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"A lovely clear summer Saturday in the middle of superb spell of hot (for Scotland!) weather. Got one of the last spaces in the main Glencoe car park.
Start 1020h + Finish 1840h = 8h20, 15km, 1630m ascent
Summits today:
GEARR AONACH - Sim + Graham Top
STOB COIRE NAN LOCHAN - Munro Top
BIDEAN NAM BIAN - Munro
STOB COIRE SGREAMHACH - Munro
BEINN FHADA (STOB COIRE SGREAMHACH EAST TOP) - Munro Top
BEINN FHADA NE TOP (BEINN FHADA) - Munro Top
BEINN FHADA FAR NORTH TOP - Sim + Corbett Top
A brilliant anti-clockwise round of the hidden valley with scrambling up Gearr Aonach’s zigzags (grade I) and down the ‘bad step’ crag on Sgreamhachs narrow NE ridge (briefly grade II as per Dan Bailey’s “Scotland’s Mountain Ridges” Cicerone press).
With the bracken up I failed to find the easy climbers access route I remembered last time gaining the first ledge of the Gearr Aonach zigzags proper. I probably stayed on the main hidden valley path too long. Atop Gearr Aonach I studied the valley side of Beinn Fhada right opposite evaluating descent routes for later.
People everywhere out on Bidean today. No less than ten others plus three nearby sheep (!) with me enjoying lunch in th..." — davidb • Aug 8, 2020