Beinn Each & Stuc a' Chroin
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 5:16 pm
Weather forecast for today was looking good however a look out the door at 5.15am cast a doubt as it was hammering down, but I desided to go along with MWIS report and set off towards A84 and the recognised parking place in layby at NN583137 (Ardchullarie More) and once booted and suited headed off up the track past the shed, across thre ford (NN585138) and up into the woods.
A selection of scenic shots............ Followed by shot of Beinn Each summit MWIS had pretty much tagged the weather...in the main SE summits were clear and would occasionally cloud over, then clear and so on.....From the summit of Beinn Each I basically followed the old rusting fence post line down into Bealach nan Cabar and Bealach Glas and as I closed in on Stuc a' Chroin there were two or three of the again predicted snow flurries. I dropped back off the summit in more or less same general direction until again down into Bealach Glas, where I desided I would drop off to the west and picked up the forestry track at NN593169 and a more level footed desent to the car......well actually it was a more level footed assent back to the direction sign for Beinn Each before starting the desent.....there were more fords along this track then Arnold Clark has in his showrooms....maybe a slight exageration....but there was a lot.
As I started to assend up the track I started to feel a slight twinge from my calf muscle.....which I had somehow managed to pull on my last venture via Ben Vane, and thought the order for the day was either push on via regular stretching stops to see if it holds out or call it a day and head back home, whilst I'm not overly competative....I don't like being beaten so the latter wasn't really on...at least not at this point. Whilst I was on one of my many stretching stops I was joined on the track By Allister3, his son Steven and trusty companion Jet and we walked for a bit together (or rather in Steven's slipstream) before I suggested they crack on as I didn't want to hold them up.....Good to meet you guys. As we exited the woods onto the forestry track I came upon the following sign which made me chuckle. It was then through the gate and continued on track through ford at NN590150 to the sign directing the hill route to Beinn Each At around the 550m (NN597150) I could hear the bellowing of what I presumed to be a Stag and in the distance caught sight of something on top of a cragg in the distance, so with maximum zoom I homed in, but still couldn't quite make it out A selection of scenic shots............ Followed by shot of Beinn Each summit MWIS had pretty much tagged the weather...in the main SE summits were clear and would occasionally cloud over, then clear and so on.....From the summit of Beinn Each I basically followed the old rusting fence post line down into Bealach nan Cabar and Bealach Glas and as I closed in on Stuc a' Chroin there were two or three of the again predicted snow flurries. I dropped back off the summit in more or less same general direction until again down into Bealach Glas, where I desided I would drop off to the west and picked up the forestry track at NN593169 and a more level footed desent to the car......well actually it was a more level footed assent back to the direction sign for Beinn Each before starting the desent.....there were more fords along this track then Arnold Clark has in his showrooms....maybe a slight exageration....but there was a lot.