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After getting soaked yesterday i'd decided if todays weather was going to be the same i'd head back home and leave Ben and Beinn for another day. But as i looked out the bothy door at 8am it was blue skies, the boots were still wet but after putting on dry socks i never noticed, so off i set at 09.30. I took the path that crosses the river, following it up Ben Alder forest, a forest with no trees and left it to climb the rocky north east ridge of Ben Alder. This is a fine ridge which is narrow at times and involves a wee scramble here and there but certainly the most interesting route up Ben Alder, well i think so anyway. Once up the ridge you come to the rocky then grassy plateaux which leads you to the summit of Ben Alder, from the summit i followed the ridge round descending down to the Bealach Breabag and over to the 955m point, following the ridge to Beinn Bheoil. From here it was down to just before Sron Dreineach, then taking to the slopes to pick up the path back to the bothy. Today was a fine day compared to yesterday and made the trip all worthwhile and i fully recommend the use of the bothy,which is a cracker, for tackling this group of six.
- Ben Alder looking good today
- Ben Alder ridge
- The way up
- The view down Alder
- More of the ridge
- A scrambling section
- Another look down
- More of the rocky ridge
- The stony plateaux
- Seeing where i was yesterday
- Ben Alder summit
- The weather suddenly changes
- But doesn't last long as Beinn Bheoil is in view
- Ben Alder
- The Loch
- Beinn Bheoil summit
- Yesterdays 1st Munro
- Ben Alder
- Beinn Bheoil view
- View down the Loch towards Dalwhinnie
- More of yesterdays location
- Route down Beinn Bheoil
- View from the bothy
- The bothy