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- The Buttress
We set off from the car park at Achnambeithach on the A82 next to Loch Achtriochtan. The hills on the south side of Glencoe were covered in heavy mist, though looking north the hills were clear.
- Glencoe village and Loch Leven
We headed south east from the car park to the buttress following a faint path, then a more pronounced path began to take us uphill to the lower part of the buttress.
- Heading up to the Buttress
It was getting very steep then just below the face of the buttress we did some scrambling then just as you could not go any higher there was a clear path to our right, which took us into a break in the buttress, where there was a small corrie and followed the path all the way to the ridge.
Up until this point it had been a steep walk and in the thick mist views on the ridge were non existent, hence very few photos were taken during the day. A good path on the ridge took us to the summit of Stob Coire nan Lochan where we had a deserved rest and tried to get a spot out of the strong wind. After some food we set off down the ridge, then a steep climb to the summit of Bidean nam Bian.
- Almost at the summit of Bidean
We did not hang about as the wind was very strong and cold in the heavy mist.
- Coming out of the mist
Our descent took us north west to Stob Coire nam Beith and when we reached there the mist had lifted though Bidean was still covered and stayed that way for the rest of the day. We had a break and took in some of the views to the west and north.
- Dropping down from Stob Corrie nam Beith
We then headed north along the ridge then picked up a path which took us down into the corrie past a couple of waterfalls and back to the car and a well earned drink at the Glencoe Hotel.
- Looking back at the Buttress
It was a hard day though the route was different with the only disappointment of being no views up high.