
Superb day with hard neve on N facing slopes though the sun had rotted south facing snow.
Up N ridge of Starav (into crampons at 550m). Quite narrow on upper part between rocky ground & cornice. East ridge down from south top was extremely narrow. With clients it would be better to follow S ridge & circle round. Then N ridge of Aighenan & down, & up to Glas Beinn Mor. Descending E from there I took a short cut down northern snow slopes off the east ridge. This saved a lot of time but needs the snow to be in good (not avalanche) conditions, which it definitely was.
An excellent day.
Area :
Glen Etive to Glen Lochy
This is the area south of Buachaille Etive Mor as far as the A85 (Tyndrum to Oban road). It includes the peaks around the Glencoe Ski Centre (Creise and Meall a’Bhuiridh) alongside eleven other Munros and many other peaks above 600m. Highlights such as Ben Cruachan (1126m) and Stob Ghabhar (1090) remind all-comers that this is an area of high mountains and low glens.