The Boys' Brigade Mountaineering Club

Sgòr an Lochain Uaine is the 5th highest peak in the British Isles. Like neighbouring Cairn Toul, it overlooks Coire an Lochain Uaine (the Corrie of Lochan Uaine). The peak and the corrie are both named after the small lake in the corrie called Lochan Uaine. The peak was only classified as a Munro in 1997, when the Scottish Mountaineering Club revised its tables. It was previously thought to be a Munro Top as it was so close to Cairn Toul, without a large drop between the two, but it does have a prominence of 118m.

The English name of The Angel's Peak was, reputedly, only given to the peak in the 19th century by a member of the Cairngorm Club, as a balance to the nearby Devil's Point (Bod am Deamhain in Gaelic, although Deamhain literally means Demon's and Bod means something much ruder than Point). The Devil's Point lies at the south end of the Cairn Toul ridge. The mistranslation to Point, supposedly, came about when Queen Victoria asked her ghillie, John Brown, what the peak was called, and he didn't want to offend her royal sensibilities, when he translated it!

See its entries on Walkhighlands or Wikipedia or view it from above on Google Earth.

We are again sorry about the quality of this 360° panorama. Hopefully, a Street View Local Guide will take another Photo Sphere at this summit soon, in fine weather!

Sgòr, Sgùrr or Sgòrr (varies with region) means a Jagged Peak and an is the definite article. Lochain is the genitve form of Lochan which is a Pond or Small Lake (a Tarn, if it was in the English Lake District). Uaine is the colour Green. So, Sgòr an Lochain Uaine means Peak of the Small Green Loch or Peak of the Green Lochan (if mixing languages is allowed).