by David Lyall » Sun Jan 17, 2010 8:50 pm
Date walked: 28/06/2009
Time taken: 6 hours
Distance: 14 km
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Walked this with the Lang Craigs end of June 2009, good day but never took my camera so the pictures were not taken on the day, we did get some good views when the clouds cleared away, this is a report from Phil.
June had been a month of very mixed weather and the day's forecast - warm but cloudy - maintained the air of
uncertainty. Our group of five took two cars up to Mamore Lodge where the friendly local dog insisted we give him
some stick fetching practice before we set off.
Taking the stalkers path above the Allt Coire na Ba and with Am Bodach particularly impressive to our west, we
stopped for a coffee break shortly before the sharp turn that leads up the col between Na Gruagaichean and Stob Coire
a Chairn. A few metres up the latter, and with the tops now under cloud, we veered right along a path directly over to
An Garbanach. Here we were on the ‘Ring of Steall’ where the ridge provided some enjoyable scrambling leading on
to the gentler section over to An Gearanach.
Although unfortunately providing no views, the weather was calm enough for us to enjoy a leisurely lunch before
retracing our scramble over An Garbanach. By way of variety we detoured over Stob Coire a Chairn for our second
peak of the day. While four of us were quite content with this, Jim Milner dashed off up Na Gruagaichean, to rejoin us
ambling down to our start where our canine friend showed that his ‘football’ skills were every bit a match for his
retrieving.
A short refreshment stop in Kinlochleven brought an end to what all agreed had been a good day. Many thanks to my
four companions for making it a very enjoyable trip all round.
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