Ben Klibreck ( gd, Beinn Clìbric)Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland
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mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher t ...

located in central

Sutherland Sutherland ( gd, Cataibh) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the Highlands of Scotland. Its county town is Dornoch. Sutherland borders Caithness and Moray Firth to the east, Ross-shire and Cromartyshire ( ...

. It is an isolated hill, rising above a large area of moorland. The highest point, Meall nan Con (the mound of the dogs), rises to elevation and is therefore the second most northerly

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after Ben Hope.The Munros (SMC Guide), Donald Bennett et al., The western side of the hill is a fairly uniform steep, heathery slope, while the eastern side has a series of large, grassy corries and has been described as having more character.''The Munros: Scotland's Highest Mountains'', Cameron McNeish, Numerous ascents of Ben Klibreck are possible. It can be climbed from

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to the south or

Altnaharra Altnaharra ( gd, Allt na h-Eirbhe) is a small hamlet in Sutherland in the Highland region of northern Scotland. The hamlet is on the A836 road, close to its junction with the B873. The nearest villages are Lairg and Tongue. Lochs in the area i ...

to the north, but the easiest and most popular route is from the A836 to the west, by way of

Loch nan Uan ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

and up steep slopes to the summit ridge, which is then followed to the summit.

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