I wouldn't normally make public a report unless it would be of use to fellow walkers, one thing that is fairly obvious is that there are no recent reports for tackling Seana Bhraigh from the north (Oykel Bridge).
We have waited all winter to tackle Seana Bhraigh, with George unavailable due to a broken bone in his foot - I suggested to Parminder we head up to the far north west.
This would be my second time tackling SB, last time I walked in from Inverlael and although I thoroughly enjoyed it, this time we opted to approach from the north.
We both did plenty of research and a couple of reports made me question whether this was a good idea, as those walkers ascended via the pointy craggy NE ridge. It certainly does look very impressive from a distance and even close up, but being wimps we opted to utilise the ATV that would take us to the shoulder and then approach via the northern ridge.
Our plan was to leave Fife at 4am which with hindsight was a bit of overkill, but it did mean we had a great drive up the A9 to Inverness with literally no vehicle in our way.




Large car park next to the Schoolhouse Bothy


Bothy in the background along with a bit of low level cloud


Track is pretty god right through to the buildings at Corriemulzie Estate buildings


Track is a bit undulating, far better on the return cycle


Seana Bhraigh making an early appearance


Nice to see some old fashioned trees


Approaching Corriemulzie and the gate you have to go through


The way ahead, plenty of puddles as the track is not used as much. The very pointy hill is the NE ridge approach - it does look very impressive


Corriemulzie buildings


The track follows the river


The hills are getting nearer


Slight incline - means dismounting




Plenty of little streams to cross


A cairn to assist you at a junction


Proper cyclists will just ride across the water, there are boulders and other rocks lingering to try and catch you out


Looking back, the estate buildings are the other side of the trees in the distance. The ATV track is a bit of a short cut, we opted to stay on the main track


Not too long before we abandon our bikes, hills not that far away now


This was made us park our bikes, just to the right the burn narrows and crossing is very easy, we cycled for 8.5km


Track was very flat after the burn but our decision had been made


This is where the main track turns left, we headed right up the ATV track


Good underfoot to start, but it is going to get mushy


Looking impressive?


Rocky track now grass


Looking back after gaining a bit of height


A nice lochan to the east of the NE ridge


Seana Bhraigh summit area


Looking back down the grassy ATV track


We are now about 600m on a flatish stony plateau


Parminder concentrating, he left his poles in his car and was having 'pole withdrawal symptoms'


Not far now


Looking across to the NE ridge approach


Looking back down


Looking across the corrie, Loch Luchd Choire


The final push up to the summit


Arty shot across the corrie


NE ridge or if you want it's correct name Creag An Duine or An Sgurr


Parminder about to get his camera out, cloud about to join us


Looking NE from the summit


A bit of snow lingering


We spotted 3 bikes, a bit more up market than ours, we never saw anyone




A few photo's from inside the bothy, looks pretty fancy







This was terrific day, weather wise it was superb, especially as we had drizzle for most of the way north. This turned out to be our first Munro for 6 months and we both now have 9 left Parminder on his first round & me on my second. Having said that the chances of me compleating again are very remote - the 6 left on Skye would mean overnight stays and that is out of the question.