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.
Leading a group of 11, including myself and 2 other ML(s). Party was a mix of experience, although no one hugely confident on snow/ice. The original plan was to continue on to Stob Coire Sgreamhach, but after inspecting the descent options into Hidden Valley at the outset of the day, I recommended that we adjust plans to avoid the steep wet snow fields which are still lying on the N side of the ridge between the two tops.
