Tom a' Chòinich

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Tom a' Chòinich
Tom a Choinich from the South East Ridge - geograph.org.uk - 270372.jpg
Tom a' Chòinich (right), looking up along its southeast ridge from Creag na h-Inghinn
Highest point
Elevation1,112 m (3,648 ft)[1]
Prominence149 m (489 ft)[1]
Parent peakCàrn Eige
ListingMunro, Murdo
Coordinates57°17′56″N 5°03′01″W / 57.2990°N 5.0502°W / 57.2990; -5.0502
Naming
English translationMossy hillock[2]
Language of nameGaelic
Geography
Tom a' Chòinich is located in Highland
Tom a' Chòinich
Tom a' Chòinich
Parent rangeGrampian Mountains
OS gridNH164273
Topo mapOS Landranger 25

Tom a' Chòinich is a 1,112-metre (3,648 ft) mountain in Glen Affric in the Scottish Highlands. It is a Munro and less than 1 kilometre (0.5 mi) to the west is the 1,032-metre (3,386 ft) Munro Top Tom a' Chòinich Beag (

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NH158273).[1] In Gaelic, Tom a' Chòinich means "mossy hillock".[3] Its prominence is 149 metres (489 ft) with its parent peak, Càrn Eige, about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) to the west.[1] This mountain should not be confused with the 955-metre (3,133 ft) Munro Top also called Tom a' Chòinnich near Ben Wyvis but which is usually spelled slightly differently.

Although the mountain can be climbed from Glen Cannich, an approach from Glen Affric is more straightforward using a path that goes northwest from the north shore of the following Gleann nam Fiadh upstream.[4] This path crosses Bealach Toll Easa which used to be the pass on the route from Affric Lodge to Benula Lodge before the latter was inundated by the creation of the reservoir at Loch Mullardoch. The southeast ridge is more direct but it is rocky at its lower levels.[5][6][7]

References[]

Citations[]

  1. ^ a b c d Edwardes, Simon. "Tom a' Choinich". www.hill-bagging.co.uk. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  2. ^ Butterfield (1986), p. 318.
  3. ^ Butterfield (1986), p. 320.
  4. ^ Hodgkiss (1994), pp. 137–138.
  5. ^ Hodgkiss (1991), p. 165.
  6. ^ Townsend (1997), pp. 145–147.
  7. ^ "Tom a' Choinich and Toll Creagach, Glen Affric". Walkhighlands. Retrieved 26 October 2019.

Works cited[]

  • Butterfield, Irvine (1986). "Chapter 21: Glen Affric, Cannich and Strathfarrar". The High Mountains of Britain and Ireland (Book Club Associates ed.). Diadem Books. pp. 197–200.
  • Hodgkiss, Peter (1991). "Section 11: Glen Affric and Kintail". In Bennet, Donald (ed.). The Munros (2nd ed.). Scottish Mountaineering Trust. p. 165. ISBN 0-907521-31-2.
  • Hodgkiss, Peter (1994). "Chapter 8: Strath Cluanie and Glen Affric". In Bennet, Donald; Strang, Tom (eds.). The Central Highlands. Scottish Mountaineering Trust. pp. 137–139. ISBN 0-907521-44-4.
  • Townsend, Chris (1997). The Munros and Tops. Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 1851589864.

Coordinates: 57°17′56″N 5°03′01″W / 57.2990°N 5.0502°W / 57.2990; -5.0502

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