tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247450422024-03-07T21:36:45.431+00:00Munros in the key of GeorgeMunros, munros, munros as far as the eye can see! An active journal of this active pursuit, but do there have to be so many? Advice, stories, photographs as well as a good variety of completely off-route rambles.Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12863110414396580101noreply@blogger.comBlogger226125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24745042.post-47916581305062875692016-09-10T18:47:00.000+01:002016-09-10T18:47:01.527+01:00Mull: Ben More (189) - THE LAST MUNRO!<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;">
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Byn moar - big hill - 966m<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Duration - 09:30 to 15:00</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Distance - 10.3 km</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Total ascent - 1131 m</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Weather - dull, but calm for most of the ascent. Very strong wind and quite wet for most of the descent.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Team - </span><span style="font-family: "\22 georgia\22 " , "\22 times new roman\22 " , serif;">Paul P, Sónia, Steve, Jenny, Alison, Andrew L, David, Gabi, Stefan</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 1.6em;">Other hikers</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">: several</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">THE LAST MUNRO: MUNRO 282 @ 40!</span><br />
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Well, after a fair old time traipsing around Scotland on this mission, all good things must come to an end! And so, August 2016 saw My Gang assemble on the fair Isle of Mull at and around the Craignure campsite. Sónia and I were there with the kids and my folks for the week leading up to it, with others turning up on the Thursday and the Friday ready for the Saturday ascent.<br />
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Regular hiking buddy Paul was of course in attendance, as was Sónia thanks to the grandparents on hand for babysitting duties (early enthusiasm for taking kids up the hill waned for all of us along with the weather). Completists Steve and Dave were showing us the way it's done, and new Munro-er Stefan was adding to his number. We were joined with hiking friendly Jenny and Gabi, and hiking unfriendly (but damn fast) Alison and Andrew L. Unfortunately, a few of the enthusiastic had to stay on babysitting duties (Andrew R, Bridget, my Dad) and the weather meant we couldn't really coerce Gary to ascend the 3000ft of bog and rock!<br />
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Once Steve had <i>finally</i> packed his rucksack (!) and Paul had finished his banana, we made good progress up the obvious lower slopes of the tourist path (a much easier route for a larger group and for the forecast poor weather). Before long, we encountered the boggy ground mentioned in all of the books, and stayed with its charms for well over an hour. After the river crossing which was easy enough, the incline increases and the route becomes more solid rock.<br />
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Unfortunately here, it became obvious to Jenny that she wasn't getting enough air in due to recent sinus issues and she insisted on staying down while equally insisting we carried on. Big love to the lass for even attempting it in that context, and I was still very happy that she was on the same hill as us anyhow.<br />
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Once on the rock, we were also in the cloud, but things were still good in the main. The wind did pick up a couple of times but progress was still very good. In fact, for Andrew and Alison, it was so good they were totally out of view!<br />
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After a good amount of climbing, the incline lessened off, and I can well imagine that the views were amazing. For us, there was an ominous drop into thick cloud to the north and the faint sound of voices ahead. Eventually, figures and a cairn emerged and I had just a few steps to go (and some hugs and handshakes) before my last 'fresh Munro' steps were over.<br />
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It was then a time for celebrations, but having not had my gloves on for the last blast of wind, opening champagne and a new bottle of Lagavulin 16 wasn't exactly an easy thing! Nevermind, it was soon done, with the champagne cork making quite a bid for freedom (I usually save corks from special occasions and write the event on them, but I think with the reduced air pressure this one went into orbit!). With these, and an amazing bottle of single cask Glen Moray that Andrew had brought up, we were all kept quite warmed enough to spend a full hour for chatting and lunch on the summit.<br />
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After that, and with rain and the wind coming on, it was time to make a break for it. Strangely, with a whisky warmth in my belly we didn't mind all the wind and rain that much anymore, but still, progress had to be made. We had a quick stop to wisely get Stefan into his waterproof trousers, but otherwise it was just plodding along). For a while, you could only pick out the coat in front to follow, but eventually the wind lessened making the going easier (the rain however, was here to stay!).<br />
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Before long we were down back at the cars and passing on the hugs to Jenny who had patiently waited. The wettest clothes were removed and shelter quickly sort in the cars. While Sónia drove us back, me, Alison and David had another quick Lagavulin just to make sure it was as nice as we'd remembered (it was).<br />
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That night saw the full party of 25 have a private room in the Craignure Inn for dinner, and very nice it was, especially as the storm continued outside as we all sat in the warmth! Basically, a fantastic and very enjoyable end to this quest, so thank you to all for joining in on any part of the journey. Some day I'm going to transfer all of this to an actual website rather than a blog for ease of navigation, but don't wait up for that!<br />
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Cheers all! And happy hiking!<br />
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George<br />
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The gang (minus Jenny taking the picture and Steve doing some faffing!):</div>
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Alison gearing-up!</div>
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And loving the hiking!</div>
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As is the Leach with a high-altitude supervision session!</div>
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The rest of the gang catching-up with 'non-hikers' Alison & Leach:</div>
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Here we are:</div>
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Ulva in the background:</div>
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Alison legging it:</div>
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Pretty, but you have to cross it!</div>
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Dealing with the bog!</div>
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Steve and David on firmer ground:</div>
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Comparing GPS notes - they both say 'up':</div>
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Getting to the cloud:</div>
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Sónia loving her return to the hills:</div>
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Getting craggy up high:</div>
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Well, those were the views!</div>
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Still smiling!</div>
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Steve too:<br />
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Completist coming through the mist!<br />
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Last 'fresh' Munro steps:<br />
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Last 'fresh' cairn touch:</div>
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No escaping the papz!</div>
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Handshakes all round:</div>
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And a special one from wingman Paul P!</div>
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Terrific party time down in the Craignure Inn:</div>
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<br />Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12863110414396580101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24745042.post-23633361991688694852016-06-27T22:27:00.001+01:002016-06-27T22:27:10.011+01:00The Cruachan Hills: Ben Cruachan (31) and Stob Diamh (143)<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Walk date: 21/06/16</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 1.6em;"><span style="color: #333333;">My Munro #'s: </span><b><span style="color: #990000;">280 and 281</span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc6600;">Pronunciations - translations - heights:</span></span><br />
Kroo-achan - stacky hill - 1126m<br />
Stop dyv - peak of the stag - 998m<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Duration - 09:25 to 15:55 </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Distance - 15.6 km</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Total ascent - 1549m</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Weather - low cloud at start, some wind and wet weather on tops, but not too bad. Cloud lifting a lot in afternoon.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Team - Paul P</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 1.6em;">Other hikers: only two at end of day (possibly campers!)</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Andrew and Paul P hiking week 2016</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">DAY4 - Tuesday</span><br />
