Part 3 (of 3) – Stob Coire Leith and Sgorr nam Fiannaidh
Once we got past the pinnacles to Stob Coire Leith, the penultimate top of the day, we stopped for an hour to take it all in, making the most of the good weather. Two young men whom we had come across sitting there enjoying the view when we arrived had engaged us in conversation, and then B worked on another drypoint plate. I took a lot of photos. There is a bit of repetition on this page in terms of similar views, but the light kept changing, and things looked different as you moved around … I’ll try to weed some out at some point.
Layered ridges. The Three Sisters plus the two Buachailles: From the closest – Aonach Dubh, Gearr Aonach, Beinn Fhada, Buachaille Etive Beag, Buachaille Etive Mor
View north towards the Mamores and Ben Nevis (Ben Nevis being the big hulking one at the back)
Ben Nevis and the Mamores in the distance – looking northGlen Coe, looking eastwardsLooking back at the Crazy PinnaclesBen Nevis and the Mamores again, with part of Loch Leven visible belowLooking westwardsLooking westwards – this is just to the left of the previous image. That’s the last top of the day, Sgorr nam FiannaidhLooking westwards, slightly northLooking a bit further northLooking further north stillLooking west, a bit southWestwards view. The sea is visible in the distanceAonach Dubh and Stob Coire nan Lochan to the southView south-eastLayered ridges againLayered ridgesBlackwater Reservoir. We walked up to it from Kinlochleven and across the length of the dam before coming back down, two days later
The Crazy Pinnacles of Aonach EagachSgorr nam Fiannaidh, the last top, to the westView of the Buachailles through a gap, with Rannoch Moor beyondAnother view of the Crazy PinnaclesAonach DubhThe folds of Aonach Eagach, and Glen CoeLoch Achtriochtan in Glen Coe, in front of Aonach DubhStob Coire Leith and the Crazy PinnaclesLooking backLooking back from Sgorr nam Fiannaidh, the last top of the day (but far from being the end of the walk!)Coire nam Beithach, with the tops of Stob Coire nan Lochan to the left and Stob Coire nam Beith to the rightLoch Linnhe and Ballachulish BridgeAonach Dubh's western flank, seen from the glen below once we eventually got down. We were to go up it three days later
