Beinn a' Chocuill & Beinn Eunaich No 74,75
13th of March 2005 - Ascent 4365ft, 4hrs 15mins.
Fantastic weather and vistas. Stipped down to a thermal tshirt and slogged up to Eunaichs long grassy ridge, bone dry and like straw, with some nice crunchy snow to finish. Very blinding sun and a cold wind. The view across to Cruachan waw amazing.
I never realised how many peaks, and how far apart they are, within the spectacular Cruachan ridge. Alpine in scale if not overall in ht. Seven seperate peaks counted. A view to remind you you're alive.
Continued on down towards a' Chocuill with a twisting narrow ridge with perfect under foot snow just enough to get the edge in, without crampons.
A full hr on the summit soaking up the 360 degs vistas. Only when I saw a pillar of snow coming in off Jura did I start the easy descent down to the hydro tunnel rd and back to the car.
Sunburnt face and a great day, after missing last weekends walking due to a bad cough.
Nick
Fantastic weather and vistas. Stipped down to a thermal tshirt and slogged up to Eunaichs long grassy ridge, bone dry and like straw, with some nice crunchy snow to finish. Very blinding sun and a cold wind. The view across to Cruachan waw amazing.
I never realised how many peaks, and how far apart they are, within the spectacular Cruachan ridge. Alpine in scale if not overall in ht. Seven seperate peaks counted. A view to remind you you're alive.
Continued on down towards a' Chocuill with a twisting narrow ridge with perfect under foot snow just enough to get the edge in, without crampons.
A full hr on the summit soaking up the 360 degs vistas. Only when I saw a pillar of snow coming in off Jura did I start the easy descent down to the hydro tunnel rd and back to the car.
Sunburnt face and a great day, after missing last weekends walking due to a bad cough.
Nick
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