A mountain called ‘Big’ in Gaelic, Aonach Mor’s bulk dominates the Scottish highlands.
The Scottish charm comes from the heath slopes and constant showers, the watery colors and dramatic highlands. And there’s few to present this better than the Aonach Mor in Fort William of Scotland. Standing at 1221m in height, it may not be the tallest but it is undoubtedly an imposing site, snaking its head out from the tracts in the ground where they have buckled and folded into minor peaks. The path up its side begins beyond a swinging gondola ride where you’re suspended over a pool of muted green grassland dotted with wildflower. At 650m you continue on foot, boots crunching into dew-soaked grass as the world falls away in a gentle incline. The Lochs of Lochaber appear endless, plates of glass melded into the earthen terrain to reflect the light in glaring rays. Rocks take the form of people squatting along the mountainside and a jutting fold in the earth splits the earth between Ben Nevis and Aonach Mor. From Sgurr Finnisg-aig in the North and Meall Beag in the southwest, moorland beauty at Aonach Mor is apparent no matter which way you turn.
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