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The biggest challenge of this walk could be the parking! We ended up parking on a patch of dirt next to the sign for the train station. There is an official 'P' 1km west that's the only real alternative as the Hydro visitor's centre car park shuts at 16:45 (and wasn't open at 09:00).</div>
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Once you're walking, you can access the hills either via the train station (tunnel under track) or via a short hydro road just to the west. Either route works well but they are both windy steep paths with overhanging foliage which gets you very wet if there's been any rain at all.</div>
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Once out to the dam area, you can use their roads to get to the water either side. For the west, if you don't fancy the longer road route, you can use the dam ladder to get up onto the top which makes an interesting diversion!</div>
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We decided to decline the option of ascending early up onto Meall Cuanail, instead making good progress along the hydro track on the west side and then using the great path marked on the maps to the bealach.</div>
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After the bealach things are steeper and rockier but the boulder-field offers good progress to the summit. The route on is a little scrambly in places but OK if there's no snow or high wind.</div>
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In low visibility, not taking the north ridge onto Drochaid Ghlas could be tricky! In fact, there is no need to go up onto this top - the cairn below it marks the route onward to Stob Daimh.</div>
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Stob Daimh is a totally easy affair after Cruachan, and we actually got treated to some views which made a nice change. Easy walking follows to Stob Garbh leads to a good path back to the reservoir (although we lost it a little up high). Generally, a great round, and one Munro to go!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">A helpful sign to actually get up onto the hill!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Views down to Loch Awe</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Getting up to the dam:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Up on the reservoir:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Mini-cairn marking the ascent route:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Ascent route views:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Coming off Cruachan:</span>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">That north ridge of Drochaid Ghlas:</span>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Coming off Drochaid Ghlas to go for Stob Daimh:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Stob Daimh peeking through!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Descent views:</span><br />
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Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12863110414396580101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24745042.post-47663740457406688232016-06-26T22:12:00.002+01:002016-06-26T22:12:19.545+01:00The Arrochar Alps: Beinn Bhuidhe (216)<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;">
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Byn voo-ee - yellow hill - 948m<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Duration - 08:55 to 15:15</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Distance - 22.2 km</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Total ascent - 1031m</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Weather - Dry/light drizzle, some rain higher up and blowy for a spell on tops. A nice dry finish.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Team - Paul P</span></div>
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Andrew and Paul hiking week 2016</span></div>
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Very long walk-in along a hydro-quarry-farm-estate track which is variously tarmac, dirt-track etc. but it does allow very fast progress - we were 1.5 hours to the actual ascent path at the 'sheep dip' designated on the path.</div>
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The actual path is just before the sheep dip and just after the boarded-up Inverchorachan as marked-up on the map. There is a wide-gate which gives access to a good path which winds up the aouth side of the gorge alongside impressively steep drops. With just one little scrambling moment you reach a wider area under some impressive small waterfalls. The path continues to wind upwards after crossing the river and then coming out onto a plateau where, bizarrely, there is a wide works track which had a JCB parked on it! Ignore this track and cross it to where the thin path continues (we made a cairn!).</div>
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This plateau was wet and boggy and sometimes the path was hard to see, but it all comes together again ready for the next section of ascent. This ascent is a little loose but it's OK. However, the path on the very top is quite close to the edge with steep drop-offs so it wouldn't be the best for high wind. With all the rain coming rain we didn't stay too long on the top and made our way back straight away. Thankfully, we were rewarded with our work with a pint at the Fyne Brewery helpfully situated at the base of the walk.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The glen either way from the ascent path:</span></div>
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Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12863110414396580101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24745042.post-32223770493772924742016-06-26T18:53:00.002+01:002016-06-26T18:56:57.348+01:00The Arrochar Alps: Ben Vane (283), Beinn Ime (118) [and also BeinnNarnain - repeat]<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 1.6em;"><span style="color: #333333;">My Munro #'s: </span><b><span style="color: #990000;">277 and 278</span></b></span></div>
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As spelt - unknown - 915m<br />
As spelt - butter hill - 1011m<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Duration - </span><span style="font-family: "\22 georgia\22 " , "\22 times new roman\22 " , serif;">09:15 and 17:15</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Distance - 24.1km</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Total ascent - 1569m</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Weather - drizzly to full rain, sometimes blowly and sometimes calm.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Team - Paul P</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , serif;">This was a long day in the wet! This hike can be done from the Loch Lomand side, but I quite fancied this Glen Kinglass start, especially as it was closer to our base at Inveraray.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Immediately after starting on a track off the road, the track has to be left for a river-crossing, and a steep and slippy-in-the-wet stile. A rough path then goes through rough grass for a steep section of ascent, but we have to leave this when we got high enough for the turn to head toward the col of Beinn Chorronaich. The climb to the col is tiring and there are no paths to speak of, but it's OK.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Once at the col, we descended down toward Lag Uaine over rough grass. In the low visibility this wasn't simple, as we had to make a few detours to avoid some crags and cliffs. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , serif;">The ascent of Vane from this side is on more rough grass and the progress is fine despite the continued lack of paths. There is a double top to Vane which was a little confusing in the cloud, but we managed both! We returned to Lag Uaine for a late lunch before the return climb to the Beinn Chorronaich col this time without meeting any cliffs. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , serif;">We managed to find a path up Ime by heading up along when we reached its western cliffs. We got the worse weather here, but made quick progress and the onward path to Narnain was fast as well. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Our avoiding of Ime on the return worked out well, but there was again no path to speak of. The descent was fine but the tufty grass did require great care for tired knees and ankles!</span></div>
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Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12863110414396580101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24745042.post-88036137269037289332016-06-26T10:44:00.001+01:002016-06-26T18:56:22.819+01:00The Arrochar Alps: Ben Vorlich (229)<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;">
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As spelt - hill of the bay - 943m<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Duration - 14:30 to 18:30</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Distance - 14.8 km</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Total ascent - 942m</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Weather - gorgeous day - hiking in shorts! A little cool when on top.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Team - Paul P</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 1.6em;"><span style="color: blue;">DAY1 - Saturday</span><br />It's that time again!! Finally, after a year's wait which included a back op, the mountains have finally beckoned us back. With just 7 Munros to go, this week would hopefully see 6 visited, leaving just Ben More on Mull for our August big-group meet!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 1.6em;">This hike was a little longer than imagined as the only parking is the café car park just north of the hydro road, but fortunately the pay and display machines weren't working, and to be honest it made a nice change to start the hike with a blast from a double espresso!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The path to the start of the hike is actually quite good, and then it turns into the tarmac track which, apart from an offroad shortcut near the start, takes you all the way to the ascent path which starts just near the dam. The tarmac means that the pace out is fast, and although the ascent path is steep, it's high enough quality that it feels quick too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Due to the amazing weather this rapid ascent meant we were rewarded with amazing views of neighbouring hills and down to Loch Lomond. A note of caution is that the true summit is the second top - the one without the trig point! Good return progress, just a pity about the 53-mile detour due to a road accident on the way to Inveraray!</span><br />
