Beinn Alligin

The massif of Beinn Alligin, view from the south shore of Loch Torridon.

The Beinn Alligin (Gaelic for mountain beauty or jewel -bedecked mountain ) is an up to 986 -meter-high mountain range in the Scottish Highlands. It is located northwest of Torridon in Torridon Hills in the Council Area Highland on the west coast of Scotland. Two of the summit of the Beinn Alligin, who are Tom na Gruagaich with 922 meters height at the southern end of the massif and the 986 meters high, located in the center of the massif Sgùrr Mhor classified as a Munro, Tom na Gruagaich but only since 1997.

The Beinn Alligin is a semi-circular, opening to the south massif that rises steeply above the enclosed Corrie. As the neighboring Liathach consists of Beinn Eighe torridonischem from sandstone on a foundation of gneiss. The Tom na Gruagaich the southernmost summit of the massif runs on wide slopes to the south and west, here is also the easiest ascent through the Coir nan Laogh, an incised in the southern slope steep Kar Between the Tom na Gruagaich and the Sgùrr Mhor as the highest point of the massif is a broad, deep incised saddle. At the Sgùrr Mhor close to the east, the Horns of Alligin to, an existing of several peaks steep ridge through a deep valley is separated from the massif to the east adjacent Liathach.

The entire massif is a popular destination for hikers and climbers, especially the Beinn Alligin as technically lightest of the three big mountains of Torridon (the other two are the Liathach and Beinn Eighe ) holds. Mountaineering and Munro -Bagger the two Munros of Beinn Alligin are the preferred destination, these are the best of the south accessible. At the narrow single track road from Torridon to Lower Diabaig along the northern shore of Loch Torridon at the beginning of the approach a car park.