The Munros: Scotland's Highest Mountains

This is any excellent purchase for serious and occasional Munro-baffers alike. It gives an excellent combintation of readability and practical guidance. True it's really too big to cart around in your backpack, so it's really more of a pre-planning tool.

Combines excellent photograps with text. Route maps are very easy to follow. It also tends to give routes which are of the standard beaten track, which is always good when on the more popular hills.

The guidelines given for duration of walks seem rather variable - some I complete confortably within the timescale, others no-where near.

Only criticism I would make is that it doesn't really cover the difficulty factor of a walk i.e when is it just a walk, and when is some more serious climbing skill required. Having used the book, I've discovered that "easy scambling" can cover a wide variety of scenarios.

The only Munro book yu'll ever need (28/28 people found this helpful)

In spite of making one or two slightly disparaging remarks about those of us who gang to the hielands purely for the purpose of bagging Munros, the author has put together what must surely be (for the price, at least) the ultimate Munro baggers Bible. This really is a bargain. Reduced from £10.00? The price on the dust flap reads £25.00, and that wouldn't be extortionate. But what exactly is it? It's not big and lavish enough to sit on your coffee table, but too big and lavish to stuff into your rucksack, so what do you do with it? I think this book will come into its own on those winter evenings that are too miserable to venture outside, but just right for planning your next foray or two into the hills. How such a mass of detail about all 284 Munros has been packed into such a modestly sized and modestly priced volume is nothing short of miraculous. This is a book for planning the broad strategy of your Munro campaign, not it's fine details. The small scale route maps are no substitute for large scale walking maps, though they are very clear and oriented the 'right' way, with North always towards the top of the page. (Walking books that don't follow this convention - and there are some - are so annoying!) Routes up each of the hills are described, sometimes with alternatives, with added information such as distances and estimated times of each walk, meanings and correct pronunciations of Scottish names, access points and OS maps covering the routes. There is also a list of all of the Munros with their heights and numbers, and a page each on access and mountain safety. There is inspiration as well as information in the descriptions and photographs of the mountains. The photographs are very bright and clear, though there is a preponderance of winter shots, which makes me wonder whether the author might have had his own reasons for not making the hills look too enticing to the average walker. The book is well bound, and looks as though it will stand a lot of use. If you want just one book on the Munros, one that will be useful as well as decorative, then you couldn't really go wrong with this one.

Big Hit (14/15 people found this helpful)

I consider this book the most valuable shopping I made in Scotland. Without the description in this book I wouldn't be able to plan my (usually two week) hollidays in Scotland from home. The Route descriptions are generally good to follow and the stated times, distances and climbed heights offer a good hint to the difficulty of the trip.

brilliant - great photos, outline routes, essential info (21/23 people found this helpful)

This book is unbelievable value. It is a glossy coffee-table combining beautiful photographs taken at all times of year with text and diagrams showing the recommended routes up all 284 munros. This book is essential to anyone who has ever walked in Scotland and will definitley tempt you to walk some more

A well illustrated and useful guide to Scotland's mountains. (15/16 people found this helpful)

Cameron McNeish has achieved a fine balance here. Not only does The Munros serve as an extremely useful guide for planning hill expeditions, McNeish also succeeds in capturing something of the unique nature of each particular mountain area in Scotland through his eloquent descriptions.

From a technical point of view, the walker will find the clear and well thought out route illustrations and instructions most helpful. But the book, with its many superb colour photographs and easily readable style, also has something for the armchair enthusiast and stands up well as a general guide to Scotland's high places. Highly recommended.

The Munros: Scotland's Highest Mountains

Cameron McNeish

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great value (3/3 people found this helpful)

The only Munro book yu'll ever need (28/28 people found this helpful)

Big Hit (14/15 people found this helpful)

brilliant - great photos, outline routes, essential info (21/23 people found this helpful)

A well illustrated and useful guide to Scotland's mountains. (15/16 people found this helpful)

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