
Walked in from Kinlochleven North up into the Mamores with the intention of journeying across Stob Choire a Chairn and Am Bodach before descending onto the West Highland way and back to Kinlochleven. The aim of today was for the group to plan and navigate the route with safe travel in heavy snow conditions and a Considerable avalanche forecast on Easterly aspects.
Conditions deteriorated earlier than expected and after good route finding we crested the ridge ivo 196 655, wind made travel difficult with a lighter member of the group suffering considerably from the wind speed - more than forecast. We continued North West along the ridge past spot 783 and up the ridge - however the group decided that conditions were not suitable to continue and we subsequently retraced our trips and dropped out of the weather. Good to see the group making sensible decisions and not getting summit fever.
In total we covered 1000mtrs of ascent and 13km over 6 hrs in testing conditions. A good day was had by all and the moral was high - especially aided by coffee and cake at the Ice factor.
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.