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Munros: Buachille Etive Mor
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Botanic GardensCorner of Queen Margaret Drive and Great Western RoadGlasgow
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The organizer estimated that 10 people attended.
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“ I'll be the one with a red rucksac and probably turning up last! ;) ”
A fantastic high leve walk along the back of Buachille Etive Mor, the Big Shepard of Etive (we'll do the little shepard later in the year hopefully), the guardian of Glencoe. If you've ever driven up to Fort William, you'll have seen Buachille Etive Mor looking out over Rannoch Moor (and it's probably Scotland's most photographed mountain!)
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The ascent will be by the "tourist" path through Coire na Tulaich, which avoids all the really nasty stuff on its main face. There's a wee bit of scrambling involved, but not much. You can see the path as it winds up to the col just on the right of this shot:
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From the first summit, you just follow the ridge right along to the other end!
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You need to double back to Stob Coire Altruim before you then drop down to Lairig Gartain and a nice gentle walk back to the start.
Last time I climbed this, it took around 9 hours including stops.
Start point on a map: http://www.streetmap....
As usual, we'll meet in the West End just before 7am for a 2 hour drive up. If you could state on your RSVP whether you can offer a lift, need a lift or will just meet us up there.
Petrol contribution: £16 per person
Map to bring: OS Landranger 41 "Ben Nevis" or OS Explorer Map 384 "Glen Coe & Glen Etive"
Route: http://www.walkhighla...
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“ This was a fabulous ridge walk - the weather was superb, there was scrambling and a wee bit of snow and great company along the way. Had an amazing time :-) ” -
“ Great walk, but I would say that because I organised it! ;-) ” -
“ Great day, great walk, great mountain!! ” -
“ A really fantastic day: varied conditions from mist and cloud to total sunshine; varied terrain including rock scrambling and snow traversing; and great views in all directions as the day progressed. ” -
“ was hard going early on, well I thought so...anyway, was good fun, and we got spoiled by the weatherman ” -
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