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Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12863110414396580101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24745042.post-28638521016418276592015-11-22T18:00:00.002+00:002015-11-22T18:00:19.541+00:00The Tyndrum Hills: Beinn Laoigh [Ben Lui] (28) and Beinn a' Chleibh (281)<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;">
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Byn a chlayv - hill of the chest - 916m<br />
Byn loo-ee - hill of the calf - 1130m<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Distance - 13.3km</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Total ascent - 1170m</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Weather - a little drizzle and windy on tops but much better than yesterday!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Team - Paul P</span></div>
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This hike started with a fairly wide but shallow river crossing and a rather low railway bridge to crawl under while standing in a tributary to the river. All very odd! Once across and into the forest a winding path goes gradually upward getting boggier and boggier as it goes. It even got to the stage of socks being soaked with bog water and having to grip spiky pine branches and use them to swing around the worst bits with only partial success.</div>
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Once you survive the forest and its bogs we made our way along the upper glen, opting to aim for the col rather than do the circular as plotted as we certainly wouldn't lose any views on this day! There was a path and we even saw it at stages, but the ground was so open and wet that it makes little difference until the final climb is reached. </div>
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Once at the col we decided to do the shorter Beinn a' Chleibh first and leave the highest peak of the week, Ben Lui, for a finisher. Beinn a' Chleibh was quite grassy and came soon enough with the extra height of Lui meaning venturing into a rocky terrain for that hill. I would talk about the amazing views but as you can see from the photos, we didn't see much other than the ground.</div>
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A point of interest for this hike was that I left my GPS on top of the car as we drove away from the car park! We noticed it dropping off and so went back for it - only to find that a kindly gent had stopped and picked it up for us only then to miss us turning around - the kindly gent had only stopped there to help with a car that had just moments before left the hill and rolled down an embankment! It was all happening at Tyndrum! Anyway, due to having my address in the GPS the kindly gent posted it back to me the next week, and interestingly enough the GPS had continued plotting its progress from the hike all the way to the gent's house in Glasgow!</div>
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That's it for this year then. See you in 2016 for the grand finish - 7 to go!</div>
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Views go downhill from here! Pardon the pun!</div>
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The lower slopes of Lui:</div>
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Looking down the glen from the col:</div>
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Rocky terrain on Lui:</div>
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Last Munro of the week!</div>
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Homeward bound...<br />
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<br />Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12863110414396580101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24745042.post-40120654184689413922015-11-21T22:54:00.001+00:002015-11-21T22:54:04.483+00:00The Cruachan Hills: Beinn a' Chochill (172) and Beinn Eunaich (156)<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;">
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Byn a' cho-chil - hill of the hood - 980m<br />
Byn ayneech - fowling hill - 989m<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Duration - 09:10 - 15:20</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Total ascent - 1250m</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Weather - dull from the start, then so wet and windy for Beinn Eunaich that turning back was seriously considered!!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Team - Paul P</span></div>
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On a good day these hills probably provide a nice jaunt out, having good fast access via farm tracks and not being too airy or rocky. Today these features meant the hills were merely passable and even that was at a push for Beinn Eunaich!<br />
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Beinn a' Chochuill comes easy enough after leaving the farm tracks, although the initial ascent is not to be sniffed at. The route onward to Beinn Eunaich is mostly grassy easy walking, but today that just meant quite exposed, although not as exposed as when we started to climb onto the rocky top of Beinn Eunaich. By this stage the very wet weather was accompanied by very strong wind, and we got to the stage that if we hadn't been so damn close (last 100m) that we'd have turned around. I remember vividly a nice natural nook in the rock that we used like troops under fire for a quick status report before making a run for it to the next shelter! Phew, we just about made it!<br />
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With the weather as it was I had us start the descent early (red line on plot) over safe grassy slopes. There was no path and it was very boggy, but I knew that with every metre down the weather would be getting better and it certainly paid off that way.<br />
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Battered but happy we paced it down the tracks again only to be met by the farmer who seemed quite baffled that anyone had gone up on this day. Ironically, this night saw us go to our luxury night in the Bridge of Orchy Hotel who of course did not have a drying room! Come back Glencoe Hostel - all if forgiven!!!<br />
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A long good farm track took us quickly up into the cloud:</div>
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Here we are!<br />
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The incline lessens as we near the top of Beinn a' Chochill:<br />
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Beautiful scenery on Beinn a' Chochill:<br />
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Bad, bad conditions on Beinn Eunaich means that this is our best shot!<br />
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Retreating back to the grassy ridge between the two:<br />
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Ironically, after our wettest day we had our 'luxury' night, which had no drying room!<br />
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Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12863110414396580101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24745042.post-15528021615761184942015-11-13T20:05:00.004+00:002015-11-13T20:07:53.663+00:00Glen Etive: Stob a' Choire Odhair (226) and Stob Ghabhar (55)<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;">
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Stob a kora ooer - peak of the goat - 945m<br />
Stop gower - peak of the dun coloured corrie - 1090m<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Distance - 18km</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Total ascent - 1250m</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Weather - grey start turned very wet for us on the first hill only to come quite nice on the second and a decent end.</span><br />
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This hike has a nice start on part of the West Highland Way and then a good estate track which heads west until the University of Glasgow club hut signals the start of the path up onto the hills. This path is boggy at first but improves as height is gained. <br />
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The path onto Stob a' Choire Odhair is an obvious departure from the path up the glen after the hill's first flank is rounded, and progress remains good. despite the increased incline Unfortunately for us this is where the clouds sunk around us and the heavens opened up. I made a quick (correct!) decision to commit to my waterproof trousers and the rest of this hill was then a foggy and cold confusion until we found the descent route whereupon the weather thankfully broke and the sun even made an appearance - clearly the weather looked more kindly on Stob Ghabhar today! That was a positive as comparing the two as we continued clearly showed Stob Ghabhar as the hill with the greater character.<br />
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The back of Stob Ghabhar has some great scrambly character with some steep sections and then a fine rocky but easy ridge sweeping to the summit, still with some snow lying. At this point we were feeling pretty great until at the last moment we were pipped to the top by the strange breed of the fell runner!<br />
