It had long been a dream of SMRussell and I to do the combined Buachaille Etive Mor and Beag Munro's. Inspired by epic routes such as Monty's and Davetherave's http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=5564 we settled for Rockhopper's slightly more sensible route http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=13333!
Slightly overcast with Stob Dearg in the cloud we set off from the higher car park and took a short cut through the bog and straight onto the approach up Coire na Tulaich. I hr and 20 to get to the top, It was busy as Sauciehall St, so we didn't hang about in the clag - nae views to be had! Pretty loose stones getting down from Stob na Doire, not my favourite, but got to Stob na Broige in 1 hr 30 min from first summit.
It was on the way back from this summit where we encountered 4 lads in jeans! First question they asked was, "is there a good way off this mountain?" I said they would have passed the route off on their way here. No, they said, they had come straight up from Glen Etive

Leaving the madness and the crowds behind we headed down Coire Altrium into Lairg Gartain. SMRussell, having set a hardcore pace for our first ridge was grumbling about her knees and not sure she wanted to do the wee bookle but without any encouragement made a bee line for it - hmm, Munro fever. Maybe it was cause she was busting for a pee! Having got to River Coupall we found a good spot to take a whizz. No sooner than I had taken half ma boab oot, but some lady walkers appeared out of nowhere!

With ma dignity half intact we headed up the remnants of a path leading up to the bealach at 748 on the wee bookle. Refreshingly it was deserted, fantastic views across to Aonach Eagach


Nowhere to go in an avalanche!

Relief at a sit down.

Epic Views

Thanks to the guy who took our photo!

Route across big bookle ridge

Across to the wee bookle

Cloud threating to come down and envelope us

Loch Etive from Stob na Broige

Not such a busy summit

SMRussell and the wee bookle

AE from bealach on wee bookle

Path up Stob Coire Raineach, loose stones mostly

tucking into a pork pie


Stob Dubh from SCR

Towards Bidean nam Bian

Loch Etive from Stob Dubh

Last summit

Dinner
