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BUACHAILLE ETIVE BEAG -another great day in glencoe

BUACHAILLE ETIVE BEAG -another great day in glencoe


Postby blueyed » Tue Aug 09, 2011 3:07 pm

Route description: Buachaille Etive Beag

Munros included on this walk: Stob Coire Raineach (Buachaille Etive Beag), Stob Dubh (Buachaille Etive Beag)

Date walked: 09/08/2011

Time taken: 7 hours

Distance: 8 km

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our most recent trip to glencoe- very spontaneous, i have to mention. and just because of it we decided to do something shorter, 7 hrs exactly was just perfect. this time we bagged buachaille etive beag with its 2 munros stob dubh & stob coire raineach.
actually i fancied walking its neighbour-buachaille etive mor, but decided against it.. taking into account additional 2 hrs of climbing and the fact that i would like to climb it via curved ridge, which requires some preparation and more scrambling practice.
the day was great, i must say the glencoe has been very kind to us this year, every trip we had good weather contitions.

after 2,5 hrs drive from edinburgh we arrived to the car park marked with a large cairn (on the other side of the road) and happily started our walk :)



beinn fhada
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looking down towards the pass of glencoe
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soon we were at the col between the 2 munros, from that point:
- to stob dubh 25-35 mins walk
- stob coire raineach 25 mins walk
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stob coire raineach
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the summit of stob dubh
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ben nevis views
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towards stob dubh
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towards stob coire raineach
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the mighty three: stob coire sgreamhach, bidean nam bian & stob coire nan lochan
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glen etive
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stob coire sgreamhach & bidean nam bian
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stob coire nan lochan
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summit of stob coire raineach
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towards buachaille etive mor
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towards aonach eagach & pass of glencoe
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enjoying fresh and freezing cold water on our way down, great relief to the feet!!!
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to see more pics click here: http://around-scotland.blogspot.com/2011/08/buachaille-etive-beag-stob-dubh-stob.html
enjoy!!!
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Re: BUACHAILLE ETIVE BEAG -another great day in glencoe

Postby iainwatson » Tue Aug 09, 2011 3:47 pm

nice report and great pics...............i absolutely love Glencoe and if i were only to walk the hills there for the rest of my days i'd be happy with that.

i've been up Bauchaille Etive Mor but would really like to go up curved ridge at some point in the future too
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Re: BUACHAILLE ETIVE BEAG -another great day in glencoe

Postby soulminer » Tue Aug 09, 2011 4:39 pm

A fine place is Glencoe, and a fine mountain is B.E.Beag :)
Love the Glen Etive pic 8)
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Re: BUACHAILLE ETIVE BEAG -another great day in glencoe

Postby blueyed » Tue Aug 09, 2011 4:51 pm

glencoe truly is a magical place :)
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Re: BUACHAILLE ETIVE BEAG -another great day in glencoe

Postby jwramsay » Tue Aug 09, 2011 9:41 pm

What a fine day up there! Superb photos, clear as anything.

I echo the sentiments - GlenCoe and Glen Etive are amazing places.
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