. by scottishkennyg, on Flickrand followed the pony trail up to the shelter stone.
. by scottishkennyg, on FlickrI turned south and followed the stream up to the south ridge of Ruaidh Stac Beag. I walked directly up the steep slopes to catch the summit plateau. The terrain was steep and I disturbed a few rocks which turned out not to be as solid as the felt.
. by scottishkennyg, on FlickrI reached the cairn located at the North side at 1015.
. by scottishkennyg, on FlickrThere were some quality views of the surrounding hills. Over to Ruadh Stac Mor
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. by scottishkennyg, on Flickrtoward Beinn Eighe
. by scottishkennyg, on FlickrCloud moving over BE NE ridge (route to follow)
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. by scottishkennyg, on FlickrI headed off for lochan Uaine at the base of the Beinn Eighe North East Ridge. I refuelled and decided to head up on to the ridge. I kept to the west side and picked a route up the steep slopes.
. by scottishkennyg, on FlickrView back over to RSB
. by scottishkennyg, on FlickrHigher up I came to some steep rocks
. by scottishkennyg, on Flickrwhich when climbed led to the apex of the ridge. (on ridge looking back)
. by scottishkennyg, on FlickrThere were no obvious signs of any paths up to this point or along the ridge.
. by scottishkennyg, on FlickrI would not like to try to descend this ridge or the steep slopes in the wet.
A view over to Sgurr Ban
. by scottishkennyg, on FlickrI continued along the ridge and reached the 993m summit cairn of SCNC at 1145.
. by scottishkennyg, on FlickrAgain the views were great with some intermittent clouds.
. by scottishkennyg, on FlickrOver to RSM
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. by scottishkennyg, on FlickrI continued along the ridge to the trig point and then followed the obvious ridge line.
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. by scottishkennyg, on FlickrThe walk over to Ruadh Stac Mor was fine and much more enjoyable than the last time I had been up here.
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. by scottishkennyg, on FlickrI reached the summit cairn at 1310. Again the cloud cleared to reveal some great views back over the route just walked.
. by scottishkennyg, on FlickrI continued back along the ridge, picked up my pack and had some lunch just along from the triple buttress.
. by scottishkennyg, on FlickrI pushed on and headed right up to the cairn at the top of the ridge and convinced myself to head out to Sail Mor. I thought it would be a 45 minute journey but that was before I encountered the rocks. I reached the 976m cairn above the triple buttress as the dense clouds came in. I took a bearing and set off aver a narrow rocky ridge. A few moments later I could sense that there was nothing on the right hand side. The path had disappeared. I down climbed very carefully with some hands on scrambling. All the time I was thinking that this could not be right but the compass never lies!! Anyway I persevered and inched down until I reached safer ground. The clouds opened up and I could see where I had descended.
. by scottishkennyg, on FlickrLast wee bit..
. by scottishkennyg, on FlickrThankfully it was sound dry rock.
Anyway I proceeded along the ridge and the clouds lifted to highlight the route traversed..
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. by scottishkennyg, on FlickrNear the summit there was a strange stone configuration on the ground just before the cairn.
. by scottishkennyg, on FlickrStones had also been set upright on the final approach to the cairn. I wondered what had been going on up here. As I sat on the summit at 1450 a wee deer appeared from the west onto the stone cairn area. It stared toward me then edged off down the East side.
. by scottishkennyg, on FlickrAs I walked back along the ridge the clouds opened and I got a glimpse of Liathach and down into the Coire Dubh Mor.
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. by scottishkennyg, on FlickrI decided to descend into the glen to join the path back to the road. The descent was steep and made more tricky by the arrival of a heavy shower. I had to change route several times to avoid some exposed rocks and it seemed to take ages took ages to inch down.
A view back up..
. by scottishkennyg, on FlickrI caught the path and walked back to the main car park. Then it was the long road walk back to the car. A view back to Liathach.
. by scottishkennyg, on FlickrAfter about an hour and 10 random cars passing by one driver stopped and offered a lift. Superb and big thanks to the gentleman from Glasgow who was up walking Alligan and staying in Gairloch. I got dropped off at the car park at 1830 thankfully saving at least an hour. And the added bonus was that Scotland held off for a 1-0 win too.
Looks like a cracking walk you had. I think I might need to add that to my hit list 
