Beinn A' Ghlò

Beinn a’ Ghlò is a Scottish mountain situated roughly 10 kilometres north east of Blair Atholl in the Forest of Atholl in between Glen Tilt and Glen Loch, in Cairngorms National Park. It is a huge, complex hill with many ridges, summits and corries, covering approximately 40 square kilometres with three Munros. These are Càrn Liath (Grey Cairn) at 976 metres, Bràigh Coire Chruinn-bhalgain ("Brae /Brow of the Corrie of Round Blisters", "blisters" referring to rock formations) at 1070 metres and Càrn nan Gabhar ("Hill /cairn of the Goats") at 1121. 9 metres. The mountain has patches of grey scree (see pictures) amongst grass, while heather grows quite profusely on the lower slopes and gives the hill a colourful skirt when in bloom in Summer. Beinn a' Ghlò has such a diversity of flora that it has been declared a SSSI and a SAC over an area of 80 square kilometres. It is a region of European dry heaths and there are many species of alpine and marsh plants on the mountain such as the rare yellow oxytropis (Oxytropis campestris), mountain avens (Dryas octopetala), rock speedwell (Veronica fruticans), rock sedge (Carex rupestris) and green spleenwort (Asplenium viride).

Beinn a’ Ghlò is a Scottish mountain situated roughly 10 kilometres north east of Blair Atholl in the Forest of Atholl in between Glen Tilt and Glen Loch, in Cairngorms National Park. It is a huge, complex hill with many ridges, summits and corries, covering approximately 40 square kilometres with three Munros. These are Càrn Liath (Grey Cairn) at 976 metres, Bràigh Coire Chruinn-bhalgain ("Brae /Brow of the Corrie of Round Blisters", "blisters" referring to rock formations) at 1070 metres and Càrn nan Gabhar ("Hill /cairn of the Goats") at 1121. 9 metres. The mountain has patches of grey scree (see pictures) amongst grass, while heather grows quite profusely on the lower slopes and gives the hill a colourful skirt when in bloom in Summer. Beinn a' Ghlò has such a diversity of flora that it has been declared a SSSI and a SAC over an area of 80 square kilometres. It is a region of European dry heaths and there are many species of alpine and marsh plants on the mountain such as the rare yellow oxytropis (Oxytropis campestris), mountain avens (Dryas octopetala), rock speedwell (Veronica fruticans), rock sedge (Carex rupestris) and green spleenwort (Asplenium viride).