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.
My last day in the beautiful Glencoe Valley, back to solo walking and another challenging ascent due to deep snow. Given the high avalanche risk to other aspects, I opted for the W shoulder of Beinn a`Chrulaiste with the option to extend my day if the going was good. I left the car at 8:30 and needless to say, I found myself yet again wading through high snowdrifts! There was heavy snowfall in the morning with poor visibility and my energy levels were very low today. My effort, however, was rewarded with some beautiful views of Buachaille Etive Mor as the cloud broke and the sun actually poked its nose out for a few hours!! I had a long drive back to Sheffield to get through once off the hill so I mad sure that I was back at the car by 2. Walking poles were more useful than an axe and crampons today, I carried them with me just in case though.
