"Saturday 20th October 2018. An ascent of Caisteal Abhail 859m/427m, Isle of Arran, North Ayrshire, Scotland. 13.1km, with 860m of ascent. 6 hours 15mins. Caisteal Abhail (Gaelic: ‘Fortress of the Ptarmigan’) is the second highest peak on the Isle of Arran, and the highest on the superb rugged granite ridge snaking north from Beinn Nuis (792m), on the western flank of Glen Rosa. For further details on the mountain, see at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caisteal_Abhail In the company of my long-time walking companions JK, KM and NP, I parked my vehicle in the car park near a bridge, just off the A 841 that rings the coast of the island. After a false start, due to me leaving my map and GPS on the car (an increasingly frequent occurrence, I’m afraid) we set off west on the made path up the glen past a series of attractive cascades. We were mainly walking through forest at this stage, but the burn flowed down a wide-open cutting through the trees, lifting the oppressive atmosphere that hiking through commercial forest can induce. We left the trees at a broken gate, with the view opening out to rough moors in autumn colours. However, despite breaks of sunshine, the cloud-..." — marktrengove2 • Oct 20, 2018

"With James Bellarby. We went from the main road at Sannox up Glen Sannox crossing a footbridge to go approximately NW to join footpath up Suidhe Fhearghas, Witches' Step, Caisteal Abhail, Cir Mhór, descending to col with North Goatfell and then down Glen Rosa to Brodick pier. Weather was good with some mist and wind." — peter43 • Oct 3, 1987