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Name that Corrie!

Re: Name that Corrie!

Postby kaye.cantlay » Sun Jul 05, 2020 6:10 pm

Mam Coire Easain?
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Re: Name that Corrie!

Postby vuirich » Sun Jul 05, 2020 7:32 pm

kaye.cantlay wrote:Mam Coire Easain?

Not that one. Further NW.
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Re: Name that Corrie!

Postby vuirich » Tue Jul 07, 2020 9:43 am

It's offshore.
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Re: Name that Corrie!

Postby vuirich » Thu Jul 09, 2020 3:24 pm

Another view of the corrie. It is the below the summit on the right.

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Re: Name that Corrie!

Postby HalfManHalfTitanium » Thu Jul 09, 2020 5:32 pm

Coire na Laogh on Marsco?

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Re: Name that Corrie!

Postby vuirich » Thu Jul 09, 2020 6:59 pm

HalfManHalfTitanium wrote:Coire na Laogh on Marsco?


That's right. The photos were taken from a circuit of Belig and Garbh-bheinn. Your go.
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Re: Name that Corrie!

Postby HalfManHalfTitanium » Fri Jul 10, 2020 8:52 pm

vuirich wrote:
HalfManHalfTitanium wrote:Coire na Laogh on Marsco?


That's right. The photos were taken from a circuit of Belig and Garbh-bheinn. Your go.


Thanks!

What is this corrie?
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Re: Name that Corrie!

Postby HalfManHalfTitanium » Sat Jul 11, 2020 7:50 pm

No guesses so here is a clue. A wider view would reveal four ridges, well-known for their scrambling routes.

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Re: Name that Corrie!

Postby HalfManHalfTitanium » Fri Jul 17, 2020 5:18 pm

HalfManHalfTitanium wrote:No guesses so here is a clue. A wider view would reveal four ridges, well-known for their scrambling routes.

Tim


No guess yet, so here is the wider view with the four scrambling ridges visible
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Re: Name that Corrie!

Postby mamoset » Fri Jul 17, 2020 9:43 pm

Coire na Lethchois
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Re: Name that Corrie!

Postby HalfManHalfTitanium » Sun Jul 19, 2020 11:50 am

mamoset wrote:Coire na Lethchois


Spot on - over to you!

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Re: Name that Corrie!

Postby mamoset » Mon Jul 20, 2020 8:32 pm

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Cheers Tim. Where's this one, or two
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Re: Name that Corrie!

Postby HalfManHalfTitanium » Mon Jul 20, 2020 8:51 pm

mamoset wrote:
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Cheers Tim. Where's this one, or two


Coire na Cnamh and Coire Sgorach on Sgurr a’Mhaim?

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Re: Name that Corrie!

Postby mamoset » Mon Jul 20, 2020 8:55 pm

That easy was it. I'm not playin no more, i'm taking me ball home :clap:
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Re: Name that Corrie!

Postby HalfManHalfTitanium » Tue Jul 21, 2020 11:34 am

mamoset wrote:That easy was it. I'm not playin no more, i'm taking me ball home :clap:


Thanks! I did get rather lucky there - I have always been interested in doing the Ring of Steall but avoiding the massive descent at the end. So I’ve looked into doing it anti-clockwise, crossing above the waterfall then ascending via these ridges and corries - an interesting looking scramble. I’ve studied the few photos of this side of S a’M carefully!

What corrie contains this nice round Lochan?
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