Liathach

[Stuart Blakeley]

My new favourite hills.....where do you begin with this report??

We had a superb day with glorious blue skies and temperatures in the 20's. We had 2 cars so we dropped one off just off the road at the west side of Liathach and started our day at the east side.

Liathach from the initial ascent

Leaving just east of Glen Cottage follow the obvious (steep) path all the way up to the ridge

Taking a breather.....alright posing!

The boys taking a breather!

and once there, I recommend turning east and less than 10 mins will take you to Stuc a' Choire Dhubh Bhig

Sitting at the top of Stuc a' Choire Dhubh Bhig

where there were some magnificant view of Beinn Eighe.

Steady!

The views were breathtaking....

From this point, we followed the well worn ridge path over the two subsidiary tops before reaching the summit of the first Munro, Spidean a' Choire Leith.

At the summit on Spidean

Donny with Beinn Alligin in the background

Next stop....Spidean a' Choire Leith

We took our time as the day was so clear we wanted to enjoy the views and spot as many Munro's as we could.

Beinn Alligin

From the summit we headed straight down to the continuation of the ridge and decided it would be a shame on such a beautiful day not to enjoy the Fasarinen Pinnacles.

Scrambling over the Fasarinen Pinnacles

The view from Spidean out towards Mullach an Rathain and the Fasarinen Pinnacles

A wee breather and top up the sun cream!

Some scrambling involved but I wouldn't say it was too technical.

Looking back to Spidean along the ridge

From here, still following the path, this will take you up to the summit of the second Munro, Mullach an Rathain.

Sitting at the top of Mullach

After another 'moment' of viewing all the sights around us we headed off the hill down the loose scree (for about 400 m) to the exit path back to the car.

All in all a fantastic day. We were on Beinn Eighe last month with not very good views and we are back up next month to complete the trio on Beinn Alligin.

Beinn Alligin again...next months walk!

Fingers crossed for another great day!

[davetherave]

Always enjoy reading peoples trip reports on Liathach. Have done both big hills either side. At the time decided to omit Liathach because we were unsure about the dog.

Glad you were rewarded with fantastic views.

[skuk007]

Great report and photos Stuart, like Dave said, never tire of reading about this one.
Looking at the smiley faces I can see you all had a great time.

[stomper]

Great report Liathach is my #1 favourite munro and 1 which i would love to do again &again in fact as i am up in Sept (finishing of Skye) i just might pop up and have another go

[Johnny Corbett]

My favourite hills so far as well and glad to see you got as good a day as i got when i did them