
09.30 - 19.00, 17.3km, 1860. Glen Coe, Central Highlands, Scotland.
Broken cloud base 800 –1100m, winds light, loose snow on firm base above 800m, thawing all levels. Altnafeadh, Stob nan Cabar via east ridge, Stob Coire Raineach, Stob Dubh (Buachaille Etive Beag), Lairig Gartain, Stob na Broige, Stob Coire Altruim, Stob na Doire, Stob Dearg (Buachaille Etive Dearg), descent to Glen Etive via southern spur, Kingshouse Hotel. Crampons balling up, cut steps where necessary. Slipped descending Stob Cairo Raineach bruising left thigh badly. Camped near Kingshouse Hotel.
Area :
Glencoe South (Loch Linnhe To Loch Etive)
The southern side of Glen Coe includes some very well-known mountains and can be split into two groups; the ones you can see from the A82 and the ones you can’t. Included in the former group is Buachaille Etive Mor, Buachaille Etive Beag, the Three Sisters and the Ballachulish Horseshoe, and in the latter, three Munros between Glen Creran and Glen Etive (Sgor na h-Ulaidh, Beinn Fhionnlaidh and Beinn Sgulaird). With huge amounts of climbing and walking in summer and winter, this area is also home to a large cairn built for Queen Victoria, or so the story goes. Includes all major peaks above 600m.