Aonach air Chrith

Aonach air Chrith
Ross-shire, Inverness-shire
The ridge east of Maol Chinn-dearg
Range:	Glen Shiel Hills
Summit:	3,350 feet NH051083 57°7’27"N, 5°13’17"W

Aonach air Chrith 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. Aonach air Chrith itself is on the border of the two shires. It reaches a height of 3,350 feet at its summit, and so it qualifies as a Munro.

Aonach air Chrith 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. They can be completed in one long and extremely rewarding day out.

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. The south Glen Shiel ridge is a better walk.

Aonach air Chrith is the fifth Munro from the western end of the ridge, connected on its eastern ridge to Druim Shionnach and on its western ridge to Maol Chinn-dearg. Doing the whole ridge and all seven Munros in a day is a worthy challenge, though dividing it may be wiser for most.