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Golf
Golf in the highlands

Strathpeffer spa Golf Club was founded in 1888, one of the original course designers was the grand old man of golf Tom Morris of St Andrews, in more recent times Peter Allis has described the course as a jewel in the Highlands of Scotland.

Spring

Spring in the Scottish Highlands

From Easter the whole of Scotland opens up all the, zoos, parks, national parks, museums, science centres, workshops, open days, Live history in the shape of out door shows and pageantry, castles, gardens, art galleries, activity centres for the water sports, sailing, golf, horse riding,  whisky tasting -Follow the world-famous Malt Whisky Trail. Read More 

Summer

Summer in the Scottish Highlands

In the summer this area is stunningly beautiful with a wild landscape, becoming a Highland playground for out door activities with whale and seal watching, sailing in a glass bottomed boat from Kyle of Lochalsh, or higher a mountain bike and use the many off road bike areas set up for people to use a good one is just by Balnain. Read More

Autumn

Autumn in the Scottish Highlands

Autumn's crisp chill and vibrant colorations provide the perfect backdrop for a visit to the Highlands. There are rivers, lochs and forests offering spectacular colours of the trees, from golden yellow to fiery red, bright orange and dark cranberry, miles of white sand beaches, mountain ranges with hiking, fishing villages, and coastal resorts with elegant yachts bobbing in the harbour. Read More

Winter

Winter in the Scottish Highlands

The winters are mild at low altitude but become snowier and colder with the higher mountains they can have up to 6 months of snow The days are shorter and the secret is to get up a wee bit earlier. Read More

The Highland Munros PDF Print E-mail

 

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The country is traditionally divided into three areas, the Southern Uplands, Central lowlands or Midland Valley and the Highlands with a large percentage lieing above 800ft and hills and mountains are an ever present aspect of the landscape.  A Munro top is a summit over 3000 ft.

Munros were first listed by Sir Hugh Munro (1856 - 1919) in his 'Munros Tables', published in the Journal of the Scottish Mountaineering Club (SMC) in 1891. His list caused quite a stir at the time, as it had previously been thought that there were only around 30 mountains of that height, Sir Hugh divided the summits into 283 separate  mountains (now known as the Munros), whilst 255 further summits over 3000 feet were considered to be only subsidiary 'Tops'.

Some  walkers climb Munros with an eye to climbing every single one, a practice known as Munro bagging,Having climbed all of them, a walker is entitled to be called a Munroist. Munro-bagging is a form of Peak bagging"

  well-known Munros include

Ben Nevis Ben Nevis in the Lochaber area is the highest peak in the British Isles  with an altitude of 1,344 metres (4,409 ft).

Ben Lomond, the most southerly of the Munros

Ben Macdhui,

Cairn Gorm in the Cairngorms, 

Buachaille Etive Mòr, at the entrance to Glencoe, one of the most photographed Munros

Liathach in Torridon

Lochnagar, a mountain near the Royal Castle of Balmoral in the area of Glen Muick Schiehallion a mountain often described as lying at the centre of Scotland

Sgurr nan Gillean,

Sgurr Alasdair and the Inaccessible in the Cuillin Hillson on  the Isle of sky this is a small percentage of the munros in the higlands there are may more out there which can  be a life long activity, good luck.

 

 

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Last Updated on Saturday, 31 October 2009 18:24
 

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