Druim Shionnach

Druim Shionnach
Ross-shire
Druim Shionnach from Creag a' Mhaim
Range:	Glen Shiel Hills
Summit:	3,238 feet NH074084 57°7’34"N, 5°11’0"W

Druim Shionnach is a mountain amongst the Glen Shiel Hills, the district packed with high peaks where Ross-shire and Inverness-shire meet near the west coast. Druim Shionnach itself stands in Ross-shire. It reaches a height of 3,238 feet at its summit, and so it qualifies as a Munro.

Druim Shionnach is part of the south Glen Shiel ridge, a ridge of seven Munros stretching 8½ miles from the head of Loch Cluanie in the east to the start of Glenshiel Forrest in the west. The southern faces along the ridge overlook Glen Quoich and the slopes are generally steep but grassy. The northern slopes overlook the remote areas of the Kintail Forrest and are bitten into by a series of corries for much of the duration of the ridge. This gives rise to an extremely craggy northern face particularly towards the eastern end of the ridge.

Druim Shionnach is the sixth Munro from the western end connected on its eastern ridge to Creag a' Mhaim and on its western ridge to Aonach air Chrith. Doing the whole ridge and all seven Munros in a day is a worthy challenge, though dividing it may be wiser for most.

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