Category: hills and mountains
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Ben Nevis via the back way, Lochaber, Scotland – September
Going up Ben Nevis (which we had never been up before) via the Carn Mor Dearg Arete had at some point recently gone on our shortlist of what we wanted to achieve on this trip. It was one out of three things we most wanted to do, the other two being An Teallach in Dundonnell…
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A heathery scramble near Ben Nevis, Lochaber, Scotland – September
A sunny morning. After breakfast, we headed up the steep path that starts near the youth hostel in Glen Nevis to meet the lower part of the Mountain Track (otherwise known as the Tourist Route). After a while we turned off for a grade 1 gully/stream scramble to head up to Meall an t-Suidhe. Not…
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A Glen Nevis circuit, Lochaber, Scotland – September
We drove to the Polldubh Falls car park in Glen Nevis, a short drive from Glen Coe. We walked up a good path by the stream of Allt Coire a’ Mhusgain to reach a col between Sgorr/Sgùrr an Iubhair and Stob Bà n (near Lochan Coire nam Miseach). We had a good view of Sgùrr a’…