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.
An overcast day with excellent visibility. Snow from the Lower Falls carpark, although becoming more constant at 300m. A slippery ascent on Sròn Dearg turning to a jolly grade I climb to the East of Coire An Lochain where axes were utilised. On summiting Stob Ban the wind picked up with gust reaching an estimated 50mph. Backtracking shortly to reach the Westward ridge leading to Mullach nan Coirean there were sections of wind slab and Névé forming. On summiting the Munro gusting wind speed picked up making walking arduous and unpleasant to an estimated 70mph swinging from all directions. A rapid decent was made to calmer areas. Interestingly the wind temperature was noticeably warmer once we had dropped to 630m along the ridge-line.
