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A wee morning stroll

A wee morning stroll


Postby mountain thyme » Mon Mar 26, 2012 11:19 pm

Corbetts included on this walk: Beinn a' Chrùlaiste

Date walked: 23/03/2012

Time taken: 2.5 hours

Ascent: 857m

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With a days annual leave on Friday 23rd March took me to Glencoe, a place i will never tire of!
There have a been a few good reports on this corbett so i will keep mine brief.

Started the walk from the Kingshouse Hotel car park at 10am.
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kingshouse


Met a few friendly deer at the Hotel!

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friendly deer


Headed passed the hotel and down towards part of the west highland way track.

Once on the track I turned right through the open gate and took an immediate left and headed across boggy ground in a slight easterly direction towards the Alt a Bhalaich.

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great views!!


Following the Alt a Bhalaich for about just over 1.5km and then headed west north west up the huge ridge which lead straight to the summit of Beinn a Chrulaiste which a huge trig point marks the way.

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summit pic


Seemingly there are stunning views of the Buachaille Etive Mor from the summit unfortunately not for me today!

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buachaille etive mor


Headed back down the same way, down the ridge and picking up a fairly well trodden path once next to the Alt a Bhalaich, back through the boggy ground and back to the car in 2and a half hours.
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Re: A wee morning stroll

Postby rockhopper » Mon Mar 26, 2012 11:30 pm

A nice wee wander by your standards and a good warm up for yesterday - pity it was so hazy though as the views to Glencoe would be good from there - cheers :D
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Re: A wee morning stroll

Postby Johnny Corbett » Tue Mar 27, 2012 7:40 am

I was the same when i did this one, no views to Etive Mor :( Are you trying to catch me up with these Corbetts? :D
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Re: A wee morning stroll

Postby Jockstar » Tue Mar 27, 2012 1:55 pm

Shame about the views (or lack of) :( I'm sure it was a good pipe opener for bigger and better hills :D
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Re: A wee morning stroll

Postby dooterbang » Wed Mar 28, 2012 9:21 am

Belter...of a hairdo :D
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Re: A wee morning stroll

Postby mountain thyme » Thu Mar 29, 2012 3:42 pm

rockhopper wrote:A nice wee wander by your standards and a good warm up for yesterday - pity it was so hazy though as the views to Glencoe would be good from there - cheers :D


cheers Rockhopper.. was just warming up for sundays 5 corbetts!

Johnny Corbett wrote:I was the same when i did this one, no views to Etive Mor :( Are you trying to catch me up with these Corbetts? :D
ill be overtaking you in tally numbers as well as overtaking you on the actual hills!
Jockstar wrote:Shame about the views (or lack of) :( I'm sure it was a good pipe opener for bigger and better hills :D


Was a shame but used to it by now :)

dooterbang wrote:Belter...of a hairdo :D


we still have to see the new friends hairdo yet!!! thats the instyle just now :)
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Re: A wee morning stroll

Postby ChrisW » Fri Mar 30, 2012 1:00 am

That's a pretty good up and down in 2.5 hours, shame about the clag...I can just make out buachaille etive mor in that last shot....well I think I can :lol:
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