Get Walking the Corbetts Vol 1 South of the Great Glen (Cicerone PDF

By Brian Johnson

ISBN-10: 1852846526

ISBN-13: 9781852846527

The Corbetts (Scotland's 2500-2999ft mountains) are every piece as fascinating because the Munros (3000ft and over), frequently transparent whilst the Munros are in cloud, walkable on brief iciness days, freed from the peak-bagging crowds in their taller neighbours. quantity 1 of this two-volume Cicerone consultant covers the Corbetts to the south of the nice Glen, which runs from fortress William to Inverness enclosing Loch Ness, most likely Scotland's best-known loch. picking out the easiest, instead of the fastest, routes up every one summit the writer covers 112 peaks in ninety five routes, divided into eleven components, each one of that may be lined in a fortnight's vacation. South of Glasgow and Edinburgh are the moorland hills of the Southern Uplands, the place seven peaks upward thrust to Corbett prestige. within the Southern Highlands lots of attention-grabbing Corbetts offer excellent perspectives of the Munros with easy accessibility from Edinburgh and Glasgow. The Corbetts of the japanese Highlands and the Monadhliath Mountains sit down in sprawling heather plateaus, perfect for these looking solitude. The South-West Highlands are recognized for his or her rocky peaks in locations like Glen Coe and the highlights of quantity 1 are most likely Arran and Jura, with their equally rocky and remoted summits.

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