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A small but prominent peak at the western end of the An Teallach range, the Corbett of Sail Mhor has a huge maritime view over Little Loch Broom and the western seaboard. Starting with the fantastic cascades of Ardessie Falls, then crossing pathless but straightforward ground, the out-and-back route described here is the quickest way up.

6.34 miles, 10.20 km, 742m ascent, 4 – 5 hours. Ullapool

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In reply to Dan Bailey - UKHillwalking.com:

Dan,this hill has one of the biggest wild goat herds in Scotland. They are to be  found along the roadside between Badbea and Dundonnell between the months of October and March . 

 65 15 Jul 2022
In reply to The Watch of Barrisdale:

Yep. We had a wander over it a few years ago, saw the goats at a bit of distance, they were very wary of us and scarpered, unlike the ones on Slioch or around Shiel Bridge. Loads of them, so many we could smell them despite the distance.

 Mark Bull 15 Jul 2022
In reply to Dan Bailey - UKHillwalking.com:

It is indeed a good objective for a short day. It is worth noting that is also possible to ascend (or descend) the west side of the burn. There is a newly constructed path that leads from the parking spot to a water intake about halfway up the falls (presumably built by Scottish Water). Above this there is a fainter path up the side of the burn which gives much better views of the upper falls than the path on the east side, and avoids any need for a river crossing when water levels are high. 

If you go up this way there is a slightly offbeat variation that crosses the obvious shelf on the E side of the hill - at the far end of this is a shallow rocky stream gully that gives some easy scrambling before steep grass leads towards the SE top. 

Another point of interest is that the clean slabs next to the burn are quite a recent feature - they were scoured clean of turf by a dramatic flash flood in August 2014: https://floodforecastingservice.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/berth-storm.png


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