The joining together of two great mountains .
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2015 3:05 pm
This is a follow up to Martin's great report on this trip, I'd just like to share my thoughts and photo's of a great day out in the mountains:
We arranged to do this walk with Martin whilst on Liathach the day before.
We were going to do Sgorr Ruadh by itself and maybe take in Fuar Tholl as well but Martin suggested doing Beinn Liath Mor, Sgurr Ruadh and Fuar Tholl in the same day, we'd done Beinn Liath Mor last year but thought doing it with Martin would give us the chance of a new munro at least so the deal was done.
We arranged for Martin to meet us at our little cottage in Kinlochewe at 8:30 Tuesday morning.
He arrived in plenty of time so gave us the opportunity not to rush about getting ready.
We set off for Achnashellach station dead on 8:30 but got held up at some roadworks. We arrived at the start point and were off walking by 9:30.
Like the day before the clouds were covering the tops, the higher we got the thinner they became and soon were treated to more cloud inversions similar to the ones we had on Liathach the day before, wonderful sights for a wonderful part of Scotland.
DSC01005 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Things appearing. Fuar Tholl
DSC01007 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Inversion.
DSC01008 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr
DSC01009 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr
DSC01011 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Fuar Tholl and Sgorr Ruadh.
DSC01012 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Sgorr Ruadh.
DSC01013 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Torridon Mountains.
DSC01014 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Liathach hiding behind Sgorr nan Lochan Uaine.
DSC01015 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Big carn, Beinn Liath Mhor behind.
DSC01017 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Beinn Eighe.
DSC01019 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr.Sgorr Ruadh.
We arrived at the summit of Beinn Liath Mor 3.5 hrs after setting off and had the most fantastic views.
DSC01021 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr Summit Beinn Liath Mhor.
DSC01022 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr
DSC01023 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Torridon Behind us.
DSC01025 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Looking Back along the ridge, that big carn is at the far end of this shot.
DSC01026 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Torridon mountains.
DSC01027 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr.
We had our lunch then set off to Sgorr Ruadh down over the rough craggy mountainside onto the bealach between the two mountains.
DSC01029 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Descent into the Bealach.
DSC01030 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Lochan near the bealach.
The climb up to the summit is not too taxing and is steady enough and we were treated to some fine views.
DSC01031 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Torridon mountains from near the summit of Sgorr Ruadh
DSC01032 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Maol Chean-dearg.
DSC01034 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Denise on Sgorr Ruadh.
DSC01036 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Beinn Alligin and part of Liathach.
We met Jack on the way up and found out he was attemting to climb all the munros this summer, he'd started in June and this one was No 205, what an achievement so far.
DSC01039 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Happy folk on Sgorr Ruadh summit.
Looking over to Fuar Tholl it was looking a daunting prospect to include it on this walk and during the descent into the bealach the decision was made to leave it for another day, Martin had to get home, Denise and I were not in the right frame of mind to do it.
We found the stalkers path in the bealach turned left along it towards Coire Lair and eventually back to the outward path arriving back at the cars 8.1/4 hrs later.
DSC01042 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Nealy in Coire Lair
DSC01043 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Two great mountains, a really enjoyable day.
DSC01044 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Coire Lair.
This was another great day out in fantastic company, Thanks to Martin for keeping us going and for making two good days even better with his wonderful sense of humour. I hope we can meet up again when we're next in Scotland.
We arranged to do this walk with Martin whilst on Liathach the day before.
We were going to do Sgorr Ruadh by itself and maybe take in Fuar Tholl as well but Martin suggested doing Beinn Liath Mor, Sgurr Ruadh and Fuar Tholl in the same day, we'd done Beinn Liath Mor last year but thought doing it with Martin would give us the chance of a new munro at least so the deal was done.
We arranged for Martin to meet us at our little cottage in Kinlochewe at 8:30 Tuesday morning.
He arrived in plenty of time so gave us the opportunity not to rush about getting ready.
We set off for Achnashellach station dead on 8:30 but got held up at some roadworks. We arrived at the start point and were off walking by 9:30.
Like the day before the clouds were covering the tops, the higher we got the thinner they became and soon were treated to more cloud inversions similar to the ones we had on Liathach the day before, wonderful sights for a wonderful part of Scotland.
DSC01005 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Things appearing. Fuar Tholl
DSC01007 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Inversion.
DSC01008 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr
DSC01009 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr
DSC01011 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Fuar Tholl and Sgorr Ruadh.
DSC01012 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Sgorr Ruadh.
DSC01013 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Torridon Mountains.
DSC01014 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Liathach hiding behind Sgorr nan Lochan Uaine.
DSC01015 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Big carn, Beinn Liath Mhor behind.
DSC01017 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Beinn Eighe.
DSC01019 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr.Sgorr Ruadh.
We arrived at the summit of Beinn Liath Mor 3.5 hrs after setting off and had the most fantastic views.
DSC01021 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr Summit Beinn Liath Mhor.
DSC01022 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr
DSC01023 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Torridon Behind us.
DSC01025 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Looking Back along the ridge, that big carn is at the far end of this shot.
DSC01026 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Torridon mountains.
DSC01027 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr.
We had our lunch then set off to Sgorr Ruadh down over the rough craggy mountainside onto the bealach between the two mountains.
DSC01029 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Descent into the Bealach.
DSC01030 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Lochan near the bealach.
The climb up to the summit is not too taxing and is steady enough and we were treated to some fine views.
DSC01031 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Torridon mountains from near the summit of Sgorr Ruadh
DSC01032 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Maol Chean-dearg.
DSC01034 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Denise on Sgorr Ruadh.
DSC01036 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Beinn Alligin and part of Liathach.
We met Jack on the way up and found out he was attemting to climb all the munros this summer, he'd started in June and this one was No 205, what an achievement so far.
DSC01039 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Happy folk on Sgorr Ruadh summit.
Looking over to Fuar Tholl it was looking a daunting prospect to include it on this walk and during the descent into the bealach the decision was made to leave it for another day, Martin had to get home, Denise and I were not in the right frame of mind to do it.
We found the stalkers path in the bealach turned left along it towards Coire Lair and eventually back to the outward path arriving back at the cars 8.1/4 hrs later.
DSC01042 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Nealy in Coire Lair
DSC01043 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Two great mountains, a really enjoyable day.
DSC01044 by Martin Hawer, on Flickr. Coire Lair.
This was another great day out in fantastic company, Thanks to Martin for keeping us going and for making two good days even better with his wonderful sense of humour. I hope we can meet up again when we're next in Scotland.