ROUTE: Followed standard route in SMC Guidebook "Corbetts & Other Scottish Hills".
MEMBERS OF PARTY: With my wife Marion.
CONDITIONS: Challenging conditions for May! Cold Easterly, c.30-45 mph on summit, occasional driving rain.
DURATION: 5 hours car to car.
SKILLS PRACTISED: Navigation with map and compass
MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT: Found a specimen of Alpine Bearberry (confirmed by an ecologist friend from photograph) growing on gravel on an exposed part of south ridge
KEY LEARNING POINTS/CONTRIBUTION TO EXPERIENCE: A test for motivation - meeting unexpectedly inclement conditions!
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.
