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Finished a weekend of night shifts on Mon morning, but with my disrupted sleep pattern, didn't manage to set off to Torridon until Tues lunchtime. I decided to go west based on weather forecasts, and friends being on holiday in Laide that I'd maybe get a chance to see later in the week. I got lucky with good weather on Beinn Damh itself, though cloud around some surrounding hills limited the views a bit.
Anyway, I parked at the Torridon Inn car park and just followed the WH instructions for the out-and-back route, this hill perfect for a 3pm walk start as it meant I was easily back at the car in daylight and able to go and pitch up at the Torridon campsite whilst I could still see what I was doing.
- Pleasant walk from the Torridon Inn towards the hill
- Heading up the hill it was a nice view back down on to Torridon village and Liathach
- Reached the col and got views from the other side down on to Loch Damh and beyond (also good views over the Applecross peninsula)
- Turned left along the ridge, the path curves up to the right side of the Toll Ban corrie
- Continuing onwards and upwards towards the summit
- Summit cairn reached, here looking over to Loch Coire an Ruadh Stac, nestled between Maol Chean Dearg and An Rhuadh Stac in the Coulin forest
- The munros in the area were coming and going from cloud, but Beinn Alligin had its tops clear of it just now
- An eagle casually soared over me as I headed down, though by the time I got my camera out, it was little more than a dark blob in the sky
- Took a small detour to refill a water bottle from the Allt Coire Roill, by which time Beinn Damh had its summit in the cloud
