The north ridge of Gleoraich seen from Coire a' Chaorainn

A long finger of Loch Quoich extending north into Glen Quoich

Introduction
Three large mountains lie on the northern edge of Loch Quioch. The westernmost mountain, Sgurr a' Mhaoraich is isolated from the other two by a northern extension of Loch Quioch. All these mountains throw down grassy slopes of moderate/slight steepness to Loch Quioch. The northern faces are more spectacular and are best seen from the south Glen Shiel ridge. There are many routes onto these mountains but I haven't climbed them all. I'll attempt to highlight potentially good routes.

Sgurr Mhaoraich, Gleouraich and Spidean Mialach seen from Sgurr Mor across Loch Quoich

Sgurr a' Mhaoraich
Sgurr a' Mhaoraich has quite a complex ridge structure. It can has about five ridges radiating from its summit. The two southern ridges are quite broad - one with a stalkers track going partially up it. The other broadens out to a nose before falling more steeply to the road. The corrie between the two ridges carries a path but it doesn't look like a spectacular route.

Sgurr Mhaoraich and Am Bathaich seen from the east

Buidhe Bheinn seen from Sgurr a' Mhaoraich

The northern approaches are more interesting. A shallow northwestern corrie - a route I've used before is the fastest way up to the final rise up to the summit. The north ridge is a viable approach from Glen Shiel but the rise to it looks very steep and could involve some scrambling. The ridge itself appears to be no problem.

Sgurr Mhaoraich seen from Kinloch Hourn

There's an east ridge that joins the north ridge of this mountain crossing the summit of Am-Bathaich. It looks narrower with a stalkers path on the lower slopes but I can't comment further on it. The eastern approach from the Landrover track in Glen Quoich is very wet, boggy & muddy. Until you cross the river at Allt Coire a' Chaorainn, the route is quite unpleasant. Beyond the river crossing, the stalkers paths up either the glen or the ridge are grassy affairs, being rather neglected. The rise up to the eastern corrie however is very scenic, with an array of broken crags lining the southern ridge and some more substantial crag beneath Am Bathaich to the north.

The final northern rise to the summit is pretty steep. By deviating west 200m, crossing some rocky slopes, you can find easier grass slopes to contend with on the final rise. Route finding here could be a problem in mist but there's no scrambling.

Gleouraich and Spidean Mialach
The next two summits are linked by a high ridge, but requiring a large descent and re-ascent. Gleouraich is the western summit with it's neighbour being Spidean Mialach. They are commonly walked from the south by the road. A good stalkers track can be followed from the rough lay by at the road and this eases the southern approach to Gleouraich. High up, some excellent views can be had of Glen Quoich where very steep western slopes fall all the way down to the Loch. The southern approach to Spidean Mialach is less interesting - boggy low down and homogeneous high up.

Spidean Mialach seen from the slopes of Gleouraich

The summit of Gleouraich

The eastern ridge from Gleouraich to Spidean Mialach

The north ridge of Gleouraich

The northern approaches are, again, more interesting. The ridges are narrow and quite steep. The most obvious is the north ridge to Gleouraich. This has a stalkers path rising up to a broad nose on the ridge before the ridge narrows and continues to the summit. It is neglected, and in places the path tackles slopes that are rather steep. Less steep options can be found slightly round to the south. Once on the north ridge of Gleouraich, the route to the main ridge is quite narrow, with one or two places providing pause for thought. The scrambling can be described as 'light'.