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.
The weather forecast was for strong winds, so we didn't want to go too high. I was hoping to climb Sgorr a'Choise as well as Meall Mor, and we started by walking along the Allt na Muidhe to the foot of Sgorr a' Choise. Unfortunately my friend couldn't get across the river and was worried about getting wet feet, so we retreated back the way we'd come, and then as soon as we'd crossed the river we headed up the steep eastern flank of Meall Mor. We had to put on our crampons at about 450m high. As we reached the summit, there was a blizzard, but then the sun came out, and we had a beautiful walk westwards along the ridge and then back down to the glen.
