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Day 2 in Torridon, perfect weather again after Beinn Damh yesterday afternoon. Had the night at Torridon campsite so was handily placed for a relatively early start. Considering I'd never been able to see a good way up from the road when passing, the ascent was fine, as was the traverse. Opted for the pinnacles rather than the bypass path, though in such good conditions (dry, sunny, very slight breeze but nothing affecting walking) either route would have been fine. There were a couple of bits where I went along the top route, then couldn't see a safe route down a steep downclimb, so backtracked a few meters to drop down to small bypass paths, but these were so well worn that it seems a lot of people do that. A handful of other people doing Liathach today too, we all seemed to meet up at the second summit as everyone was reluctant to go down, the views and conditions were so great. The steep descent was the worst part for me, a knee jarring penance for the rest of the walk being near perfect.
- Parked in the small, rough parking area where I'd be coming down off the hill (just because I came to it first and there was space! Didn't want to continue on to the start point car parking layby and find there was no room). No morning cloud, Liathach was looking great.
- Didn't find the ascent too bad, and it was lovely reaching the ridge and immediately getting the view to the Flowerfield corbetts
- I left my bag at the small cairn and took the relatively quick detour to the right, to get the views of Beinn Eighe from Stuc a Choire Dhubh Bhig
- Heading back down to my bag and start the ridge walk proper, I got the view of what lay ahead
- It was a straightforward walk to the first munro summit, Spidean a Choire Leith, which also has great views to Beinn Eighe
- ...and NNW to Baosbheinn and Beinn an Eoin lying either side of Loch na h-Oidhche
- Now I just had to negotiate this section to get to the next munro!
- Fortunately, dry, clear conditions with no strong winds meant good conditions for taking the pinnacle route (though also good conditions for the bypass path)
- Still enjoying my route choice :)
- Looking down onto Torridon village and Beinn Damh, the hill I did yesterday
- Beinn Alligin and the not-quite-munro height corbett of Beinn Dearg from Mullach an Rathain summit
- Beinn Eighe and Spidean a'Choire Leith
- Clear enough to see over to Skye
A great walk in perfect conditions, and the enjoyable day continued by having a last minute change of plans to stay on in the area, so visited a friend in Gairloch (house envy for the views she's got) before an overnight lochside camp on the way to Poolewe.