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Our descent was a fine stroll with just a bit of rough grassy randomness before finding a path again and making the quick crossing back across Allt Toaig and onto our original path for the return - a fine day out!<br />
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Forrest lodge near Victoria Bridge at the start:<br />
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Taking the estate track out to the start of the path:<br />
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The Uni of Glasgow club 'hut':</div>
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Going up alongside Allt Toaig ready for Stob a' Choire Odhair:</div>
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Looking over to Stob Ghabhar as the rain came on:<br />
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Coming out of it as we move off Stob a' Choire Odhair:</div>
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Looking back on the hill we never saw while on it!</div>
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Better weather, better hill - Stob Ghabhar:</div>
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Paul coming along up the nice scrambly path:<br />
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See!<br />
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Loving it!</div>
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Looking down from Coirein Lochain:<br />
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And the lochan itself:<br />
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More scrambling action:<br />
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The summit ridge, easy walking but on the rocky side:</div>
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Nice slopes from the top - looking over to Stob a' Choire Odhair:<br />
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Waterfalls on the descent:</div>
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Crossing the Allt Toaig:<br />
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Beers back at Glencoe Hostel!<br />
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<br />Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12863110414396580101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24745042.post-47063777113262107172015-10-31T22:11:00.000+00:002015-11-15T22:34:38.025+00:00Glen Etive: Meall a' Bhuiridh (45) and Creise (50)<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.6em;">My Munro #'s: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.6em;">270 and 271</span></div>
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Mowl a vooree - hill of the rutting stags - 1108m<br>
Kraysh - unknown - 1100m<br>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Duration - 09:35 - 14:30</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Distance - unknown km (GPS problem!)</span><br>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Total ascent - 1104m</span><br>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Weather - dry all day. A bit of cold wind on high tops for a while.</span><br>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Team - Paul P</span></div>
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With the shortest drive of the whole week and the biggest car park, we were not exactly going for the wilderness when we turned up at the Glencoe ski centre. Things stayed in this vein as, despite reading about a superior route which would take in Creise from the north, we opted for the far simpler good-path-straight-up approach, but unfortunately this was right under the ski lifts!!<div><br></div><div>After the initial slog, <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Meall a' Bhuiridh flattens out for a spell before the second and rather random push up to the almost pathless rocky top. The remoteness still still didn't come as we witnessed the centre's helicopter make a dozen drops to workers on the ski lifts below. However, it did finally come once we reached the summit and saw the superior Creise for the first time.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">The route to Creise is via a glorious high level rocky ridge which provides good pace and tremendous views all around. A little bit of a scramble at the end and the plateau of Creise was soon providing a pleasant stroll. I can easily imagine this being a horrible location with the weather against you, but today it was simply an amazing spot for lunch!!<br></span><div><div><br></div><div><br><br>
A high hill, but Meall a' Bhuiridh doesn't exactly start 'remote':<br>
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Good views across to Buachaille Etive Mor:<br>
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Creise makes a show:<br>
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After the so-so approach and top of Meall a' Bhuiridh, Creise was refreshingly interesting:<br>
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Beautiful high rocky ridge walking:<br>
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With impressive drops either side:<br>
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Massive deep gully for the river to the north:<br>
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Finally making it to the Creise plateau:<br>
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The summit!<br>
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Bynn vanach - monk hill - 853m<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Duration - 13:15 - 17:20</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Distance - 17.6 km</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Total ascent - 752m</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Weather - a little wet at the start, but turning better with even some sun at the end! Windy on top.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Team - Paul P </span></div>
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This day was forecast to be a day of lightning, so we had a late start with shops and coffee (man, it was boring!), while we sat it out. Eventually things started to improve so we opted to have a look at this one as its low level approach followed by a simple up/down would allow us to turn around and get to safety the minute we felt unhappy.</div>
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I opted for my soft Merrells both because of the long walk-in and due to the sore feet after yesterday's strenuous descent. The Merrells felt great for the walk-in apart from how wet I got as this approach takes you across endless fords which on this day had quite a lot of flow through them. Within 10 minutes of leaving the car my feet were drenched!</div>
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As you can see from the plot we ventured a little to the east before ascending the munro itself. This I would recommend as even the 600m of calmer grassy slopes here still required some work. Just take an immediate left turn after crossing the wooden bridge on the track and get to it! Before too long the summit is reached which provides good views despite its flat character. For us it was a little cold here due to the wind so we didn't hang around much.</div>
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The fun part of all that ascent is the returning as, if your knees can take it, it's the perfect incline for a speedy jog! For us 1 hour up from the track and just 25 minutes back!</div>
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Right at the start. Get used to this track!<br />
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Ford number 2 I think...<br />
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Mhanach making an appearance, and that track again...<br />
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No, we didn't ford this one! The route up starts just after the bridge:<br />
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Looking back down the glen:<br />
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Cairn action:<br />
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An unexpected addition to the Clachaig:<br />
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Trip to the pub sir?<br />
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<br />Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12863110414396580101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24745042.post-51955635698099239582015-10-10T21:27:00.001+01:002015-10-10T21:27:40.192+01:00Glen Etive: Stob Coir' an Albannaich (90) and Meall nan Eun (254)<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;">
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Stop kor an alapaneech - peak of the corrie of the Scotsman - 1044m<br />
Myowl nan ayn - hill of the birds - 928m<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Duration - 09:10 - 17:50</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Distance - unknown due to GPS problem, 15-ish km</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Total ascent - 1807m</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Weather - warm, sunny start, windy on munros, wet on steep descent!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Team - with Paul P</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.6em;">This hike was plotted to start with a steep ascent up the north western slopes of Beinn Chaorach, but having seen it the day before and having considered its complete lack of obvious route, we weren't too keen on such a dramatic start to the day! Unfortunately, the only alternative was to return to the bog of yesterday and trudge through it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.6em;">After that it was just the small matter of the long slog up Learg Mheuran before turning to the north and making our slow way up steep slopes, which thankfully soon levelled out to reveal the attractive top of Stob Coir' an Albannaich. The north side of this hill is very dramatic and it did seem initially that there was no possible route on to the rather diminutive Meall nan Eun. However, just following the ridge eastward reveals a good path, that soon makes a sharp turn north down a boulder-shoot. The descent requires attention, but is generally fine at least when it's not wintry!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.6em;">After that adventure, Meall nan Eun is just a slog along grassy slopes and rocky outcrops, with a pesky smaller hill just before it. It really does feel isolated when you get there, and the first thought is to start the work back!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.6em;">Having been up and down Learg Mheuran and along the bog at the bottom enough, it was time to try that daunting north-west side of Beinn Chaorach. However, any thoughts of a steep descent making things easy soon dissipated, as the relatively easy walking higher up became harder and harder on the serious slopes that were unhelpfully covered in drenched grass (and occasional aggressive mother-ptmargans protecting their squeaking chicks!). Eventually, the slopes lessened to the point of actually being able to see the next section we were heading onto, and for a brief while we actually hit a path before losing it again in dense boggy bracken. After a little meandering we even made it out of the forest on the lower slopes and onto the track to back up to the road. We survived, but we would never recommend such a route either way round!</span></div>
