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Bla Bheinn via south top

Bla Bheinn via south top


Postby chazzyboy19 » Wed May 18, 2022 5:44 pm

Munros included on this walk: Blà Bheinn

Date walked: 15/05/2022

Time taken: 6.15 hours

Distance: 15.5 km

Ascent: 1271m

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Parked at the car park just beyond Kirkibost and took the track over to Camasunary, this was quite rough but allowed decent progress. the SW ridge appeared at the same time as great views across to the Black Cuillin and Rum and Eigg. kept to the upper track when the road turned left to Camasunory, which passed an attractive waterfall, and left this at a small cairn and followed a track heading steeply up Bla Bheinn. Initially up steep grassy slopes soon encountered a rock band and the pathe followed round east before heading up a graay ramp to come onto the ridge agin above the rocks. From there the path was vaguely cairned but routefinding was not a major problem, there were a couple of rock bands requiring minimal scrambling but nothing serious, arrived steeply at the south top and enjoyed the views. Set out toward the main summit and missed the rake of the bad step and headed down a chossy gully which took me lower down to the gap, then a climb back up to the main summit. Returning the rake is obvious and was no problem to ascend in the dry. The descent was a killer on the knees and the re-ascent to the col to Kirkibost a pure bugger, but a grand day out.
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Main top from South top
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Black Cullin and Marsco
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Camasunory and Rum
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The SW ridge

0781 Bla Bheinn Via South top.GPX Open full screen  NB: Walkhighlands is not responsible for the accuracy of gpx files in users posts

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