I thought the waterfalls would be good to see and headed,
alone, to park at the Unapool Burn and walk in to see the Eas a’Chual Aluinn.
Good views of the largest waterfall in Britain from all the
way up the Stack of Glencoul. I was getting into some big wind gusts and rested
before the summit. The new waterproofs seemed to be managing well enough, but I
wasn’t happy with my boots, which seemed to be difficult to tighten
effectively. On to the summit at 1001 feet. A good view, but I had to watch the
gusts of wind. I could see down into Glen Coul, where there were three
spectacular waterfalls dropping into a glacial trench.
I continued along high ground to the head of the glen into
which the Eas Chual Aluinn drops and then picked up a rather insignificant
through route from Glen Cassley back to the Unapool road. Enjoyed every step of
the way, despite facing the wind and being wet through. New sheets of rain
bearing down on me only brought more grins and expectation. Crept up on several
small groups of red deer. Back to the car at 5.15. Changed most of what I was
wearing.
Quite a hard day. I knew they were rough miles but didn’t
realise what I had done until measuring up later. 19.5km, 1071m ascent/descent.
Should have been 8.18 hours (memory map), was actually 7:45.
Area :
Coigach to Cape Wrath
This area is situated on the north-western tip of Scotland and contains 4 Munros (from biggest to smallest); Ben More Assynt (998m), Conival (987m), Ben Klibreck (962m) and Ben Hope (927m). Also included in the mountains list are all of the peaks above 700m. The southern boundary is the road which joins Ullapool to Lairg and then to the A9.
