Talk:Aonach Eagach

Most difficult?

I would suggest that An Teallach is a more difficult and more serious day out than the Aonach Eagach, or Lliathach, especially in winter. Linuxlad 22:51, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I can;t really comment - having wimped out and taken the traverse path on both Liathach and An Teallach! The Aggy ridge was undoubtedly my scariest day in the hills, and I saw a guy fall off, needing rescued. A scrambler I am not. I took the quote direct from the SMC Munros book, I think perhaps that the way it is phrased there makes the distiction that you don't need to go over (or round) the Corrag Bhuidhe buttresse to do An Teallach as both the munros are to the north, whereas on Liathach and AE you have to 'do' the ridge, unless you bag 'em in a straight up and down fashion. Grinner 09:24, Apr 15, 2005 (UTC)

To my mind, knowing when to take a traverse path is, especially in winter, part of the 'fun' Linuxlad

Hope you don't mind me chippin' in but Crowberry ridge on the "Bookle" has to be the beast. I've done Am Fasarinan (Liathach), Corrag Bhuidhe and the AE but I lost my bottle on Crowberry and turned back. It's a bloody steep drop off on top of Rannoch wall.-Gillean666 22:36, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

But you're not comparing like with like, surely. CR and Tower Ridge are graded even in summer. AE and friends are 'sporting' walking routes in summer; (their usual winter grade is a slightly equivocal 1/2). Linuxlad

Yeah you're right, I think CR and Tower should be classed as rock climbs not scrambles. Gillean666 23:17, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Descents

The clachaig gulley path needs a large 'health warning' - (it certainly wrecked the end of my day (and my knees) last week!) Of the alternatives, the path from the col below the Pap is the recommended route in most guidebooks (IIRC); it's also possible to turn down soon after the final top (Sgur nam Fiannaidh)is reached and descend steep grass to the slopes above the junction of the minor road to Glencoe village and the A82 - (the old (1972) SMC guidebook describes this as descending 'by screes and grass, easily though steeply towards Loch Antriochtan'). Linuxlad 09:43, 7 March 2006 (UTC).

"Scrambling Guidebook"

Methinks this article needs trimming. It's gone from being encyclopaedic to being more like a personal view of the walk/scramble. I'd have a go myself but it's been 20 years since I was on the ridge and a lotta detail's been forgotten. Gillean666 12:02, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Having looked at the additions of 22 September properly for the first time today, I'd say that what was there before was good enough, and the additions, while very useful for anyone wanting to scramble the ridge, contain very little content suitable for an encyclopedia. In any case I imagine at least some of it violates Wikipedia:No original research. I've therefore reverted the additions (but incorporated an important correction) and moved the section wholesale to User:Blisco/Salvage pending a possible transwiki to Wikibooks. There may well be the odd fact or two that can be re-incorporated into the article, but it's easier to do things this way round. --Blisco 20:14, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

It seemed to me important to retain mention of the dangers of descending the slopes to either side of the central ridge: if there's concern about OR, a photo of a sign warning against such descent appears in Poucher – not sure if I've got it in the house, or if my son's pinched it. .. dave souza, talk 13:16, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Dating the Devil's staircase

The article says that the Devil's Staircase was used as approach route at the Glencoe massacre in 1692. But [http://www.ourscotland.co.uk/southerFile:Aonach eagah.jpg nhighlands/glencoe.htm Scotland from the roadside] says 'built by General Caulfield's men in 1750'.

The route itself did of course exist before the road was built. Abu ari 09:42, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

The reference in Scotland from the roadside concerns the building of the military road, which probably followed an existing route across Aonach Eagach! 92.236.110.119 (talk) 22:07, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

? slightly better photo

I've been trawling through my photos today and found this. its from a really ancient slide. Dave59 (talk) 18:15, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Changed rating to C

I've changed the rating of this article to C as, having no references, it clearly doesn't begin to meet the criteria for a B rating and a lot of it reads more like a guidebook than an encyclopaedia. Richerman (talk) 16:14, 16 September 2009 (UTC)