Munros + Corbetts - 2009
15 May 2009 .......... Beinn nan Caorach + Beinn na h-Eaglaise
These are two corbetts just to the north of Corran - it wouldn`t be too difficult to do them along with Beinn Sgritheall, however when I did Beinn Sgritheall during 2008, I was a bit short of time, and the weather was a bit sad as well, so I left them for another day.
You can do a nice horseshoe for these two corbetts, by starting 1.5 Km`s into Glen Arnisdale. I did the horseshoe anti-clockwise, as I reckoned that way would give me the best protection from the again very strong easterly wind, but this time it was showery as well. So not the best of weather.
The walk up the track is okay, you can see the ridge you want to climb, but then you find you have to detour further up the track, due to a most amazing ravine - it`s a huge bite out of the hillside - totally weird. Here`s what it looks like from half way down Beinn na h-Eaglaise. You can see the track coming up the hillside, and skirting round the ravine.
From the summit of Beinn nan Caorach it is an easy trek down to the 605 metre spot height, from where you get a quite impressive view looking up the northeast ridge of Beinn na h-Eaglaise.
You also get an interesting view of the Allt Mhic a Phearsain river - more on that in my canoeing section.
The climb up to the summit of Beinn na h-Eaglaise wasn`t too much of a problem, except for the wind - I didn`t dare go near the edge of the ridge, because I would have been blown over it.
From the summit you get an almost close-up view of the very steep descent down the eastern end of Beinn Sgritheall - I came down that way a while ago, and it is certainly steep.
The descent down the southeast ridge over Beinn Bhuidhe seems endless - it`s quite steep, so you are having to pick your way down the whole time, and it drops quite literally from the summit to sea level in one go.
However it was a good day, although it all took quite a bit longer than I thought it would. I had to wear a lot more clothes than normal because of the wind chill, but it mostly stayed dry ( ish ! ).
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