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Lochaber, Scottish Highlands · mountains

Grey Corries and an aurora on the way home

Four Munros in the Grey Corries and an aurora on the way home, as recorded in our original caption.

A narrow ridge leading towards rocky peaks beneath low cloud.
From this outing · 4 photos on this site · tap to open
The place
Lochaber, Scottish Highlands
The memory
A historical memory · exact trip date unrecorded
Original post
Posted 28 October 2024 · archive memory
Local notes checked
2026-10-23

01 / In our own words

The story
behind the photo.

Our original caption

Grey Corries 4 Munros plus Aurora on the way home @harrison_stpierre1 #aurora #auroraborealis #munros #munrobagging #greycorries #fortwilliam #mountain #campervan

See the original post ↗

From this outing

The trip
in photographs.

02 / A little local knowledge

More to the place.
More to discover.

Researched background and planning context, separate from our original caption.

The grey is in the rock

The Grey Corries take their name from the pale quartzite scree covering their upper slopes.

Press Picks — Five Favourite Hills in the Highlands: The Grey Corries Ridge Traverse ↗

A named peak in the range

Stob Choire Claurigh, one of the Grey Corries' summits, stands at 1,177 metres.

Press Picks — Five Favourite Hills in the Highlands ↗

03 / Make it your day

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Start here.

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