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Ring of Steall, Stob Ban and Mullach nan Coirean
Ring of Steall, Stob Ban and Mullach nan Coirean
by Broggy1 » Mon May 14, 2018 12:34 pm
Route description: The Ring of Steall, Mamores
Munros included on this walk: Am Bodach, An Gearanach, Mullach nan Coirean, Sgùrr a' Mhàim, Stob Bàn (Mamores), Stob Coire a' Chàirn
Date walked: 12/05/2018
Time taken: 7.5 hours
Distance: 23.2 km
Ascent: 2411m
7 people think this report is great. Register or Login free to be able to rate and comment on reports (as well as access 1:25000 mapping).Four friends of mine are currently doing the "Three Peaks with a Twist" - cycling between the three.
Due to several reasons (non cyclists, work) we couldn't join them but we did offer to hire a van and take their bikes up on Friday night so they could get the train up to Fort William. We met up on the Ben Nevis North Face Car Park on Friday night ready for them to get an early start Saturday.
After much faffing about the lads got on their way in the morning and we drove round to Glen Nevis, chained their bikes up so they could descend via the tourist track (after heading up the CMD arete) and embarked on our own walk.
Setting off only at 9am, and having to pick up another lad (a non cyclist who just wanted to climb the Ben) afterwards we were pushed for time slightly but I thought we could do the Ring of Steall and maybe add the two Western most Mamores.
In the lead up to the event the forecast had got better and better and come the day itself it was obvious we were in for an outstanding day on the hills.
Re: Ring of Steall, Stob Ban and Mullach nan Coirean
by Bmg99 » Mon May 14, 2018 4:54 pm
Great photos. Surprised there was not more snow left. How did your pals find the CMD Arête, was there much snow left on it?
Re: Ring of Steall, Stob Ban and Mullach nan Coirean
by katyhills » Mon May 14, 2018 8:15 pm
You must be very fit to do that lot in such good time - I'm not jealous or anything!
Some set of hills aren't they? Fabulous.
Great weather for it too. Lovely set of photos. I thought there might have been a bit more snow hanging on to the northern sides of those hills, even though they're so steep.There was still a fair bit on the northern flanks of Stob Binnein /Ben More when I came home on Saturday from Glen Lyon. There was a bit of new snow on a lot of the hills, but it disappeared quite quickly with the sun appearing.
The bridge is good fun eh?

Some set of hills aren't they? Fabulous.

Great weather for it too. Lovely set of photos. I thought there might have been a bit more snow hanging on to the northern sides of those hills, even though they're so steep.There was still a fair bit on the northern flanks of Stob Binnein /Ben More when I came home on Saturday from Glen Lyon. There was a bit of new snow on a lot of the hills, but it disappeared quite quickly with the sun appearing.
The bridge is good fun eh?

Re: Ring of Steall, Stob Ban and Mullach nan Coirean
by Broggy1 » Mon May 14, 2018 8:18 pm
Bmg99 wrote:Great photos. Surprised there was not more snow left. How did your pals find the CMD Arête, was there much snow left on it?
Thanks - was an amazing day. Yeah we thought there may be a bit more left and I was a bit concerned about the exit to Am Bodach as we hadn't taken winter gear but there was nothing you couldn't avoid.
They said the CMD Arete was snowless on the crest as well and all the snow could be avoided on the climb to the Ben.
So basically....summer is in charge now.
Re: Ring of Steall, Stob Ban and Mullach nan Coirean
by Broggy1 » Mon May 14, 2018 8:21 pm
katyhills wrote:You must be very fit to do that lot in such good time - I'm not jealous or anything!![]()
Some set of hills aren't they? Fabulous.![]()
Great weather for it too. Lovely set of photos. I thought there might have been a bit more snow hanging on to the northern sides of those hills, even though they're so steep.There was still a fair bit on the northern flanks of Stob Binnein /Ben More when I came home on Saturday from Glen Lyon. There was a bit of new snow on a lot of the hills, but it disappeared quite quickly with the sun appearing.
The bridge is good fun eh?
Yes - absolutely fabulous hills (especially Stob Ban).
Didn't see any new snow on the hills in the morning up that way - which was surprising considering it went very cold and rained overnight.
Both Ben More and SB looked largely snow free by the Sunday.
The bridge was great but I can see why it's not for everyone!
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