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.
Mountain day with a friend who was completing his 49/50th Munro. Snow lying above 650m in the morning, with some fairly hard packed, icy sections on the path and rocky steps. Thaw set in around lunchtime, with snow line lifting to about 750m. We carried ice axe and crampons, but didn`t use them, although care was required on ascent to ScR.
