Scottish Munros Multi-Peak Challenge

Overview

Eight days, eight Munros, two very different Scotlands. The circuit opens on the Cairngorm plateau — the closest thing Britain has to arctic terrain, where Ben Macdui (1,309m, the UK's second-highest summit) rises from a sweep of granite gravel and snow patches that linger into July, and the walk out down the Lairig Ghru feels genuinely expeditionary. Then it moves west to Glencoe for the theatrical stuff: the Aonach Eagach, the narrowest ridge on mainland Britain, a committing day of hands-on scrambling between Am Bodach and Sgorr nam Fiannaidh with the glen 900m below your boot soles, and the vast hidden corries of Bidean nam Bian. Navigation is the real test. Cairngorm cloud arrives fast and removes every feature; carrying — and trusting — a map and compass on the plateau is a condition of entry, not a nicety. The Aonach Eagach adds commitment of a different kind: once you are on the ridge, there is no easy escape until the end. Midges are the variable nobody warns you about enough. From mid-June to August, windless evenings in Glencoe are an endurance event; May and September are the connoisseur's months. Base yourself in Aviemore and then Glencoe village — bunkhouses run £25–40 a night — and keep a rest day in hand for weather. You will use it.

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