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Coming up on Stob Coir' an Albannaich:<br />
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The fairly sharp 'other side':<br />
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And looking north from its south side:<br />
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On the final bit of plod up to the remote Meall nan Eun:<br />
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And all I got for my trouble was this cairn!<br />
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Meall nan Eun definitely ticks the 'flat top' box:<br />
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Cairn 'fun'!<br />
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Paul celebrates finding a feature!<br />
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Looking toward Creise:<br />
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Trying to find a toilet spot but Paul keeps taking pics!<br />
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Meall nan Eun from Stob Coir' an Albannaich:<br />
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<br />Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12863110414396580101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24745042.post-20740662899609271362015-09-23T22:07:00.001+01:002015-09-30T22:31:34.412+01:00Glen Etive: Ben Starav (63), Beinn nan Aighenan (196) and Glas Bheinn Mhor (145)<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;">
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Byn sta-rav - unknown - 1078m<br />
Glas vyn voar - big green/grey hill - 997m<br />
Byn yan yanan - hill of the hinds - 960m<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Duration - 09:10 - 19:40</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Distance - 21.3km</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Total ascent - 1827m</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Weather - very pleasant, cloudy but mostly dry</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Team - with Paul P</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.6em;">Other hikers: 2 young fast versions of ourselves and one slow old version!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">Once off that bit, there's a river crossing which can be fun (me) or tricky (Paul) depending on your gusto for these things, and then what the book described as 'a brutal ascent' up Ben Starav's long northern ridge. Having visited every peak in nearby Glencoe before, I didn't think it was that bad. Having said that, this was where two spritely younger versions of ourselves said their hellos as they left us for dust. Just wait until they have kids!!!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">The top of Ben Starav came quicker than expected and was a fine spot for an early lunch in the still weather, with fine views down over Loch Etive. Once done, we continued on the crest of the ridge for a while, which was airy but firm, but then saw a tempting good looking path exiting to the south and seemingly toward the next hill, the outlier Beinn nan Aighenan. The obviousness of the path meant we went for it, but after the initial descent, we found ourselves with no route onward, just a complex mix of rough grass and boulder fields for the next hour! We were not the only ones to make this mistake as we saw our younger versions later on and they'd done exactly the same!</span></div>
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Let the games begin! Once you've driven a fair way down Etive!</div>
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Moody morning clouds over our hills:<br />
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Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12863110414396580101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24745042.post-76026340013668098212015-09-14T22:24:00.002+01:002015-09-14T22:25:22.926+01:00The Mamores: Stob Ban (140) and Mullach nan Coirean (236)<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;">
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Stob baan - light-coloured peak - 999m<br />
Mullach nan kooran - Summit of the corries - 939m<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Duration - 13:10 - 18:30</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Distance - 13.8 km</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Total ascent - 1210m</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Weather - Low cloud, but some good views, some wind and rain but not spoiling things.</span><br />
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Hurray! It was finally time to stop planning it from a computer and get out there! With Paul turning up Friday night, we were clear to set off Saturday morning and be hiking by the afternoon. With the remaining Munro count at 23, there was a lot less choice than previous years of where to go. This day saw us heading into Glen Nevis to take my last hills there, this nice little circuit in the Mamores. This year also saw me testing out a Hero camera that my brother got me on a rucksack mount, but we stopped short of jumping off ledges to get some good shots!</div>
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The day wasn't exactly part of a glorious summer, so views were limited, but it just felt great to be getting on with it. I was pleased that my ongoing sciatica pain didn't impact the walking too much (just the sitting in the car!). I was also giving my boots another try despite the pain they caused me last year with the re-soling reducing the internal space, although this time most definitely with the insoles removed from the start!</div>
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A slight bit of confusion at the road saw us park up too early, but we soon found the official start just after where the road crosses the river and this gave us a good path to follow up onto the ridge. The hills were impressively green and with nice rocky tops, the character of the hills improving along the link between the two and Mullach nan Coirean itself. </div>
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Our only problem of the day came with the descent through the forests. With my plotted route not really materialising we were left with a slog down forestry paths which zig-zagged boringly through the dense woods. After that we were rewarded with an intense swarm of midges at the car. Ah, most definitely back in the west!! Still, a pint in the Grog and Gruel rescued matters somewhat!</div>
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Fine views for a while back down:<br />
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<br />Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12863110414396580101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24745042.post-64109523180195336462015-01-13T19:04:00.002+00:002015-01-13T19:05:17.455+00:00Loch Treig and Loch Ossian: Chno Dearg (86) and Stob Coire Sgriodain (174)<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 25px;">Knaw jerrack - red nut or red hill - 1046m</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 25px;">Stop kora sgreeaden - peak of the scree corrie - 979m</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Duration - 08:00 - 12:30</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Distance - 15.8 km</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Total ascent - 1257m</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Weather - Very wet, cold and windy!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Team - with Paul P</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.6em;">It made sense for us to hit these on our drive homewards as the path up the back started from the private Corrour road. Despite the dull start, I opted to start without my water proof trousers and to stay in my Merrells, both choices meant that from 30 minutes in I was completely soaked from the waist down. From about 400m there was no visibility, and our knowledge of the hills became a GPS line and whatever bog/tuft of grass/ rocky outcrop was immediately ahead, all the time while being blown about by the increasing wind. Ah, I'd missed this!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.6em;">Without a good view, we snaked inefficiently between small cliffs and gullies up the NE back of Chno Dearg as the long grass and bog made sure we didn't dry out. Eventually the incline increased and we sensed a summit, but one that left us exposed to the elements full-time. </span><br />
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Our last views of the Corrour estate before heading home:<br />
