
A circular route from Achriabhach car park in Glen Nevis was the planned itinerary, to bag the two westerly munros of the Mamores.
A serious amount of deforestation led us to lose the path under tree debris, and spend a good bit of time picking over felled trees and tree stumps. less than pleasing for the start of the day!
Soon however, we regained the ridge for much easier going, just as the visibility vanished into the murk, bringing hailstones, snow, sleet, and gail force winds. We had all it could throw at us, but mostly at our backs so thankfully not too bad.
After reaching the summit of Stob Ban, it was obvious that the descent route was not happening, I felt unhappy with the size of the cornice on the west ridge, and we coulnt skirt past it. Retracing our steps was also out of the question given the hail storm at that point that would have been into our faces, so the decision was agreed to head north, and pick up the west highland way into kinlochleven, and either...spend the night, get a taxi, or phone a friend.
We phoned friends who were equally having their own episodes, and luckily managed to blagg a lift to glen coe, where we picked up a bus to fort william, followed by a taxi back to the car! Always an adventure.
Area :
Ben Nevis & Aonach Mor (Fort William To Loch Leven)
This area covers the mountains between Fort William, Loch Leven (to the south) and Loch Treig (to the east). The area includes Ben Nevis and Carn Mor Dearg, The Mamores, The Aonachs and The Grey Corries. An impressive 20 Munros are split equally by Glen Nevis and the waters of Abhainn Rath. Relatively accessible from the A82, these mountains hold some classic walking and climbing routes such as The Ring of Steall in the Mamores and Point Five Gully on Ben Nevis. Includes all major peaks above 600m.