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The forecast for this day in Kintail was white cloud and no rain so we took the chance to head up to do The Forcan Ridge, hoping the cloud would be high enough for some nice views and good walking conditions. Alas it was not to be with the best view of the day being from the Graham, Biod an Fhithich. The walk was generally done in low cloud and drizzly rain making conditions slippy at times and not good for decent photos. However the ridge was still very enjoyable and in my opinion more difficult than the Aonach Eagach, more so down to the conditions i.e the rain and wind, but also because you were kept on your toes for virtually the whole ridge where as the Aonach Eagach was for only really three sections of its ridge. We started the walk from the layby just short of the path that leads to the Bealach between Biod an Fhitich and Meallan Odhar, taking the path up beside the Allt Mhalagain before crossing over to pick up the main path. We probably should have walked down the road at the start to get on this path and probably the reason we got a funny look from a teacher leading a school group up four of The South Shiel Ridge, when we told him we were doing The Forcan Ridge. It wasn't long before we were on the other path and once up we made the short diversion to the Graham. We then returned and followed the path to the ridge, where we came to a cairn and the bypass path. We left the path making our way over the ridge and its many obstacles, a ridge i would like to return to on a clear day. Once on the ridge there were other bypass paths, some which we took due to the conditions and others we didn't. We eventually came to a cairn and then the trig point, where a quick photo was took before taking the path that leads to Bealach Coire Mhalagain. From here we climbed and then followed the ridge round to Sgurr na Sgine and from here decided to head down to the Allt Coire Toiteil rather than down Faochaig, again this decision being made by the weather. Once down we picked up the path back to the layby. In all it was a good day but not as good as we'd hoped for weather wise and not quite the style i'd hoped to finish Kintail in.
- Biod an Fhidhich
- The Graham again
- More of the Graham
- View to Loch Duich from the Graham
- Jimmy & Mo's first Graham
- Glen Shiel
- Biod an Fhidich
- First obstacle on the ridge
- The ridge
- The ridge
- The ridge
- Cairn on the ridge
- Trigpoint
- Sgurr na Sgine
- Route down