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This has been my favourite munro to date. Loved the walk up through the gorge, despite almost losing ruby over the edge of a 50ft drop!! followed by the short trek across open ground near Meall an Daimh before the steep climb up the gully to the summit ridge - absolutely magic!!
Started from the car park near the Brewery at 1130 with Ruby as usual. Decided to take my bike based on the other reports - best decision of the day as can't imagine how depressing the 5mile trek back would be. The bonus apart from having the bike was (a) it was downhill all the way (b) I managed to get a ahead of Ruby for once - see pic below!!
Didn't really get the feeling of isolation described in some of the other walk reports despite not seeing a soul for about 2 hours (lots of cars suggested some encounters would follow at some point), however I can imagine in snow or wet/windy weather I may have felt differently.
- here we go!
- Looking up the glen - Beinn Bhuidhe is off to the left somewhere
Meall Beag looking very impressive on the cycle out
- Meall Beag
Reached the "bike park" after about 40 minutes
Got a first look at the eerie cottage about 10 minutes later -woooooooo!!!!
- The ruined cottage - mid foreground
If anyone lost keys on this walk - sitting on top of the fence post at the start of the gorge climb
- lost keys???
The climb up following the stream/gorge all the way. Really enjoyed this part except the bit where Ruby almost plunged down into the riverbed below. A very scary moment!
- On the way back Ruby had a look at her nemisis!!!
After about 90 minutes we got our first good look at the hill. Very impressive.
We headed across a relatively flat area and on to tackle the last steep climb before reaching the summit ridge walk. The path was badly eroded but nothing too technical to deal with.
Once at the top of this climb it was easy going all the way to the summit... and the views were simply breathtaking.
made it after about 2hrs 50mins
The next 6 pics are a 360 panorama form the summit. Shame about the haze
We met this guy on the last climb section. He took the summit picture for Ruby and me. Was on his first wildcamp. A great day for it
We didnt hang about at the top for long as the wind was up but we did stop for a bite to eat and some time to enjoy the majestic Scottish scenery on the way back down.
And then finally we made it back to the bike for the very easy ride home...