I cycled to Upper Glendessary, deposited the bike alongside the inquisitive deer then followed the wee path up to the watershed at the edge of the forest.

I crossed the river and located the feint path climbing up the south spur of SnC. Some emerging views of the walk to come..



A zoom to loch Nevis

At the top there was a short walk along the ridge to gain the summit cairn at 1040 with the reward of some great panoramic views.

A view back along ridge of ascent..

A view over the forthcoming tops..


A view toward ferry over to Knoydart route..

View back down ridge..

It was great to see what Sgurr Mor should have looked like last month. I descended WSW down a steep slope to reach the bealach to disturb more deer.

Followed the dry stone dyke upwards and over some nice rocky sections .


Down loch Nevis from the ridge..


along wall back toward SnC

Back to Sgurr Mor

toward summit of GCB..

Level section on ridge..

Sgurr na Ciche peeking through on the right hand side..

Back down ridge..

final section..

random wee gulley..

Back down ridge from cairn of GcB


I proceeded along the rocky ridge with some nice snow filled sections which required some hands on tactics to avoid slips.
a view ahead to SnC..

before reaching the Munro summit of Gairbh Choich Mhor at 1150.

over toward Ben Nevis and company..

Snow line back down to Sheil ridge..

Ahead down loch Nevis

Over to SnC with Meall Buidhe in Knoydart behind..

The next section was tricky due to the soft snow and steep boulders and required extra caution to reach the Bealach na n Eang with the narrow gulley. The snow to this point had been mostly soft and evidently thawing so there was no need to don the crampons or ice axe.

I deposited my red rucksack against a snow section near the gulley to enjoy a light traverse...

before heading west up the steep slopes then turning north to regain the ridge just beyond the rocky outcrop then on to the summit cairn and broken trig point at 1415. The summit sat proudly over Knoydart in a very remote and picturesque location.
Across to Luinne Beinn and LB..

Over to Meall Buidhe with Ladhar Bheinn in distance..

The leg muscles were tight and it was the perfect setting to sit down and soak up the atmosphere and enjoy the environment as the merry go round stopped for a wee while.
View back down to loch Cuaich..

Knoydart again..

Loch Nevis..


I noticed that the snow in Knoydart summits was almost gone and there would be no need to carry the ice axe and crampons next week into this area...Nice one!!
All too soon it was time to get going back down..
On the return I met and chatted with another walker who had just walked in from the car park (it had taken him 5 hours). I descended into the narrow gulley

and tip toed down to where it levelled out and I managed to get one pole snapped after it got stuck in a rocky gap. Expletive!. Positive..will be able to use the odd pole from the last time when I broke one...

I contoured around the SW slopes of GCB before descending into the main glen dessary.
A view along the path leading to Sourlies bothy..

I found the main path and just surfed the wet and boggy terrain to eventually reach the upper lodge. A very welcome seat on the bike and a rapid final leg saw me back to the car for 1720.

The return drive was again limited to 15mph until Gairlochy due to the poor condition of the road surface in some areas and the roller coaster nature of the terrain.
Knoydart beckons...