Beinn Sgritheall - a quick one for a Sunday afternoon
Bit of a late start, what with clocks going forward and the long drive up, but that's the hill. |
Starting the steep climb up the face of Beinn Sgritheall. Maybe I should have taken the easier ridge over there? Too late now. |
At least with a quick ascent the scenery improves quickly. Looking across to Knoydart. |
A gorgeous afternoon - shorts on from the start! |
Got quite steep towards the top of this. |
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Could that be the top - fantastic. |
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Down the ridge towards Beinn Mhialairigh, which I presume is where that guy is headed. |
Rough Bounds of Knoydart |
Suddenly the hill developed two tops - just as well I had my map. |
It was a pretty steep one. Just come up from down there! |
Only to find the cairn had fallen to bits - not good enough. |
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Man on top of hill. |
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Looking across to Barrisdale through the haze. |
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Rest of the ridge, round to the peak on the left, then the path descends rapidly to Arnisdale on the right. |
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Looking back up the slightly steep and ridgy path towards the top. |
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To the west were all the munros in the world, or so it seemed, but they have been "hazed" out here. |
Another backward look to Sgritheall |
And down there is Arnisdale, and the two mile walk back to the car. |
Slightly dodgy scree path descended. |
And back on the flat. Arnisdale was looking lovely |
And over there is Barrisdale, Lunnie Bheinn and Lahdar Bheinn in all there glory. |
Even the walk back along the road was interesting (well as interesting as a walk along the road can be) with fine views of the hill. Just over the three and a half hours round trip, so a good start to the week. |
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And on the way back over the Beleach Ratagan, a fine view of the Five Sisters of Kintail to round off the day |
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