Meall an Fhliuchaird

Rising above the remote Rhidorroch Forest, this rugged heathery hill offers the wild, pathless character typical of Wester Ross. Though modest at 405m, the summit provides a clear, earned perspective over the waters of Loch Achall and the jagged silhouettes of Stac Pollaidh and Ben More Coigach to the north.

• •The name is Gaelic, likely translating as 'hill of the wet high place' (from fliuch and àrd), an apt description for the boggy, peat-scarred terrain that characterises its lower slopes.
• •The summit serves as a quiet vantage point for viewing the sprawling Fisherfield Forest to the south and the massive inland bulk of the Beinn Dearg massif.
• •Most walkers approach from the west via the track from Ullapool through the glen of the River Ullapool, passing the limestone-fringed Loch Achall before striking off-track onto the hill's rough southern flank.
• •It is the sort of terrain that teaches a walker the true, ankle-turning meaning of the word 'tussock' within twenty minutes of leaving the main glen track.