or Ben Attow is a mountain in the Scottish Highlands.

Beinn Fhada
Ben Attow
Beinn Fhada from the north
Highest point
Elevation1,032 m (3,386 ft) [1]
Prominence647 m (2,123 ft)
Parent peakCarn Eige
ListingMarilyn, Munro
Naming
English translationLong Mountain
Language of nameScottish Gaelic
PronunciationScottish Gaelic: [ˈpeiɲ ˈat̪ə]
English approximation: bayn-AT-ə
Geography
LocationHighland, Scotland
Parent rangeKintail
OS gridNH018192

The finest route up Beinn Fhada is from Morvich to the north-west. There is a direct line up a grassy, and rather boggy, slope from the east side of the River Croe. This leads eventually to a craggy and undulating ridge, which begins in a southerly direction over Sgurr a' Choire Ghairbh and then turns east across the wider expanse of the Plaide Mhòr to the summit. There is one short tricky section of downward scrambling on this ridge. An easy line of descent can be found, north-westwards from the summit, into Gleann Choinneachain. Total distance from Morvich is about 7 km, with around 1100 metres of ascent, including undulations.

Beinn Fhada has been dismissed by some guide writers as boring. It has two remarkable features: the Plaide Mor is the largest extent of ancient (preglacial) land surface to survive in the western Highlands, and is of Cairngorm character. Secondly, its SW slopes into Gleann Lichd are seamed for 3 km with trenches reaching 10m high and 800m long, a slope deformation that is the largest 'rock slope failure' in the Highlands.[2]

References
  1. "walkhighlands Beinn Fhada". walkhighlands.co.uk. 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  2. Ballantyne, C. K. and Jarman, D., in Mass Movements in Great Britain, JNCC, 2007, pp. 56–62; Jarman, D., in The Scottish Mountaineer, 2007–08.


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