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<br />Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12863110414396580101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24745042.post-18780986025088254902015-01-13T19:04:00.000+00:002015-01-13T19:05:51.214+00:00Glen Affric and Strathfarrar: Sgurr a' Choire Ghlais (60) [and Carn nan Ghobhar (153) and Sgurr na Ruaidhe (151)]<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Distance - 17.5 km</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Total ascent - 1337m</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Weather - Hot day but breezy on top and a little cloudy for a while.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.6em;">Today was our furthest trip away from our base as we travelled north to Strathfarrar, a glen I had already been in twice, once two years ago on a day that Paul sat out due to injury, and once the year before with Paul, but in each case in awful weather and with grateful, beaten retreats.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.6em;">Today was different, today was simply gorgeous! Sun, minimal wind, clear views. This was sublime hiking. However, due to my problematic toes, I only targeted the Munro I hadn't visited, Sgurr a' Choire Ghlais, but I had given Paul the choice of continuing on to Carn nan Ghobhar and Sgurr na Ruaidhe which were the ones he had missed on his sit-out day as I battled with thick snow and gales! </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.6em;">Due to the great weather today, I decided to stay in my Merrells and see how they faired. They faired amazing! The pain was suddenly minimal as feet my were cushioned in a flexing shell, and I sprang along on the soft ground. Such was the improvement that after summiting on Sgurr a' Choire Ghlais and looking lazily over at the rest of the circuit in superb clarity I declared to Paul that I was sticking with him on the full tour.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.6em;">Onwards we strode up onto the rocky plain of Carn nan Ghobhar which had been horrible to struggle over in ice, but today the worst it could throw at us was a topless (male) hiker. From there Sgurr na Ruaidhe came pretty easy, and then even the descent couldn't dent my enthusiasm. Marvellous stuff, especially the pint and burger at the Struy Inn afterwards - I just wish I had tried the Merrells earlier!</span><br />
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The start of the day. Glorious, glorious, sun:<br />
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Views from the two additional hills!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Duration - 10:30 - 18:20</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Distance - approx 15 km</span><br>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Total ascent - 1100m</span><br>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Weather - Hot, hot, hot again! Less wind than the day before; no coats even for a stop on the second peak.</span><br>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">We parked in Fersit, the tiny hamlet which had mocked us so much last year with our failed attempts on Stob Coire Sgriodain and Chno Dearg in storm conditions, but today we were heading due south instead to the western banks of Loch Treig, and we were hiking in baking sun. </span></span><br>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">From the start my toes were giving me problems, with the very slightest downhill incline punishing me severely. Without a defined route up onto Meall Cian Dearg, we headed up the good path to the marked sheepfold on the 1:25,000 and hoped it would lead to a good path for going further. It did eventually, but only after a tour of the local bracken fields! As a hint, head for the 'Pillar (Hydro)' marked on the same scale, and all will be good.</span></span><br>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">When I say good, I mean steep, but good. The path winds intricately upwards and it's a good idea not to keep checking where you're headed, as it looks impossible, but possible it is, and before too long, you do reach some version of a lessened incline atop Meall Cian Dearg.</span></span><br>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">We had a nice rest there as we looked ahead, and enjoyed some good walking across the broad ridge. Eventually, it does lead to a munro, which is kind of the point, and a fair push is needed to clamber upto Stob a' Choire Mheadhoin's stony top.</span></span><br>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">After that, it is fairly simple if the weather is good and your toes aren't ruined as you drop down on stony</span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;"> ground between the munros. I had to take to walking sideways down the slopes, but you do what you must!</span></span><br>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">We had plotted a recommended route off the NW ridge of Stob Coie Easain, but it seemed much longer, and we quite fancied the idea of retracing our steps and getting back as soon as we could, so we could find the nearest quality pub for some much deserved grub! By then my toes were burning, but the ale definitely helped!!</span></span><br>
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Taking a much deserved break at Meall Cian Dearg:</div>
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Looking down on Loch Treig:</div>
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Looking back on Mheadhoin from Easain:</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 25px;">Stop corrie clowree - peak of the corrie of clamouring - 1177m</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Duration - 08:15 - 19:15</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Distance - approx 29 km</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Total ascent - 1760m</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Weather - Hot, hot, hot! Mostly sunny with light wind. Only cold with greater wind on final hill.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.6em;">After the success of the Carn Dearg day, we were most definitely up for this one, the big boy of the week, the epic Grey Corries. Driving down the thin country lanes after Spean Bridge's train station, we started to wonder where on Earth we would park as every turn and passing area seemed to have a 'no parking' sign on it. Fortunately, we were behind another car that boldly drove straight through a private farmyard and then through a private gate, with the driver helpfully keeping open the gate for us to follow on. Thus, we soon found ourselves parked relatively far along the forest tracks, which was helpful given the scale of this walk!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.6em;">The walking starts easy enough, with a long but steady march to a handsome little bothy that marks the start of the climbing toward Stob Ban, the dwarf of the day at a mere 977m! A good path takes you up beside a stream, but it becomes thin for a while as the incline lessens before the final push up to the bealach.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.6em;">The final ascent of Stob Ban is actually one of the hardest parts of the day, and was certainly bad for my bruised toes, as the whole hill seems to be made entirely of scree, and every footstep up or down seems to throw a ton of it back down the hill. The views of the rest of the circuit are great, if not a little unnerving! </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.6em;">Once back at the bealach the ascent of Stob Choire Claurigh is a slog but a straightforward one, and the rocky top made a great lunch stop with views abounding. At this point we met a fellow hiker who I noticed was just in Merrells rather than full on boots. I made a mental note to perhaps try this to help with the toes.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.6em;">Anyhow, the circuit progressed at high altitude on an impressive but easy walking ridge. Stob Coire an Laoigh was soon reached and we were on a total high ready to finish things with Sgurr Choinnich Mor. However, this proved quite a tough one to reach, the link out to this hill was brutal, with boulder fields and jagged rocks everywhere, the final descent off Stob Coire an Laoigh was a total trap for unwary ankles and I was very glad we were hitting it in dry weather. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.6em;">The ascent wasn't so bad, but it had cooled by this point so we didn't hand about as we had to retrace our steps to Stob Coire an Laoigh before we could head down. After a great day, my pain really started now, as the long gentle descent over grass was a protracted series of knocks to the blackened toes. Finally, we hit the forest tracks and could get back to straight marching out, but it was a very long way to the car, and they was great relief at seeing it. Much deserved ales on this evening!</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ugEArMbuZouCu7VrBTmAd_i4VylXO4r8UyqD2Dnlte5Ml_ggEDzLOXuuf1chpct3xR1x8IVFWK-MWaZgEQiie6rmqqQRieGUdKVxw9JSPZvOrTzmbCEzM42H2vZaAZbhpD5A/s1600/IMG_0417.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></a><span style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">The rocky top of Stob Choire Claurigh:</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ugEArMbuZouCu7VrBTmAd_i4VylXO4r8UyqD2Dnlte5Ml_ggEDzLOXuuf1chpct3xR1x8IVFWK-MWaZgEQiie6rmqqQRieGUdKVxw9JSPZvOrTzmbCEzM42H2vZaAZbhpD5A/s1600/IMG_0417.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ugEArMbuZouCu7VrBTmAd_i4VylXO4r8UyqD2Dnlte5Ml_ggEDzLOXuuf1chpct3xR1x8IVFWK-MWaZgEQiie6rmqqQRieGUdKVxw9JSPZvOrTzmbCEzM42H2vZaAZbhpD5A/s1600/IMG_0417.jpg" height="213" width="320" /></span></a></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju0BhV6E6_gTy0uZtwWy27vF3AIL6pDm70smYxJS8JuhVzr7cYAp0lPZvVDLjj_jATnjGSAMMvQm9zAGdaZ8RhycpnnEQQM-BFOty0L01hJD7roEfdYC3So94X3gK0LHPbZZlu/s1600/IMG_0422.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The route onward toward Stob Coire an Laoigh:</span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju0BhV6E6_gTy0uZtwWy27vF3AIL6pDm70smYxJS8JuhVzr7cYAp0lPZvVDLjj_jATnjGSAMMvQm9zAGdaZ8RhycpnnEQQM-BFOty0L01hJD7roEfdYC3So94X3gK0LHPbZZlu/s1600/IMG_0422.