Gairich

Gairich, sometimes Sgurr Gairoch (Scottish Gaelic: Sgùrr Ghairich),[2] is a mountain in Lochaber in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland.

Despite its relatively low height the mountain is rough and quite isolated with a substantial prominence of 552 metres[3] and is conspicuous in the view up Glen Garry.

The mountain was initially named Scour Gairoch on the original 1891 list of Munros[4] and is still occasionally called this, however it is now referred to generally as Gairich.

Although the mountain is seen as a conical peak when viewed from the Quoich dam this is quite misleading as the actual summit plateau extends westward for almost two kilometres culminating in the subsidiary top of Gairich Beag with a height of 730 metres before descending into the a' Mhaingir glen.

The southern flank of the mountain descends steeply into the lonely Glen Kingie, this precipitous slope has a large impressive gully on it which is drained by the Allt am Fhamhair.

From there the dam wall is crossed and a path is picked up which goes south for 2.5 kilometres to reach the lower part of the east ridge.

Loch Quoich from Gairich summit.