Ben Vane
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 12:34 am
Started this trip with the intention of doing Ben Vane,Beinn Ime and Beinn Narnain and then camping out in Gleann Leacann Sheileach.Looked like a a reasonable plan until i got to the top of Ben Vane and had the view below:
With my relative inexperience and not great navigation skills yet (and the fact that as a spectacle wearer the wind driven rain and steaming up made me practically blind) i decided to descend Ben Vane the way i came up.Having experienced the slippery rock and a couple of unexpected scrambly bits i thought that the western slope would be a challenge too far.
So headed down and then walked up Gleann Leacann Sheileach until the ford at NN275083,got the tent pitched a bit earlier than planned and enjoyed the views (and wind and drizzle).The picture below is looking towards the lower
Easterly slopes of Ben Vane.
Late in the afternoon the air/sea rescue copter came right up the valley and headed into the cloud between Ben Vane and Beinn Ime and was in there for a while before heading out and back down the valley and round towards Loch Lomond.I had met a couple of guys heading up who i think were heading for Beinn Ime,hope they didn't get into any bother.
Anyway only other disturbance was the midnight stag roaring competition,not the best alarm call in the middle of nowhere.
Nice short walk out in the morning and another Munro done,Ime and Narnain will need to wait till next time.
If i am honest if it wasn't for the movies on my ipod this would have been one long night in a small tent.
With my relative inexperience and not great navigation skills yet (and the fact that as a spectacle wearer the wind driven rain and steaming up made me practically blind) i decided to descend Ben Vane the way i came up.Having experienced the slippery rock and a couple of unexpected scrambly bits i thought that the western slope would be a challenge too far.
So headed down and then walked up Gleann Leacann Sheileach until the ford at NN275083,got the tent pitched a bit earlier than planned and enjoyed the views (and wind and drizzle).The picture below is looking towards the lower
Easterly slopes of Ben Vane.
Late in the afternoon the air/sea rescue copter came right up the valley and headed into the cloud between Ben Vane and Beinn Ime and was in there for a while before heading out and back down the valley and round towards Loch Lomond.I had met a couple of guys heading up who i think were heading for Beinn Ime,hope they didn't get into any bother.
Anyway only other disturbance was the midnight stag roaring competition,not the best alarm call in the middle of nowhere.
Nice short walk out in the morning and another Munro done,Ime and Narnain will need to wait till next time.
If i am honest if it wasn't for the movies on my ipod this would have been one long night in a small tent.