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Sunny Skye and Seduced by a Corbett (or two)

Sunny Skye and Seduced by a Corbett (or two)


by Jaxter » Wed May 24, 2017 12:19 am

Route description: Garbh Bheinn and Belig

Corbetts included on this walk: Garbh-bheinn (Skye), Glamaig

Fionas included on this walk: Belig

Date walked: 19/05/2017

Time taken: 8.4 hours

Distance: 17.38 km

Ascent: 1931m

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Re: Sunny Skye and Seduced by a Corbett (or two)

Postby jmarkb » Mon May 29, 2017 1:59 pm

Jaxter wrote:Great hill so long as you like steep scree


The NE ridge is a good route, and fairly scree-free. The Slig side is pretty brutal, but more convenient if you want to combine it with the Beinn Deargs.
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Re: Sunny Skye and Seduced by a Corbett (or two)

Postby malky_c » Mon Jun 05, 2017 10:24 pm

Great pair of walks, and a nice camping spot :D . Glamaig is a steep bugger. I remember going up it one December on my way home after I had been working on Skye. There were only 2 hours of daylight left, and I just about made it to the top in time for sunset. I was in my t-shirt and shorts, but put my waterproof trousers on to speed up the snowy bumsliding descent a bit.

Shame about the inn pinn a couple of days later - always a risk on Skye that you don't end up doing what you intended!
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Re: Sunny Skye and Seduced by a Corbett (or two)

Postby Jaxter » Thu Jun 08, 2017 3:03 pm

jmarkb wrote:
Jaxter wrote:Great hill so long as you like steep scree


The NE ridge is a good route, and fairly scree-free. The Slig side is pretty brutal, but more convenient if you want to combine it with the Beinn Deargs.

I was thinking about that but I hadn't looked at any reports so wasn't sure how possible it was. Looked very steep with crags... mebbe a better option for another time tho :thumbup:



malky_c wrote:Great pair of walks, and a nice camping spot :D . Glamaig is a steep bugger. I remember going up it one December on my way home after I had been working on Skye. There were only 2 hours of daylight left, and I just about made it to the top in time for sunset. I was in my t-shirt and shorts, but put my waterproof trousers on to speed up the snowy bumsliding descent a bit.

Shame about the inn pinn a couple of days later - always a risk on Skye that you don't end up doing what you intended!

That descent would be glorious in snow :lol: :lol: another time :wink: would be lovely to get a really good sunset up there though.
Hey ho...I'll get to do the Pinn on my birthday now, so it's not all bad :lol:
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