Date | 9 Nov 2024 |
Route | Link to Route |
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Difficulty | |
Conditions | Dry and warm with cloud inversion, fog bow and broken spectre. Misty on lower sections. |
Summits | ✔ (M) Sgurr nan Each ✔ (M) Sgurr nan Clach Geala ✔ (M) Meall a' Chrasgaidh |
Arrived at sunrise and this time took the atv path that leads over the second footbridge to avoid the larger ford. Once we reached the intersection with the main path we decided that we would reverse the route and tackle the long walk along the valley which we didn't enjoy at the end of the last walk.
The other fords on the trail along the valley were a lot easier to cross than a fortnight ago, which helped us to make good time. At the end of the valley we have a small break before heading up to the bealach between Sgurr nan Each and Sgurr nan Clach Geala, where we had lunch.
Afterwards we headed up to the first munro, Sgurr nan Each where we were rewarded with a fantastic cloud inversion, which our photos don't do justice. It was great to see Sgurr Mor, which we tackled around the same time last year slowing appear above the clouds.
Returning towards the bealach, with the sun directly behind us, we saw both broken spectres and fog bows, the later we unfortunately don't have pictures for. We then headed up to the tallest munro of the day, which was a bit of climb, but with our usual tactic of swapping over leads, we soon reached the top.
We took a decent break at the top to change socks and retie boots before starting the descent, which follows the ridge around and at times was quite close to the edge. The path disappeared on the plateau and with us now below the clouds, we had to keep a careful eye on the compass so we didn't stray from the route. The last munro, Meall a' Chrasgaidh was just over a 100 metre climb.
We didn't hang around long before descending towards the atv track, the path again was almost non-existent and at times very steep, with a few drop offs. Careful navigation was required due to the conditions.
Like our last trip to this area, the return walk along the valley required head torches. Ailidh says this was her favourite day out on the hills so far, largely due to the awesome cloud inversion.