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju0BhV6E6_gTy0uZtwWy27vF3AIL6pDm70smYxJS8JuhVzr7cYAp0lPZvVDLjj_jATnjGSAMMvQm9zAGdaZ8RhycpnnEQQM-BFOty0L01hJD7roEfdYC3So94X3gK0LHPbZZlu/s1600/IMG_0422.jpg" height="213" width="320" /></span></a></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 25px;">Caarn jerrack - red hill - 1034m</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Duration - 08:20 - 17:20</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Distance - approx 25 km</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Total ascent - 1093m</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Weather - Grand. Almost no wind all day. No real sunny spells but mild throughout, just a few spots of rain but nothing to worry about.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Team - with Paul P</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">The route meant we would stay low until the furthest point, and then return along the peaks, the opposite of our strenuous Loch Mullordoch approach in Glen Cannich, however this was very different with a good 'low' path. This track took us past hydro plant work, and we had to avoid hard-working JCB diggers on the way. This track also gained a lot of height before we lost it, only to have to get it back along long grassy slopes.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">There was no marker to leave the well-made path that we were on, but as Culra bothy got closer, and we started to round Carn Dearg, we had to make a move, and so just randomly left the confines of the path and made a bee-line for the bealach between Dearg and Charn. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Progress was surprisingly good along spongy grass slopes. As we crossed a small river for a short while there even looked like there was a path, but it soon disappeared. The incline increased slightly and we were on the broad back of one of the most remote Munros there is. A short push and we were at its summit, looking proudly down on Culra, and wondering if we would have even made it this far if we'd have pushed ahead with the bothy-stay plan in last year's snow.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">After some snacking we were off toward Geal-charn and the contour-packing east ridge, which had had me quite worried as I'd studied the map at home, but which in actual fact was a steep but very safe ascent. However, the impressive amount of snow that remained in July made me glad we'd never made a winter visit!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">After the impressive ridge, there is an unexpected wide summit plain, and it merely takes a leisurely stroll along bouncy grass to make it to the summit cairn. From there Aonach Beag and Beinn Eibhinn were very straightforward; indeed I was taken aback by how easy the walking became, although I also accepted that this was largely down to the weather and total lack of wind, and I also found myself imagining how unpleasant they would be with a storm raging, given their height and general exposure.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">The two downsides to the day thereafter became apparent. The first was when we attempted to rest for food on Beinn Eibhinn and discovered that even at height, no wind and warmth meant masses of midges! The second was that, despite much less pain without the insoles in my boots, the descents still caused me many problems and it slowed things up greatly. Nevermind, it had been a wonderful day, and returning to our very own flat at the end of the walk meant that the homebrew was quickly poured and we were correspondingly refreshed!!</span></span><br />
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Looking up at the north side of Ben Alder from the track:</div>
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Approaching the summit of Geal-charn:<br />
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Aonach Beag and Beinn Eibhinn ahead:</div>
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Approaching the summit of Aonach Beag:</div>
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Aonach Beag summit, just Beinn Eibhinn to go:</div>
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Looking back up from the descent:<br />
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Views down to Ossian on the descent:</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 25px;">Byn na lap - possibly mottled hill - 935m</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Duration - 10:30 - 13:30</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Distance - 9.8 km</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Total ascent - 568m</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Weather - rain at start but it soon settled. Warm spells on ascent but turned windy on top. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Team - with Paul P</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After the pain of the previous day with my toes I rejigged our plans for this day so that just Beinn na Lap was the aim and not a combined walk with its neighbours as had been plotted. This I figured would allow me to properly assess the toe situation and also allow us to be down early enough to do some shopping, which wasn't possible after coming off the hills late the day before which had been a Sunday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A short drive along the Corrour Estate track from our flat on Ossian got us very close to the back of the hill. Just on the off chance I decided to take the insoles out of my shoes in case my theory of the resoling of my boots making them smaller on the inside was true. Immediately I felt an improvement, but it would be the downhill that would be the true test. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The uphill from the back of Beinn na Lap is fairly remote with most hikers taking aim from Loch Ossian and the Youth Hostel/train station, which is a shame because the incline is nice and gentle over grassy slopes with great view over to the neighbouring hills. Without much incident, and passing over many a wild strawberry, we were onto the wide summit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Our relaxed stop on top was very pleasant but also rather windy, and the coats were soon on. As we pushed on back down I was very relieved to find that my boots were no longer causing me damage, meaning that removing the insoles had done it. Of course, a certain amount of damage had been done and so they were still hurting, but it gave me optimism that we might have a meaty week of hills yet!</span></div>
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At the very pleasant and spacious summit:</div>
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The summit from a little way away...</div>
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And now, our very bizarre flat in the Corrour estate:</div>
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<br />Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12863110414396580101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24745042.post-14465435862818812452015-01-13T17:26:00.001+00:002015-01-13T17:27:00.962+00:00 Loch Lochy, Loch Arkaig and Loch Eil: Sgurr Thuilm (193) and Sgurr nan Coireachan (206)<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 25px;">Skoor hoolim - peak of the round hillock - 963m</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 25px;">Skoor nam korachan - peak of the corries - 956m</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Duration - 09:30 - 19:15</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Distance - 24.3 km</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Total ascent - 1377m</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Weather - decent weather at the start and warm at the end. Cold and blowy on first hill and heavy rain before second.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Harry Potter connection to the viaduct was evident even before we'd left the car as a group of Chinese tourists appeared asking us for directions. That's something that doesn't happen on every hike! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This was a walk with a long drawn out start, one that would have been perfect for bikes, but we hadn't committed to bring them this year and so we began a pleasant enough but ultimately tedious plod along the estate road toward the lodge and bothy before the real walk began.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The real walk begins as the lodge is passed and the road becomes a track that skirts past the nice looking (electricity-supplied) bothy. After a little while on the track the glen splits into two higher glens and a dodgy crossing over the river on a few I-frame beams is asked for.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After that we were a bit stuck as to the exact route up to Sgurr Thuilm, and ended up cutting through heavy bracken on a steep slope alongside a deer fence as a poor excuse for one. As soon as we got to any significant height however, we found that indeed there was a path, but that it had started more to the east and was just not visible from the track. This path carried on steeply but with much better progress than the wild grass banks, and before too long the incline lessened and turned to a nice stroll along a broad ridge until the summit was reached.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After the first hill the walking to the second was pretty easy terrain, although any downhill at all meant my toes were in pain as the day before, as if my boots had shrunk from the year before, and it was starting to slow me down. Nevertheless, good progress was made toward Sgurr nan Coireachan albeit the hills are a fair old distance apart and there's no shy amount of undulation between them. The view down the glen however was a wonderful companion. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Once off the second hill the path took us along some impressive cliffs before sinking down grassy slopes back into the glen. However, here my real pain started as every downward step seemed like a hammer blow to my big toes. It really was horrible, and I could barely manage a few steps at a time before rehearsing my swear word collection. I started to have serious doubts for the week ahead which was extremely depressing even the problems of last year. Thankfully, although still very painful, reaching the track back down in the glen with its much calmer incline meant things got better, but it was a hell of a long walk out still to go, with dinner and then our trip out to our accommodation on Loch Ossian still to make happen. </span></div>
