Saturday, 5 May 2012

Beinn na Cloiche after Staoineag bothy

This trip meant omitting the car for once and it was great to take the train with Craig. This hill would be the meat in the sandwich of my 200th Munro and William's Leap, a Corbett en route to the return train. It's a lovely wee hill from the bothy and the steep ascent at the start means you are nicely warmed up with fantastic views over to the Mamores and the Ben. There's quite a large loch about 1km before the summit and it could be very boggy. Fortunately, we were up early and the ground was still frosty. The cairn was tiny, a sure sign that not many people wander this way. It was a biting wind and we motored East and down to the Loch before our re-ascent on to Leum Illieum. In terms of isolation, it would be very hard to beat this.

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