I'm planning a
Lochaber Traverse, but at a fairly leisurely pace to allow for, variously, wandering off to explore interesting looking bits, leisurely meals, and really savoring the rain and midges.
We'd be coming up on the morning train out of Glasgow. Vague plan at the moment would be to get off at Corrour and spend that day working towards a wild camp at the lochan at Choire Rath, just north of Stob Ban. We'd come past the bothy, so that's an option if the weather's foul. That'd put us pretty much where we want to be nice and early the next day. So we could have a lie in.
Next day we'd pick up the above linked route at Stob Choire Claurigh and follow it to the bealach between the Aonach ridge and the CMD and camp there. Again, perfect position for the next day.
That next day would be up onto the CMD, onto the Ben and into Fort Bill.
Any comments on this are welcome, but I'm particularly interested in suitability of those camping spots - they look fine, but if you happen to know they're covered with razor-sharp stones, or an even better spot just next door, that'd be useful info.
Another concern might be doing some of the ascents / descents with full camping loads. I think though that we'll have eaten a lot of the weight by the toughest parts, we'll have plenty of time for rests and will not be rushing, and apart from once we're on the CMD we should be able to rely on finding water.
Any thoughts? This would be later this month, by the way.
