Munros + Corbetts - 2009
02 September 2009 ........ Sgurr Innse + Cruach Innse
These two corbetts lie just to the north east of the Grey Corries, and are accessible via the same track up from Spean Bridge. They are completely dwarfed by the Grey Corries, which are over 300 metres higher - that`s over 1000 feet in old units.
They are quite an easy day out, I cycled up through the remains of the forest, and up the track, from around NN 255 788. It`s not an easy cycle up - a lot of uphill, and a very rough track meant I spent as much time pushing my bike as cycling. I took the bike too far - for these two corbetts, best to leave the bike at the bridge at NN 266 774.
I did Sgurr Innse first, and it provides the best views. Here is looking NNW towards Cruach Innse -
Looking over to the south west, there is Stob Ban just left of centre, and like the two corbetts, it is totally dwarfed by the Grey Corries. Looking at this view, it is hard to believe that Stob Ban is a munro - in fact it only just makes it - it`s 917 metres, so it`s only 3 metres above the munro threshold.
Just off to the south east, Sgurr Innse is again dwarfed by the two munros Stob Coire Easain and Stob a Choire Mheadhoin.
All through the day there were some odd banks of cloud roaming around, here`s a rather nice blob climbing up the Grey Corries.
The upper part of Sgurr Innse is quite steep, I climbed up one way, which was quite straightforward - on the way down again I followed the path - it was not nice - my first route was much nicer.
I didn`t make a very good job of photographing Sgurr Innse from the top of Cruach Innse - it is somewhat indistinquishable from Stop Choire Easain behind it.
On the way down, the track is pretty rough until you get into the wood, then it is quite a fast run back down through what is left of the wood.
There was no place from which I could get a photograph of both Sgurr Innse and Cruach Innse - so just for the record, I took this one from the car park above the Loch Laggan dam - again Stob Ban and Sgurr Innse are dwarfed by the Grey Corries, I think Cruach Innse must be hidden in that bank of low cloud.
One of the interesting things about the day was the midges - until about late afternoon, there weren`t any. Coming down the flank of Cruach Innse was a bit midgey - climbing over the two metre high gate at the bottom of the track was a nightmare. I was sitting on top of the gate trying to haul my bike over it, and every midge in Lochaber was attacking me. I fled as fast as I could !
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