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Curved Ridge and a bivvy on top of The Buachaille

Curved Ridge and a bivvy on top of The Buachaille


Postby wilkiemurray » Thu Oct 03, 2019 6:43 pm

Route description: Buachaille Etive Mòr

Munros included on this walk: Stob Dearg (Buachaille Etive Mòr), Stob na Bròige (Buachaille Etive Mòr)

Date walked: 25/08/2019

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Curved Ridge on Buachaille Etive Mor is one of my favourite scrambles and also one of the best ways to the summit of this iconic mountain. A short weather window appeared, so I packed my bag and headed for Glencoe.

In addition to the scramble I was also wanting to wild camp on the summit. However a few things drove me to search out my 15 year old bivvy bag! One was weight and the second was I knew trying to find a space large enough to pitch a tent would be challenging on the summit of Stob Dearg!

ImageBuachaille Etive Mor Volcano by Scotland's Mountains, on Flickr

ImageRANNOCH WALL by Scotland's Mountains, on Flickr

So off I went without my trusted SCARP1 and I was soon on my way round the Buachaille heading for Curved Ridge. Having been up here many times, I decided on a few slight deviations from the normal route but was soon arriving back into the sunshine on the summit.

The views were outstanding as always and with it being a little later than usual, I also had the shadow of the mountain casting itself on Rannoch Moor to enhance things a little

A short look around and I soon found a small place to bivvy and set about the short process of getting the bivvy ready – a definite advantage of bivvying is the ease of set up!!

Imagedusk bivvy site by Scotland's Mountains, on Flickr

Another reason I wanted to go back to the bivvy bag, was I was hoping for a starry night as I wanted to spend the night under the stars! Alas this wasn’t to be the night as the cloud rolled in  however stay tuned as I made this a reality a few weeks later – vlog in editing as we speak!!

Imagekingshouse buachaille lit up by Scotland's Mountains, on Flickr

Imageme on the buachaille by Scotland's Mountains, on Flickr

Anyway , an un eventful sunrise saw me heading back down the walker path and I was back at the car nice and early before breakfast 
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Re: Curved Ridge and a bivvy on top of The Buachaille

Postby ScotFinn65 » Sat Oct 05, 2019 1:18 pm

Superb :shock:
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