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Name:Beinn Liath Mhor
Hill number:983
Height:926m / 3038ft
RHB Section:13B: Applecross to Achnasheen
County/UA:Highland
Catchment:Carron, Catchment Boundaries, Ewe
Class:Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Munro, High Hills of Britain,
Murdo, Yeaman
(Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,M,HHB,Mur,Y)
Grid ref:NG 96412 51970
Summit feature:large cairn
Drop:271m
Col:655m  NG955512  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 25
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From Achnashellach Station. Frequent showers and very, very windygeoffh1214/09/2023
Beinn Liath Mhor then Sgòrr Ruadh (descended northwest ridge) from Achnashellach stationhummusg12/09/2023
Frm Achnasellach station. Anticlockwise. Lovely day, great hill.colazione31/08/2023
From Achnashellach - Beinn Liath Mhor and Ruadh Stac. Stayed at Gerry's Hostel.jigglybones24/08/2023
With ChristineKeith9924/07/2023
Parked in layby S of Achnashellach station. Good path to the foot of the BLM ridge. Thereafter steep ascent on eroded path to reach BLM Far E top. Lovely ridge walk along to BLM E top and the main top, descending on cairned path to bealach, including some minor scrambling. Good path to Sgorr Ruadh, then free format descent down to the lochans to the SE and the path back to Achnashellach. Another long but enjoyable day with excellent views all round. With Gillian, Cathy and Jim.richard6908/06/2023
With CB, Richard and Gillian.JDBowers08/06/2023
Anticlockwise circuit of Beinn Liath Mhor ridge and Sgorr Ruadh from layby S of Achnashellach Station.welshyboyo29/05/2023
South along the ridge after Sgorr Ruadh. Alone on superb sunny clear day.Denise 21/04/2023
Weather fair.MountainMac31/08/2022
From top of Coire Lair.. limited views but dry for a spell. With Gavin in evening before high camp.niallp25/07/2022
Maol Chean-dearg, Beinn Liath Mhor, Sgorr Ruadh from Coulags.Geoff Briggs12/07/2022
with Elizabeth. Steeply up scree following Butterfield's route, never again.Cumbrianexile14/04/2022
Physical scramble (for me, left me out of breath at the top) from col to start of rocky ascent to summit. Then just followed zig-zagging path over boulders and rocks all the way to the summit. Fantastic views to the north showcasing Liathach, Beinn Alligan and Beinn Eighe. Descent route via ridge and over the two Corbetg Tops. I had intended to return by the ascent route and back down Coire Lair, but to be honest it's just as easy and quick to walk along ridge and bag a couple of extra summits. Steep descent at the other end off Far East Top, but not as steep as down scramble to col with South Top.mntainman04/09/2021
With LunaBigNick22/06/2021
With John on a circuit of Beinn Liath Mhor, Sgorr Ruadh and Fuar Tholl from Achashellach. Cool and cloudy to start with but clouds cleared off tops as we made our way around and sun came out as we made our way up Fuar Tholl for a warm walk out. 8h 10min all-in, including lunch stop on Sgorr Ruadhmproudfoot06/06/2021
From Achnashellach via Fuar Tholl and Sgorr Ruadh.quadbarrel29/04/2021
With Sunny, Maol Chean-dearg, Sgorr Ruadh & Beinn Liath Mhor. Couldn't cross the river, had to go round the loch.Huwel06/06/2020
With Jack, Joe, Jim NYE trip (Glenuaig)fellie04/01/2020
From Ling Hut and Caman’s first Munro. Just made it to summit ahead of Storm Freya, very wet on way back down.Bongonog 02/03/2019
Solo HFB02/01/2019
KeithByTheC29/07/2018
1st munro of the day. Done with Maggie, Norman and Elspeth Reid. Long ridge joining three separate peaks. Zebra like with alternating light and dark stone colours. Great views of torridon and many other peaks.dave neilson05/07/2018
Elspeth, Norman and Dave. Long tiring ridge walk .mn2305/07/2018
Excellent day, sunny and warm, full round. quite rocky and scrambly in places. Long ridge walk.Jhimmy06/06/2018
Solo trip via Coire Lair. Extremely interesting geology, and water vole signs along the River Lair.Invicta1419/05/2018
Another cracker. Steep ascents and descents. Sunny, snowy and good fun. Steep climb and good ridge in snow. Good views to Torridon and others.akmilne27/04/2018
Climbed with AndyFCMark27/04/2018
Perfect winter day - second summit of the day after Sgorr Ruadh. 8 hours for the roundwychwood09/03/2018
Long drive but clear and dry with good forecast. very cold, max temp -5 at ground level. Soft snow made slow going; icy descentCapt Malbec07/01/2018
With Neil, after Christmas December 2017lauraann30/12/2017
With Chris in thick mist and rain!Geraldine Fardon22/10/2017
With Geraldine.Chris Blake22/10/2017
Climbed with Matt, unfortunately cloud didn't clear until we had descended.tomd425/09/2017
Third visit, collecting SimmsColin Crawford09/05/2017
Round of Coire Lair with Tom Oldham and Russell from Achnashellach Station. Low cloud on Beinn Liath Mhor but cleared into a lovely sunny day from Coire Grannda. 20k, 8 hoursalexmaclennan07/05/2017
Solo fr Achnashellach after driving up overnight in new Smart car; solid blue sky, clear tops, enough snow to decorate the hills! Frozen underfoot but not treacherous on B L Mhor. Astonishing view of Liathach! Running in microspikes, delightful.NorfolkPT2114/02/2017
With DW and SL. An amazing day to begin 2017! Repeated from three days beforehand when we had to abandon due to strong winds. This time, ascended via Fuar Tholl and then did the round of the Munros.AGWilliamson01/01/2017
With DW and SL. Intending to do the Munro pair, but strong winds (some of the strongest we'd walked in, despite not being forecast) prevented us doing Sgorr Ruadh. Descended back to Achnashellach through Coire Lair.AGWilliamson29/12/2016
With Sgurr Ruadh from Ling Hut, ascent after bealach very unstable after sandstone blocksgeoffreybbb28/06/2016
Lovely airy location but I felt pretty safe as good rock and a sensible descent ahead With Caroline and Barrynickywood108/06/2016
Achnashellach-Beinn Liath Mhor-Sgorr Ruadh-Achnashellach. On own.MorecambeMonkey25/05/2016
Solo from the Station car park via the ridge. Low cloud clearing.Play2End19/09/2015
Tashpigerg20/07/2015
11th MunroTash20/07/2015
Summit 7 of 13 from Achnashellach station.RHW15/06/2015
Overnight trip, 3 Munroes, with AlexMadjonny05/05/2015
After bivy with kiera in snowLoz_mck28/02/2015
From Achnashellach with Andy - Beinn Liathach Mhor ridge. Brilliant walk - views to Alligin, Liathach and Ben Eighe were fantastic.Crib Goch24/09/2014
From Achnashellach, Sgorr Ruadh, Beinn Liath Mhor and it's three tops.rhalstead27/06/2014