- the 2 hills for today
So I parked at the visitor centre in Ballachulish, up the road, past the school and up the track, quite wet in places for 2.4 miles where i waded the river (about knee high) and puffed up 700 ft of steep, pathless heathery hillside to gain the ridge of Sgorr a 'Choise
- That was a slog
The ridge was a delight and the rest of the ascent sailed by with views of giants all around
- The summit of Sgorr a 'Choise with the Ballachulish horseshoe
- The Mamores and the Ben
I sat in the sun for 30 mins, taking in the views before dropping down steeply to the minor top and down to the bealach between the two. There is a fence but it does have an opening for skinny people!!
- what goes down the hill....
- must make the 1000ft of reascent to Meall Mor
I met the only person i saw all day here and had a wee chat then it was up to the summit of Meall Mor, it was actually ok going on short grass, not much heather and i just plodded up. The summit is on a wee line of crags with views opening up down loch leven, across the mamores and Ben Nevis and if you walk a bit further from the summit there a view down the whole of glen coe with the aonach eagach looking good.
- Bidean
- Glen coe
Then i back tracked and followed the wide ridge down to the forestry, or what's left of it, very busy here harvesting, there is a deer fence with a post which i climbed at the corner, as lots of other people had done, no gate that i could see but the base of the the fence could be lifted for a dog to squeeze under, then along an old wall and onto a god ugly new forestry road for a 100 mts or so then hung a left onto a track for another 150 ft ish of ascent to the mast above Ballachulish.
- Loch leven and the mast and the remains of the forestry
This is still at over 1000 ft and its a steep, slidey wet grass descent on tired legs to the path which arrives at the quarry and the car.
A FAb day out, on my own with great views and sunshine and no midges, however a racer back sports bra + a vest top + rucksack+ no suntan lotion=very odd sunburn patterns!!
:It was about 5 hrs 30 walking with 30 mins at each summit, it was 10 miles as i zig zag on steep grass going up and down and it was about 3500 ft as ascent. FAB!
Here's a few more photos
- Meall mor from the mast
- Sgorr a'choise
- Loch Leven and the bridge
- The old slate quarry
