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"Monday 21st May 2018. An ascent Mullach Clach à Bhlàir 1019m/104m and Meall nan Sleac 800m/45m in the western Monadh Ruadh (Cairngorms), from Achlean, Glen Feshie, Highland. 23.3km, with 930m of ascent. 7hrs 55mins.
Mullach Clach à Bhlàir is an unprepossessing hill that is included in Sir Hugh Munro's list of Scottish mountains over 3000ft. It lies on the western edge of the Cairngorms massif above Glen Feshie, one of the most attractive of Scottish glens. As is the case with all landscapes, its gentle undulating form is due to its geology. Unlike most of the massif, it is composed of pammitic gneiss, a very ancient pre-Cambrian (1000 - 542 MYA) sandstone which was the subject of partial metamorphosis. This was caused by the heat and pressure of the granite intrusion that now forms the main part of the Cairngorms plateau - a relatively later event that happened in the Silurian Period (444 - 416 MYA).
This area on the west of the massif is known in Gaelic as the Moine Mor (the 'Great Moss'). Cameron McNeish, in his book on the Munros, gives a very descriptive impression of this mossy plateau:
' The Moine Mor .... is a vast expanse of stony ridge, green hollows of turf and ..." — marktrengove2 • May 21, 2018
"With Jonathan Bellarby. From Achlean. We ascended beside Allt Garbhlach to reach Mullach Clach a’ Bhlair, Diollaid Coire Eindart, Tom Dubh (small cairn – also 2 very small cairns at other points which look much the same in height), and Carn Bàn Mór. Snow on the ground high up, with some ice." — peter43 • Apr 21, 1985