Stac Pollaidh, Coigach, Scotland, UK.

A landscape photograph of a rugged mountain rising above amber moorland under a deep blue sky. Its summit is a flat-topped, dark rock tower with stepped, layered cliffs, and its steep sides fall away in grey scree. A dense mass of white cloud billows behind the peak, and its edges glow against the blue. To the left, a long, gently sloping hillside in gold and olive tones catches the sunlight, with pale outcrops of rock along its flank. In the foreground, a broad expanse of tawny, grass-covered moor fills the lower third of the frame, with a rocky shoulder of hill running diagonally through the middle distance and a faint line of fence posts climbing towards the ridge.

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[–] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Stac Pollaidh is one of the best known and most popular mountains in Scotland, its steep pinnacled ridge often likened to a porcupine. The true summit is at the west end; although most of the difficulties on the ridge can be avoided, there is a final sting in the tail in the shape of a very short but difficult and exposed scramble up the final tower. This has to be reversed on the descent, making the actual summit perhaps the most technically difficult to reach on the British mainland. It is harder than the summit block of The Cobbler, and many non-baggers will give it a miss.

https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/fionas/stac-pollaidh

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Of course it's Scotland :) I so want to go hiking there!

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