Along on the trip were Sooz and our 3 children A L and J and Ailsa the dog
- getting ready
- on the way
We arrived at the Cluanie inn and set off at 8.40 it was already hot. We headed along the old road to Tomdoun until the good stalkers path appeared leading up Creag a Mhain the walk in to this point took approx 1hr 15 mins and the views even at this point were stunning
- looking down loch cluanie
- nearing the turn up the stalkers path
- creag a mhaim munro 1 11.25
- sgurr nan conbhairean
We set off along the ridge and the next summit Druim Shionnach
- druim shionnach munro 2 11.56
- looking back along the ridge from druim shionnach
- top aonach air chrith munro 3 with gleouraich and spidean mailach behind at 13 00
- ailsa having a splash
- almost the top of maol chinn-dreag munro 4 13.42
At this point the views to Loch Quoich and over to Gulvain, Sgurr Mor and Sgurr na Ciche were great.
- across loch quoich
We continued along the ridge with now the children motoring on ahead on the very clear path and waiting at the summit with mum close behind and dad trailing further back we left the ridge to the peak of Sgurr an Doire Leathain and the next summit, Sgurr na Lochain from here looked very impressive and we were there in in 40 mins or so at this point L and J ( the youngest at 8 ) were almost racing up.... i wasn't.
- top of sgurr an doire leathain munro 5 14.30
- top sgurr an lochain munro 6 15.10
- looking on to creag nan damh from sgurr an lochain
- and back to sgurr an doire leathain
The final summit of the day Creag nan Damh seemed a long way off, but the bypass path was used to avoid the small top prior to the final munro and after a bit of effort we were all there.
- top or creag nan damh munro 7 16.10
- looking the the 5 sisters on way down
After a bit of a rest we set off continuing along the ridge for approx 1 km to reach the path down marked by a cairn.
this path crosses a stream were we could all take on some much needed water. We following the path to the road where I was to call my dad who was staying in the Cluanie Inn with us for the weekend to pick us up however there was no signal on Vodafone at this point, however a couple we met on the ridge squeezed me into there packed car and dropped me off at the Cluanie Inn (thanks again Andy) where I was tempted to go straight to the bar but thought I had better retrieve everyone else.
This is a great walk one my kids easily coped with but the heat I found was the biggest challenge.
