by p.duff » Wed Jul 13, 2011 5:01 pm
Date walked: 09/07/2011
Time taken: 8 hours
Distance: 22 km
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I thought it worth noting that I climbed An Socach from Glen Strathfarrar to the east of the mountain and this proved a quick way up - 3 hours 40 mintues to the top. The way that most of the books favour is from the west and is said to take over 4 hours. The start is from the small power station at the end of the paved road (over the 2 Loch Monar dams) towards the head of Glen Strathfarrar. Just follow the track but don't take the left turn for An Riabhachan. The track turns into a stalker's path and at one stage does not look like it is heading for the watershed directly below An Riabhachan but it soon turns in the desired direction. Once you begin to approach the watershed the track disappears but, once beyond the watershed, just cross to the lower and very gentle lower slopes of An Riabhachan. Apart from one or two peat hags and a few burns the walking is easy and just maintain your height at around 500 metres. It takes about one hour from the watershed to reach the entrance to the corrie below the bealach between An Sochac and An Riabhachan. There is an easy and very obvious grassy ascent to the bealach where you join the path between these two mountains.
