West Highlands, Sgùrr nan Ceathreamhnan – Mullach na Dheiragain – An Socach (Cluanie Inn start)
💧 Water sources: Yes – burns in glens and corries, reliable in lower approaches
🚴 Bike & Hike: No
🏕️ Wild camp: Yes – multiple sheltered corries and glen flats (care needed in wind-exposed sections)
🏊 Wild swim: Yes – streams in Glen Affric / approach glens (cold, seasonal flow)
A long and remote Affric–Kintail ridge circuit starting from the Cluanie Inn area, linking three major Munros across complex high ground. The route involves an initial estate track approach before a sustained climb into open hillside, followed by long ridge walking with repeated ascents and descents between summits. Navigation is demanding once on the higher ground, particularly between Sgùrr nan Ceathreamhnan and Mullach na Dheiragain, where terrain becomes broken and less defined. Route choice on return is flexible depending on conditions, with options to retrace or cut across shoulders to shorten distance.
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(Munro) Mullach na Dheiragain 981m
Lat, Long 57.283325, -5.187123
OS Grid Ref NH080259
(Munro) Sgùrr nan Ceathreamhnan 1151m
Lat, Long 57.25455, -5.222783
OS Grid Ref NH057228
(Munro) An Socach 921m
Lat, Long 57.25765, -5.171635
OS Grid Ref NH088230
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13 miles | 9–11 hours | bog** | hike****
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Conditions: long approach, boggy lower glen sections, broken ridge terrain with multiple height losses and regains, complex navigation on upper ground in poor visibility
Access notes: start from Cluanie Inn roadside parking area; careful road crossing required due to fast traffic on bend; estate track leads into glen before ascent toward Affric ridge system
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