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Is An Stuc a difficult scramble?

Is An Stuc a difficult scramble?


Postby Coop » Tue Aug 02, 2016 8:03 pm

Firstly. Hi to all and thanks to everyone on WH for all the tips, reports and invaluable routes and experiences.
Only completed 21 munros so far and the other day I was going to carry on from Ben Lawers to an stuc but the weather told me otherwise. Instead I went from Ben Lawers down and round and then up meall corranaich.
Anyway I'd read a few reports saying an stuc was a difficult steep scramble.
The only other scramble I've done is Stuc a Chroin.
Is it much more difficult than this.
I plan going up the east side completing the other three on Ben Lawers in the next couple of weeks.
Thanks again to all.
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Re: Is An Stuc a difficult scramble?

Postby jmarkb » Tue Aug 02, 2016 8:29 pm

I would say it's no more difficult than Stuc a'Chroin, but there are multiple options for both routes, so it's not easy to compare directly. In ascent, the easiest line on An Stuc takes a rising leftward traverse path into a shallow gully - this is easy to follow in good visibility. There are a couple of hand-on moves to exit the gully then just steep grass to the top. This line is not very obvious in descent - you need to start out heading well right of the direct line to the col. More direct lines are possible, but a bit harder, and you can bypass everything by (in ascent) heading off well right from the col to join the NW ridge.
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Re: Is An Stuc a difficult scramble?

Postby Coop » Tue Aug 02, 2016 9:22 pm

Cheers for this my friend.
I will bear it in mind
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Re: Is An Stuc a difficult scramble?

Postby ndz8577 » Sat May 27, 2017 3:55 pm

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