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Great day in proper winter conditions. Steep climb up to the moor below Ben Glas - managed to ascend the "wrong" side of the Ben Glas Burn which meant hurdling a barb wire fence. Then several km over wonderfully frozen ground - this would be a real bog normally. From Lochan Beinn Chabhair I headed up frozen grass and heather for about 100m before donning crampons. The final push was up a steep snowy chute with ice-axe needed to aid footing, which brought me just NW of summit. Glorious views, particularly N to the Ben Lui and Beinn Dorain groups. On the return the ground had thawed slightly in just a couple of hours but not bad at all. However the final descent past Ben Glas waterfalls was very steep and still icy hidden from the sun.
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- en route to walk, had to stop for a quick photo
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- It's steeper than it looks
