Northern Highlands Vol. 2

Author Everett, Roger
Published SMC (1993)
ISBN 0-907521-40-1

This Guidebook is now out of print, and unavailable

Website smc.org.uk

Review

Covers the vast expanse of the Far North from Strath Farrar to Shetland, including seas cliffs, mountain crags and outcrops.

Still uses the old Scottish Winter Grading system - that is ceiling of grade VI - so don't be suprised if a few of the winter grades are harder than they are given.

Some of the more obscure routes on remote crags are unlikely to have had second ascents - so be wary.

The guide is also nearly 10 years old - updates can be found at the SMC Web site.

It is delibrately terse in some areas - to promote the spirt of adventure that a mountaineer should have when visiting the Northern Higlands.


Crags covered by this Guide
Caithness crags # climbs Rocktype Faces
Latheronwheel 128 Sandstone (hard) E
Noss Head 33 Slate E
Occumster Sea Cliffs 100 Sandstone (hard) E
Highland crags # climbs Rocktype Faces
Farr Point Sea Arch 1 Sandstone (hard) ?
Raven's Crag, Gairloch 29 Gneiss SW
Red Rock 4 Schist N
Scatwell River slabs 10 Mica schist S
Smoo Cave 3 Limestone ?
Orkney Islands crags # climbs Rocktype Faces
(Old Man of) Hoy 10 Sandstone (hard) ?
Rora Head 43 Sandstone (hard) ?
Ross & Cromarty crags # climbs Rocktype Faces
An Coileachan 12 Schist all
An Socach (Alladale) 18 Quartzite N
Ardmair Crags 126 Sandstone (hard) SW
Aspen Crag 20 Schist N
Beinn Dearg 71 Gneiss all
Ben Wyvis - Glas Leathad Mor 25 Schist all
Creag Ghlas 29 Schist SW
Dam Crag 4 Mica schist S
Glenmarksie Crag 56 Schist S
Meig Crag 38 Schist N
Moy Rock (Dingwall) 79 Conglomerate S
Old Man of Stoer 7 Sandstone (hard) ?
Reiff - An Stiuir 182 Sandstone (hard) S
Reiff - Roinn a' Mhill 216 Sandstone (hard) W
Reiff - Rubha Coigeach 154 Sandstone (hard) N
Reiff - Stone Pig Cliffs 52 Sandstone (hard) SW
Rhue Sea Cliffs 59 Sandstone (hard) NW
Scatwell Upper Slabs 16 Schist SE
Scoop Crag, Strathconon 5 Schist S
Seana Bhraigh 20 Gneiss all
Sgurr nan Clach Geala 24 Schist all
Sheigra Sea Cliffs 138 Gneiss W
Stac Pollaidh 89 Sandstone (hard) all
Shetland Islands crags # climbs Rocktype Faces
Skaw Point (The Buss) 21 Granite S
The Grind of Navir 59 Ignimbrite W
Warie Gill 15 Andesite W
Sutherland crags # climbs Rocktype Faces
Am Buachaille 5 Sandstone (soft) all
Creag Shomhairle 22 Gneiss W

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