Corrour - Fort William via Grey Corries or Mamores?

[neil_johns]

Hello,

I am planning on arriving at Corrour Station at 0830 and walking back to FW with one night camping en route.

I really want to try and do lots of Munros in this time.

What way is best, going north of Glen Nevis and tackling the Grey Corries or staying South and going via the Mamore Ridge?

Any help would be appreciated! Cheers!

[jmarkb]

Both routes are top quality ridge walking, with some steep ground and easy (Grade 1) scrambling. Perhaps surprisingly, the Mamores route is a bit longer (an extra 10km and 500m of ascent, roughly), but that is partly because it involves some backtracking to include all the Munros. If the rivers are in spate, there is a potentially difficult crossing at Luibeilt on the Mamores route (though it would be possible to divert onto the Grey Corries from there).

[WalkWithWallace]

We got the train to Corrour, done Stob Ban and then stayed at Meanach Bothy for the night. Instead you could camp below Stob Ban at the small lochan at NN 264 729 then push on and do the Grey Corries or if you're feeling fit and have time to push on, then the Munro top, Sgurr Choinnich Beag is nice and grassy for a summit camp, then drop into Glen Nevis in the morning and back out to Fort William.

[al78]

We got the train to Corrour, done Stob Ban and then stayed at Meanach Bothy for the night. Instead you could camp below Stob Ban at the small lochan at NN 264 729 then push on and do the Grey Corries or if you're feeling fit and have time to push on, then the Munro top, Sgurr Choinnich Beag is nice and grassy for a summit camp, then drop into Glen Nevis in the morning and back out to Fort William.

Is it possible to carry on along the ridge to the Aonachs, Carn Mor Dearg and Ben Nevis without hitting anything technical scrambling-wise?

[Sunset tripper]

A dodgy bit getting on to Aonach Beag which would require good route finding as well.

[jmarkb]

Is it possible to carry on along the ridge to the Aonachs, Carn Mor Dearg and Ben Nevis without hitting anything technical scrambling-wise?

There is some steep ground (with some easy scrambling, and possible route finding problems in poor vis) to get onto Aonach Beag, a steep and awkward descent off Aonach Mor, and then of course the CMD arete. There is a useful description here: https://stevenfallon.co.uk/nevisroute.html

[al78]

Is it possible to carry on along the ridge to the Aonachs, Carn Mor Dearg and Ben Nevis without hitting anything technical scrambling-wise?

There is some steep ground (with some easy scrambling, and possible route finding problems in poor vis) to get onto Aonach Beag, a steep and awkward descent off Aonach Mor, and then of course the CMD arete. There is a useful description here: https://stevenfallon.co.uk/nevisroute.html

Thanks. If I had much better hill fitness, I would like to go to Fort William, do the Mamores traverse over a couple of days, camp somewhere in upper glen Nevis, then do the Lochaber traverse over a couple of days finishing on Ben Nevis. That would be a lot of Munros bagged in a little under a week.

[Sunset tripper]

Thanks. If I had much better hill fitness, I would like to go to Fort William, do the Mamores traverse over a couple of days, camp somewhere in upper glen Nevis, then do the Lochaber traverse over a couple of days finishing on Ben Nevis. That would be a lot of Munros bagged in a little under a week.

Al, you have so many options in that area you can adapt it to suit yourself. You could leave out some of the Mamores or the Grey Corries and the Aonachs. I would recommend not missing out the walk in through the Nevis Gorge or the CMD arete though. Join up some of the WH routes or make up your own. This is a fine route (roughly drawn) which could be easily shortened or extended. Still very tough going though.
All the best.

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[WalkWithWallace]

Is it possible to carry on along the ridge to the Aonachs, Carn Mor Dearg and Ben Nevis without hitting anything technical scrambling-wise?

It is yes, there's a steep but mostly grassy ramp just north of the Munro top, Sgurr 'a Bhuic. Extract from my blog:

The route up Aonach Beag isn’t obvious, Stephen had his eye on a gully with an overhanging rock, but I knew that wasn’t a good idea. I remembered the descent route from a previous wild camp on Aonach Mor and opted for a steep but mostly grassy ascent avoiding any difficulties, we topped out between Sgurr a-Bhuic and Stob Coire Bhealaich.