Walking with Ben Starav and his neighbours in Glen Etive

[rockhopper]

thank`s i appreciate that,think i will go up and camp wed night for an early start,supposed to be rain wed,dry thurs and fri

steven - had a look - there's water from the streams at either end but other than that I think there may have been some at the foot of the drop between Stob Coir an Albannaich and Meall Tarsuinn - don't really remember seeing any other water I'm afraid unless you drop down from some of the ridges

A great place hit the ton, well done that man I compleated on Starav so it is a special place for me- the photo with the steep drop to the left was corniced when I was there 2nd Jan,looked bad enough then
Cheers

cheers soulminer - actually got to 97 on these 5, the 100 came the following day on Stob na Broige; I just took rather a long time writing them all up due to work pressures (need to learn to type faster)

[monty]

I remember filling my water bottles on the way round when i done the 5. I filled them on the slopes up Stob Coir an Albannaich. There are a few high level small burns on the approach slope.

Monty's report - There does not appear to be any path going up the opposite hillside heading in the direction of Stob Coir an Albannaich so its just a matter of heading North West for 130m up the steep slope to the ridgeline of Sron Nan Cabar. Once there its easy enough to pick a semi circular route around the coire and onto the summit. You don't want to go too deep into the coire because it is an undulating boggy area. I stop here and fill my other now empty bottle with fresh running water from under the ice on one of the burns.

[rockhopper]

I remember filling my water bottles on the way round when i done the 5. I filled them on the slopes up Stob Coir an Albannaich. There are a few high level small burns on the approach slope.

Monty's report - There does not appear to be any path going up the opposite hillside heading in the direction of Stob Coir an Albannaich so its just a matter of heading North West for 130m up the steep slope to the ridgeline of Sron Nan Cabar. Once there its easy enough to pick a semi circular route around the coire and onto the summit. You don't want to go too deep into the coire because it is an undulating boggy area. I stop here and fill my other now empty bottle with fresh running water from under the ice on one of the burns.

thanks monty - I could only remember the boggy bits from my route but may be more running water further over

[steven671]

thank`s for taking the time check your pic`s,appreciated.steven/jet

thank`s i appreciate that,think i will go up and camp wed night for an early start,supposed to be rain wed,dry thurs and fri

steven - had a look - there's water from the streams at either end but other than that I think there may have been some at the foot of the drop between Stob Coir an Albannaich and Meall Tarsuinn - don't really remember seeing any other water I'm afraid unless you drop down from some of the ridges

A great place hit the ton, well done that man I compleated on Starav so it is a special place for me- the photo with the steep drop to the left was corniced when I was there 2nd Jan,looked bad enough then
Cheers

cheers soulminer - actually got to 97 on these 5, the 100 came the following day on Stob na Broige; I just took rather a long time writing them all up due to work pressures (need to learn to type faster)

[steven671]

thank` for that bit of water info Monty,appreciated.steven/jet

I remember filling my water bottles on the way round when i done the 5. I filled them on the slopes up Stob Coir an Albannaich. There are a few high level small burns on the approach slope.

Monty's report - There does not appear to be any path going up the opposite hillside heading in the direction of Stob Coir an Albannaich so its just a matter of heading North West for 130m up the steep slope to the ridgeline of Sron Nan Cabar. Once there its easy enough to pick a semi circular route around the coire and onto the summit. You don't want to go too deep into the coire because it is an undulating boggy area. I stop here and fill my other now empty bottle with fresh running water from under the ice on one of the burns.

[Bod]

Inspirational stuff!!!

[rockhopper]

Inspirational stuff!!!

cheers Bod - took me a fair length of time and found it hard going at times but ranks among my favourites so far and Glen Etive is such a great area

[skuk007]

Great report and some stunning views you had there. Can't think of a better way to spend the daylight hours.

[rockhopper]

cheers skuk - certainly a long day but great fun

[Johnny Corbett]

Enjoyable read and some lovely pictures, you got a good day for this round. I'm still unsure how i'll tackle this lot but the more reports you read on taking on the 5 in 1 day the more appealing it becomes

[rockhopper]

Enjoyable read and some lovely pictures, you got a good day for this round. I'm still unsure how i'll tackle this lot but the more reports you read on taking on the 5 in 1 day the more appealing it becomes

cheers Johnny I initially looked at splitting them but I think WH has Ben Starav + GBM at 16km / 1,400m and it seemed to make sense to add BnA on as well - this takes you nearer the 20km / 2,000m mark which made it seem all the more justifiable to add on the other two. It's a long initial climb and a long walkout but well worth it in the end - hope you get good weather for it.