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.
Amazing first day in Glencoe. Met Dave doing his last Monroe and Tim from Oggie team. Walked up via Coire Altruim and watched Dave summit Stob na Bròige. From there headed off into clag and rain to finish off my day with Gwen. Proper tested my nav and refused to get out viewranger, even in the worst of it. Had a moment at one point,thought compass was nackered and nearly ignored the signs but listened to my gut and confirmed with back up compass. It wasn`t. I trusted it and found the path I needed. It was quite stressful as felt like a precarious summit (Stob na Doire) maybe 5m vis, max. Heavy rain and Gwen off the lead made for a cool head. Loved it. And loved using harveys 1:25 for the day. A pleasure and a blessing.
