once committed, the walker has little choice but to complete the entire ridge walk. The pinnacles can however be avoided by means of a narrow path that traverses the ridge on the south side. The path is very exposed, and there is much erosion at points where it crosses any of a series of gullies. In winter the traverse of Liathach becomes an even more serious expedition. In popular culture Scottish singer Jo Hamilton named a song after Liathach on her debut album Gown. The song was subsequently covered by Prince on his 2013 Live Out Loud tour. References The Munros and Tops, Chris Townsend, The High Mountains of Britain and Ireland, Irvine Butterfield, Footnotes External links Liathach is at coordinates Munros Marilyns of Scotland Mountains and hills of the Northwest Highlands Torridon Climbing areas of Scotland One-thousanders of Scotland