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After last weeks epic in the Nevis range we opted to head to the 'wild' west. Our plan was initially to tackle Sgurr Mor Sgurr an Fhuarain but on studying the GPS system I suggested to George & Parminder we may as well add on another Corbett Sgurr Cos na Breachd-laoidh and that was the plan sorted. We left Fife at 6am which as it turned out wasn't early enough as I didn't get home until 11.30pm, which meant Parminder wouldn't get home until after midnight!

This was taken on my last visit in 2016

Same waterfall just before you reach Loch Arkaig

River Dessary in 2016

View from the parking area, western end of Loch Arkaig

Looking back to the parking area, quite a few vehicles

Stunning area, looking west along the River Dessary

Looking back after a bit of height has been gained

Our first target on the left, we would attack it from the right - just to be different

Not Sgurr na Ciche as some folk think, similar profile but a wee bit smaller

Spot the water

Glen Dessary Lodge, looked very empty, no vehicles or sign of life

Looking back to the good track that starts off the walk

If you are doing Sgurr Mor & Sgurr an Fhuarain, you head up there and down the other side

Interesting

Could be used as an emergency shelter

Looking back down, Parminder loving the tough terrain

Looking back from higher up

And again from slightly higher, good excuse to stop

We are now on the ridge of Druim a'Chuirn and going to head along to our first summit

Parminder is happy now, he loves fence posts

Our next targets are now in view, Sgurr Mor and on the right Sgùrr an Fhuarain

Parminder with a tiny rock to add to the cairn

Admiring his handy work

Looking W, superb views

The descent down to the bealach

Interesting construction, dam or a bridge or neither

Looking back uphill to what we had just come down

Looking down the glen opposite Glen Kingie

My colleagues posing, not sure what is wrong with Parminder

A very dry Glen Kingie

Rather than climb up and over An Eag, we opted to traverse along the southern slopes

This is proper social distancing, looking back whilst traversing

Looking back to our first hill Sgùrr Cos na Breachd-laoidh

The way ahead, the first lump is Sgurr Beag which is a tough up and down the other side before the ascent of Sgurr Mor

Our first view of one of my favourite loch's, Loch Quoich

Here we go, the ascent of Sgurr Beag & it's zig zag path

Looking back at what we traversed & our first hill again

A feast for the mountain lovers, the pointy one is the obvious one

Looking SE across Glen Kingie

Arty shot of Sgurr na Ciche

Western end of Loch Quoich

Parminder in concentration mode

How many summits can you count? Awesome

A few showers in the distance - NW

George trying to smile

Cairn on Sgurr Mor

Looking west from the summit

The gorgeous Loch Quoich

Looking east to our final summit with Gairich behind

Video looking north along Loch Quoich

Video looking south along Glen Kingie and beyond

The broad grassy ridge that will take us to Sgùrr an Fhuarain

The path to Sgùrr an Fhuarain

Looking back up to Sgurr Mor

George getting his camera ready for Parminder's arrival

Parminder getting excited - he hasn't seen a real trig for months

Parminder zooming in on the trig number

George's photo

Casual pose or hide & seek

Video taken on the summit of Sgùrr an Fhuarain

Descending down the grassy slope off the bealach between the 2 hills towards the River Kingie

Looking back up, we have been up & down much steeper stuff

The River Kingie probably like you have never seen it

George hopping across

Now on the other foot

Parminder wanting to make a splash to try out his new boots

This is how you do it

Even got time to smile
The River doesn't have much water in it but we still had to find a suitable crossing point, the problem was most of the stones or rock were covered in green slimy stuff. I would imagine once the river fills up the slimy stuff will be washed away.

Looking back at what we descended whilst climbing up through the mush into Glen Dessary

Had to take a photo of this again, got a few more holes since my last visit 5 years ago

Plenty of herds of deer in this area

Camera shot of Dessary Lodge

Camera shot of a herd in Glen Kingie

Bonus photo taken by George of the western end of Loch Quoich and a small feeder lochan slightly higher

Another excellent zoomed shot by George
Another fantastic day in another stunning area of Scotland, for anyone who has yet to visit the Loch Arkaig area be sure you are ready and prepared. The drive from the Commando Memorial takes almost an hour and you are rarely above 30mph. We will be returning soon with Parminder at the wheel, we may even take bikes when we tackle the other 3 monsters. Bring it on.