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Climbed these 2 hills during the WH Tyndrum Meet in November with Thebaldfalcon, GillC, Tomsie and Mary. Took the train from Tyndrum Upper to Corrour Train Station. £16 return on the train. 50 mins on the train each way. ( 10.30am -11.21am)
We followed the track from the train station down towards Loch Ossian.
- The start down the track from the station
A faint path was picked up on the left not far from Loch Ossian.
We followed this path across grassy terrain and boggy in parts and then headed northeast up the ridge
- Over to Beinn na Lap
- Loch ossian
- Heading over the boggy grass to the ridge
The path is easy going up the ridge, it then plateaus and then a small lochan is reached before a small climb up towards Beinn na Lap.
- thebaldfalcon getting tired
- the lochan
We stopped at the summit for lunch and a wee summit picture and then headed back passed the lochan.
- summit of Beinn na Lap
We headed southwest down the ridge towards the path. Once at the path thebaldfalcon and I decided on walking the Corbett Leum Uilleim also as we had enough time before catching the train back to corrour.
We left the path and found a bridge over the Allt a’ Chamabhreac.
- the bridge at the start of the corbett LU
- hurry up :)
Once over we headed up An Diollaid towards Toman Eoin. The climb up towards the Corbett was much more strenuous than the climb up the previous munro.
We followed the ridge and headed up towards Beinn a’ Bhric and then east towards Leum Uilleim. Looking over towards Glencoe the sun was setting and the skies were spectacular, maybe no so on my wee camera.
- towards Glencoe
When we reached the summit of Leum Uilleim it was in clag and just about to get dark.
- Summit of Leum Uilleum
- summit pic
After a quick picture each, I took a bearing and we headed northeast along the ridge hoping to see the train station in the distance. Once leaving the ridge and starting the descent, darkness fell and there was no sign of lights at the train station. Then we noticed a flashing torch in the distance – Gill letting us know that we were on the right path. Cheers Gill
The descent back to the station was horrendous in the dark. We were on and off the path on numerous occasions and ive never fell down so many holes in my life.
- back to base. thankfully
- Corrour
Got back to the station with half an hour to kill before the 6.25pm train. Can believe they don’t open the restaurant until after 630pm. Seems a bit of a waste as they could have made some money. Just as well the Glaswegians stashed a wee bottle of merlot to toast our day on the train on the way home.
- Classy wine glasses
- Slainte. Gill was missing in action
Great day out. Thanks for the company