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‘The Three Sisters’ Panorama

Glen Coe, Scotland

‘The Three Sisters’ in Glen Coe, Scotland.

From Wikipedia:

Bidean nam Bian (Scottish Gaelic: Bidean nam Beann, “peak of the mountains”) is the highest peak in a group of mountains south of Glen Coe and north of Glen Etive in the Scottish Highlands. With a height of 1,150 metres (3,770 ft), it is a Munro and the highest point in Argyll. It is a complex mountain with many ridges and subsidiary peaks, one of which, Stob Coire Sgreamhach, is classified as a separate Munro.

The most noticeable features of the Bidean nam Bian massif are the famous Three Sisters of Glen Coe, three steeply-sided ridges that extend north into the Glen. Two of the sisters, Gearr Aonach (‘short ridge’) and Aonach Dubh (‘black ridge’) converge at Stob Coire nan Lochan, a 1,115-metre (3,658 ft) subsidiary peak of Bidean nam Bian that lies about 1km to the northeast of the actual summit. The final, most easterly sister, Beinn Fhada (‘long mountain’), joins the Bidean nam Bian massif at the summit of Stob Coire Sgreamhach.

Beinn Fhada is separated from Gearr Aonach by a glen known as Coire Gabhail (‘glen of the capture’), often known as the ‘Hidden’ or ‘Lost Valley’, as it has a wide flat area concealed from Glen Coe by the landslip which blocked the entrance and allowed a loch to form. The glen was used by Clan MacDonald to hide their livestock from raiders or hide cattle they themselves had stolen. The steep rough path up from Glen Coe skirts a wooded ravine and is a popular short walk (around 4 kilometres or 2+1⁄2 miles in total), though it involves a river crossing and some rocky sections.

Image Details
Date: 28 December 2025
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Wide Camera 26mm ƒ/1.8
Focal Length: 26mm
Aperture: ƒ/1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/1,011s
ISO: 25
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International


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