Slioch

Slioch (Scottish Gaelic: An t-Sleaghach) is a mountain in the Scottish Highlands situated in Wester Ross, eight kilometres north of the village of Kinlochewe. Slioch reaches an elevation of 981 metres (3,219 feet) and towers above the southeastern end of Loch Maree to give one of the best known and most photographed sights (from the A832 road) in the Highlands. VisitScotland, the Scottish national tourist agency, has used video footage of Slioch in its television advertisements. The mountain is composed of Torridonian sandstone on a base of Lewisian Gneiss. It has steep crags on three sides, allowing easy access for the walker only from the southeast, where the large open corrie of Coire na Sleaghaich has two ridges on its flanks which the walker can use. The mountain's name comes from the Gaelic word "sleagh" and means "the spear" and this only becomes obvious when Slioch is viewed from Lochan Fada to the northeast, from here the subsidiary top of Sgùrr an Tuill Bhàin (The Peak of the White Hollow) (933 metres) dominates as a slender peak and gives the mountain its name. Feral goats are often seen on the mountain.