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I wouldn't normally make public a report unless it would be of use to fellow walkers, one thing that is fairly obvious is that there are no recent reports for tackling Seana Bhraigh from the north (Oykel Bridge).
We have waited all winter to tackle Seana Bhraigh, with George unavailable due to a broken bone in his foot - I suggested to Parminder we head up to the far north west.
This would be my second time tackling SB, last time I walked in from Inverlael and although I thoroughly enjoyed it, this time we opted to approach from the north.
We both did plenty of research and a couple of reports made me question whether this was a good idea, as those walkers ascended via the pointy craggy NE ridge. It certainly does look very impressive from a distance and even close up, but being wimps we opted to utilise the ATV that would take us to the shoulder and then approach via the northern ridge.
Our plan was to leave Fife at 4am which with hindsight was a bit of overkill, but it did mean we had a great drive up the A9 to Inverness with literally no vehicle in our way.
Large car park next to the Schoolhouse Bothy
Bothy in the background along with a bit of low level cloud
Track is pretty god right through to the buildings at Corriemulzie Estate buildings
Track is a bit undulating, far better on the return cycle
Seana Bhraigh making an early appearance
Nice to see some old fashioned trees
Approaching Corriemulzie and the gate you have to go through
The way ahead, plenty of puddles as the track is not used as much. The very pointy hill is the NE ridge approach - it does look very impressive
Corriemulzie buildings
The track follows the river
The hills are getting nearer
Slight incline - means dismounting
Plenty of little streams to cross
A cairn to assist you at a junction
Proper cyclists will just ride across the water, there are boulders and other rocks lingering to try and catch you out
Looking back, the estate buildings are the other side of the trees in the distance. The ATV track is a bit of a short cut, we opted to stay on the main track
Not too long before we abandon our bikes, hills not that far away now
This was made us park our bikes, just to the right the burn narrows and crossing is very easy, we cycled for 8.5km
Track was very flat after the burn but our decision had been made
This is where the main track turns left, we headed right up the ATV track
Good underfoot to start, but it is going to get mushy
Looking impressive?
Rocky track now grass
Looking back after gaining a bit of height
A nice lochan to the east of the NE ridge
Seana Bhraigh summit area
Looking back down the grassy ATV track
We are now about 600m on a flatish stony plateau
Parminder concentrating, he left his poles in his car and was having 'pole withdrawal symptoms'
Not far now
Looking across to the NE ridge approach
Looking back down
Looking across the corrie, Loch Luchd Choire
The final push up to the summit
Arty shot across the corrie
NE ridge or if you want it's correct name Creag An Duine or An Sgurr
Parminder about to get his camera out, cloud about to join us
Looking NE from the summit
A bit of snow lingering
We spotted 3 bikes, a bit more up market than ours, we never saw anyone
A few photo's from inside the bothy, looks pretty fancy
This was terrific day, weather wise it was superb, especially as we had drizzle for most of the way north. This turned out to be our first Munro for 6 months and we both now have 9 left Parminder on his first round & me on my second. Having said that the chances of me compleating again are very remote - the 6 left on Skye would mean overnight stays and that is out of the question.
