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Steven Fallon Scottish Mountain Routes
Steven Fallon Scottish Mountain Routes
 
  mam na gualainn
corbetts Mam na Gualainn (796m)

ascent 800m (2,625ft)
distance   6.5km (4m)
time running : 1hr, walking : 3hr*
 *Naismith's rule : 4km/h distance + 600m/h ascent



main route summary

Sitting above Loch Leven and and directly in front of the high Mamores range, Mam na Gualainn is a fine little accessible Corbett. An easy ascent can be made up its grass covered western shoulder to a summit with vast expansive views.

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start/finish 4km east of North Ballachulish
(grid ref : NN097604)

maps/guides  Covered by 1 OS Landranger
and 1 OS Explorer map :
OS Landranger 41 - click to buy from Amazon OS Explorer 392 - click to buy from Amazon Pocket Mountains - Central Highlands - click to buy from Amazon Pocket Mountains - Classic Hill Runs and Races - click to buy from Amazon

GPX data download GPX file of this route

terrain
easy Wet faint path, through ferns and grass difficult
navigation
easy Faint paths testing
effort
stroll A quick afternoon jaunt out ! long day
scenery
ok Excellent views stunning
main route outline

Getting there
On the northern shore of Loch Leven, 4km east of North Ballachuilish, a right-of-way sign points into some birchwood in the diection of Lairigmor. On the road just behind this there is a lay-by to park in where a wet track heads up hill.

Mam na Gualainn
Either head up the path that heads uphill from the right-of-way sign or the track from the lay-by. If taking the track, when out of the forest, it reaches a red-brick ruin - look for a faint path on the left. If taking the path, take care crossing the rooted ground when wet. Both routes converge and a wet path is followed uphill. At around the 300m contour, a concrete post is reached - leave the path and head north-east directly uphill. Some heather is bounded over, the ascent steepens and then lessens as the heather is left behind. Further on a path gradually forms, which is followed to reach a gate in a fence-line. Through the gate, the path continues to the summit with its cairn and trig point. The views are vast - The Mamores, the Black Mount to Schiehallion, the Aonach Eagach, Bidean nam Bian, Beinn a'Bheithir and over Loch Linnhe to Argour, Morven and Sunart.

Return
Return by the same route - it's a fabulous fast run down the grass.


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