Curved Ridge

It's one of Scotland's must-do scrambles, with the added bonus of climbing one of the country's most famous peaks. ‘Buachaille up’ for Curved Ridge.

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OUR EXPERT S AYS… “A great route to the summit of a magnificent mountain, weaving its way through some impressive terrain.” It's impossible not to be impressed by Buachaille Etive Mor. The ‘Great Herdsman of Etive’ – known more affectionately as simply The Buachaille – guards the junction of Glen Coe and Glen Etive like a proud sentry and is unashamedly mountain-shaped. In fact, as you approach from Rannoch Moor, its near perfectly pyramidal shape could fool you into thinking that it's just a cone of rock, with steep, sheer flanks lacking much in the way of detail. But this is one of those illusions of distance and perspective that mountains are so good at. As The Buachaille's eastern profile is approached and passed, the multiple ridges, buttresses and gullies that…

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Trail United Kingdom (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2023

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