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Looking down the impressive Glenfinnan!<br />
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The view back from Sgurr nan Coireachan:<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 25px;">Byn cha-lam - Callum's peak - 1025m</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Duration - 13:15 - 17:45</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Distance - 14.5 km</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Total ascent - 960m</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Weather - warm at start and end, but cold and blowy at height. Wet for quite a while after summit until lower slopes.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Team - with Paul P</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.6em;">Other hikers: several others</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This was the inaugral Munro hike of 2014. With our 'family commitments' Paul P and I now get just this one week a year (although we are <i>very</i> grateful for that much!), and so even the drives to and from the hills require some additions to the Munro counts! This year saw us drive through the Crianlarich and Tyndrum areas and so the solitary hill of Ben Challum was right in our sights, especially having seen it from afar on a very snowy day <a href="http://munros-in-the-key-of-george.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Beinn%20Heasgarnich">last year</a>.</span></div>
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We have panoramas this year, get used to them! On the summit.</div>
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A nice bit of rock as the summit is reached:</div>
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Just before the rain came on!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Myowl d-yerrack - red hill - 953m</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 25px;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc6600; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;">Statistics:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20px;">Duration - 08:30 - 12:30</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Team - with Paul P</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Other hikers: 2 on top, one seen on ridge</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Having previously taken on the Aonach Eagach ridge and failed in my young gutsy days (write-up <a href="http://munros-in-the-key-of-george.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Sgorr%20nam%20Fiannaidh">here</a>), I had no intention of facing it again without a full support team carrying me in a rope cage the whole way over, and so, with Meall Dearg still unvisited, I started to look for alternatives routes.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Thankfully, it proved quite simple to find one coming up from the Kinlochleven road. A longer but very much straightforward approach. Indeed, one of the trickiest bits is finding the 'car park', but from there a clear path sets off on a friendly incline up alongside the river. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As the first part of the glen comes to a head and the Aonach Eagach looms impressively ahead, the incline sharpens over rough grass and heather, but there are plenty of options and the bealach between Meall Dearg and Garbh Bheinn is soon reached.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">From the bealach the slopes up to Meall Dearg are actually very steep and reminded us of our approach up <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://munros-in-the-key-of-george.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Sgor%20na%20h-Ulaidh">Sgor na h-Ulaidh</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">the day before. Although not quite as bad as that, it did have quite a lot of snow patches though which Sgor na h-Ulaidh did not have. A lot of these could be avoided both up and down but some others had to be crossed with lots of patience and tiring kicking.</span></span></div>
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Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12863110414396580101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24745042.post-26364935690132984372013-09-01T17:25:00.000+01:002013-09-13T11:03:08.219+01:00The Glen Etive Hills and Glencoe: Beinn Fhionnlaidh (198) and Sgor na h-Ulaidh (149)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Team - with Paul P</span><br />
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The simple blue route just wasn't going to happen, but we managed the doggedly persistent red route!</div>
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After the initial shock that his chips and pint would take longer to come than expected, Paul agreed to follow me onward and so we took a deep breath and slogged back up Beinn Fhionnlaidh and then down to the lochans. The route up to Caorainn was fair enough and then the second attempt to get off this hill started. Initially all was good, although just like before we didn't have a clear line of sight for the route and so we remained quite nervous that our luck would run out again.</div>
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As I knew that the end of the ridge was rocky I took us off onto its southern flank down some extremely steep but acceptable grassy slopes. With the nearby river and its gully getting closer, these slopes were getting awfully restricted, and for a while it looked like we might be getting to another dead-end, but thankfully a tiny, slim, channel remained and we we able to push on through. </div>
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After all the effort we could finally exhale and begin chatting again! However, we had merely achieved access, and the effort for the second hill was just beginning. With this in mind we clambered up to the bealach between Meall a' Bhuiridh and Sgor na h-Ulaidh before we allowed ourselves some snacks!</div>
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Sgor na h-Ulaidh is an impressively steep hill, and a route has to be picked at between outcrops of rock with substantial drops off them! The advantage of this is that height is soon gained, but it was exhausting work after all we'd already done. Eventually a path emerged and the inclines lessened and there was no more up to do! Reaching the summit meant that suddenly views down into Glencoe appeared and they were an incredible reward!</div>
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We had only reached the summit at 5pm and we knew it was going to be a long slog out. With that in mind I texted home to give them warning of a late finish, and after a brief rest we re-traced our steps (carefully!) down to the bealach. </div>
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Probably the quickest way back would have been to climb again to the lochans and then rejoin the path down Beinn Fhionnlaidh, but we had had enough of climbing and we set off west down the glen instead. This was initially a fine route over rough grass, and so we happily ignored a forest track appearing over the river on the northern bank, but this was to be a mistake, as the route on skirted the south side of forestry plantations, and this was to be gruelling walking traversing a slope for a good hour on rough grass mounds and with significant and unexpected incline. </div>
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Eventually the forest finished and we got down to flat ground, but the track on the map which had been our target took a little while to emerge, and so we weren't even saved then. Once it did make an appearance we could finally grit our teeth and try for a decent end-of-day pace. In fading light, we practically hugged the car when we made it there.</div>
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Looking back, I would certainly link these hills again, but the best route would seem to be using the Lochain Caorainn ridge for the journey there and back, something much more palatable without the effort and time lost to the ill-advised jaunt down Beinn Fhionnlaidh's eastern ridge.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Byn skoolard - unknown - 937m</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 25px;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc6600; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: normal;">Statistics:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20px;">Duration - 13:45 - 18:00</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20px;">Total ascent - 968m</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20px;">Weather - blasts of wind at the start but they soon died off as did the spatters of rain we'd felt. the rest was still breezy but ok, with the cloud lifting on our descent.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">This was a good decision! The walk starts off nicely on a private road going from the car park at Elleric to the hamlet of Glenure. Once past these buildings though, and once over the pleasant little bridge, there is a subtle cairn on rocks to the right, which signals that, most definitely, that the only way is directly up! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">From this first field there is very little relief, just a couple of flat notches on the way up a steep and direct ascent. For a while paths appear, but they're easy to lose amongst the grass and rocks and as long as you carry on going up you can't really go wrong. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Toward the very top this hill is quite craggy and bouldery, but bizarrely this made the hiking quicker as we could easily stride over the gaps. Soon we were at the cairn, happy to have claimed a hill in this week of weather woes, and so not too sad to be in the cloud without a view to speak of. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">This was from the next day's hike; Beinn Sgulaird from the east:</span></div>
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