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Going out climb in Glen Etive tomorrow..

Going out climb in Glen Etive tomorrow..


Postby SCOTRAIL DRIVER » Tue Oct 30, 2012 9:23 pm

HI
Want to go climbing in Glen Etive in the morning and want to climb 3 munros
Stob coir an Albannaich and Meall nan Eun, but also want to bag Beinn nan Aighenan.
Anyone got any ideas wot would be the best way round to get all three, i know i will also
have to climb Glas Bheinn Mhor to get between them all ..iam leaving glasgow in the morning
about 06:30.... :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:
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Re: Going out climb in Glen Etive tomorrow..

Postby gammy leg walker » Tue Oct 30, 2012 9:56 pm

SCOTRAIL DRIVER wrote:HI
Want to go climbing in Glen Etive in the morning and want to climb 3 munros
Stob coir an Albannaich and Meall nan Eun, but also want to bag Beinn nan Aighenan.
Anyone got any ideas wot would be the best way round to get all three, i know i will also
have to climb Glas Bheinn Mhor to get between them all ..iam leaving glasgow in the morning
about 06:30.... :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:


Looking at a 10hr day for this lot,bit too long with daylight fading fast around 4-4.30pm.
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Re: Going out climb in Glen Etive tomorrow..

Postby SCOTRAIL DRIVER » Tue Oct 30, 2012 10:07 pm

Was thinking that m8 mybe just do the 2 ,
But if i could get the 3rd one in that gets me to my 100th munro :clap: :clap: :clap: .
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Re: Going out climb in Glen Etive tomorrow..

Postby SCOTRAIL DRIVER » Wed Oct 31, 2012 9:50 pm

Oh well back from Glen Etive was hoping to climb 3 munro 's today but
only got one Stob coir an Albannaich then the snow came...
So three more trips to Glen Etive next year is a must...
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Re: Going out climb in Glen Etive tomorrow..

Postby scoob999 » Thu Nov 01, 2012 12:21 am

do meall nan eun first, misses out the bog at the end..no a nice bog! quite easy to get the 3 :D
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Re: Going out climb in Glen Etive tomorrow..

Postby Fudgie » Thu Nov 01, 2012 10:44 am

scoob999 wrote:do meall nan eun first, misses out the bog at the end..no a nice bog! quite easy to get the 3 :D


I did Beinn nan Aighenan.along with Ben Starav and Glass Bheinn Mor and it was further away than it looked :lol:
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Re: Going out climb in Glen Etive tomorrow..

Postby Rudolph » Thu Nov 01, 2012 11:47 am

Fudgie wrote:I did Beinn nan Aighenan.along with Ben Starav and Glass Bheinn Mor and it was further away than it looked :lol:

Ditto. It's turned into our most 'hated' hill so far. The trek to and from the others seemed to go on far longer than we expected.
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Re: Going out climb in Glen Etive tomorrow..

Postby d6unx » Thu Nov 01, 2012 9:44 pm

What you mean next year stu?? . Gonna keep going out as much as we can all through winter (done safely).. You will bag your 100th soon bud...
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