Aonach Mòr

The Aonach Mòr, view from BANAVIE, north of Fort William.

The Aonach Mòr ( Big Mountain or Big mountain ridge in Gaelic ) is a mountain in Scotland. It lies on the west coast of the Highland Council Area to the east of Fort William to the east in direct proximity to Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in Britain.

With its 1,221 meters of Aonach Mòr is the eighth highest mountain in Scotland and one of the highest peaks in Britain. Although he is 13 m lower than the adjacent Aonach Beag ( Little Mountain Little Mountain or back), seen from the Great Glen between Spean Bridge and Fort William from the Aonach Mòr acts but bulkier than the towering behind him Aonach Beag. Both peaks are the highest points of a first -south trending north and then west to Ben Nevis oscillating and last very narrow ridge; they are classified as Munros. While the ridge to the north runs very wide and flat in the Great Glen, he falls to the west and especially east steeply. In Coire an Lochain on the east side of the mountain snowfields often hold throughout the year.

On the wide northern slopes of Aonach Mòr is located since 1989, the highest British ski Nevis Range. The ski resort is being developed by the UK's only gondola and different lifts. In summer use not only hikers, especially paragliders and mountain bikers the gondola, whose mountain station is situated at 655 meters above sea level. On the downhill descent of the Nevis Range Mountain Bike World Cup races of the UCI have been held several times. In 2007, she was also the site of the Mountain Bike World Championships.

From the mountain station of the summit of Aonach Mòr can be comparatively easily hiked. In Munro excavators but this way is frowned upon, the most frequently used route, avoiding the cable car runs through the Glen Nevis, and a hike on the south side of Aonachs.

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