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In June !972, long before I thought about completing the Munros, Hugh and I decided on a week's walking in the Highlands. I can't remember why we decided to start with Sgurr na Ciche - I must have read about it somewhere, but we drove up from North Manchester overnight, parked where the Kinloch Hourn road heads away from Loch Quoich and set off at about 7.00am. On my old 1" to the mile map there was a landrover track along the North side of the loch, but it had been submerged when the dam was built in 1955 and only very short sections of it remained, so we just followed the edge of the loch.
I had a roll of Fuji film in my camera and the slides subsequently took on a huge orange cast, which has been difficult to counter - so I'm afraid some of the shots still look a a bit "odd"
Looking up the Loch to our peakHugh in the early morningAt the Abhainn Chosaidh - just a trickle, but in "memorable Munros" Richard Gilbert - returning along our route describes it as "a foaming roaring torrent fully 50 yds across hurtling into Loch Quoich". His subsequent adventures - (pages 90 -92) give a vivid account of what can happen in Knoydart and are well worth reading 
However we proceeded steadily Westwards and crossed the dam at the further end of the loch
The dam - with Ben Aden behindLochan nan Breac from the damI can't remember a lot about the ascent - we just headed roughly SW up the ridge to the 740m shoulder of Meall a' Choire Dhuibh and then on to the top of Sgurr na Ciche itself.
Looking up the ridgeThe summit from Meall a 'Choire DhuibhRocky slabs - typical of the "Rough Bounds"Nearing the top - the hills of Knoydart behindAt the top Hugh announced that he had a major problem with the cartilage of (one of) his knees
and it became clear that getting back was going to a considerable problem
Hugh sitting by the cairn at the topLooking back down Loch QuoichAnother view - somewhere We returned exactly the same way - not a lot to say except that it took a Very Long Time
and I think it was nearly dark when we eventually reached the car
September 1996Norman and I were staying at the "cottage" in Glen Coe, and decided to try the trio of Sgurr nan Choireachan, Garbh Chioch Mhor and Sgurr na Ciche via Glendessary. We parked at the head of Loch Arkaig and began the rather dreary (IMO) walk up the pine forested glen
. At Upper Glendessary, we asked the gillie about stalking, and were told that the first two hills were "out of bounds" today but that if we headed right up the glen to the watershed and turned sharp R we could do Sgurr na Ciche without any problems - ascending the Southern rib and descending the usual rocky gully.
These are the photos
Loch ArkaigWalking up GlendessaryWalking up Glendessarye
At the col looking W to Eigg and RumStarting to ascendThe top in sight Another viewMe on the summit Another view - somewhere We returned by descending the above-mentioned gully into Glendessary
