out and about - 2024
25 February 2024 ............. Ganavan to Glencoe
After the week of pretty miserable weather it was nice to get a second day with a bit of sunshine - this was a trip from Ganavan up the Fort William road to Ballachulish, along to Glencoe village, and then away down through Glencoe to the south.
The miserable weather of the previous week had left quite a lot of snow on the mountains, and in the diffuse sunshine they were looking good - starting at Ganavan, looking away across to the mountains on Mull -
Up to the northwest the two Corbetts on Kingairloch were looking good -
Up the road a bit, and up on Connel Bridge looking up Loch Etive to Cruachan -
Another view of the mountains on Mull from up on Connel Bridge -
Further up the road towards Benderloch, and a super viewpoint from where you can see away down the east coast of Mull - not sure if the snow covered mountains on the right hand edge of the picture include Ben More, it may be a wee bit further round -
Just passed the Ballachulish bridge, and looking along Loch Leven to the Pap of Glencoe, with the huge bulk of Sgòrr nam Fiannaidh beyond it - Sgòrr nam Fiannaidh is the munro at the western end of the famous Aonach Eagach ridge which runs for several kilometres along the north side of the Pass of Glencoe.
There was a good view looking up at the Aonach Eagach ridge as I was heading through the Pass of Glencoe, but there was just nowhere to stop and take any photographs, which was a shame, as it is just as spectacular to look at as it is challenging to traverse it - though not as life threatening.
Round a bit to the right on the other side of Glencoe is the huge mass of Stob Coire nan Beith and Stob Coire nan Lochan -
Past the village of Glencoe, and heading through the Pass of Glencoe - and a cracking view up to a ridge which I think is one of the Three Sisters - though which one I am not sure - it may be Beinn Fhada - the ridge in the photo climbs away to a high summit - if it is Beinn Fhada then the highest summit right at the back is Stob Coire Sgreamhach - which is at the southern end of the long ridge Bidean nam Bian.
At the northern end of Bidean nam Bian is the two peaks that I showed in the previous photo - Stob Coire nan Beith and Stob Coire nan Lochan.
Further along the road, and the next mountain of note is Buachaille Etive Beag, with its two munros Stob Coire Raineach and Stob Dubh - but I don`t seem to have taken a photo of it.
This is soon followed by the well known and much photographed Stob Dearg.
Stob Dearg is often referred to as Buachaille Etive Mor - but Buachaille Etive Mor is actually the name of the whole ridge which includes four distinct peaks - Stob Dearg, Stob na Doire, Stob Coire Altruim, and Stob na Bròige.
Stop Dearg is connected to the rest of the ridge by a short but a very narrow arête.
Glencoe widens out now, and the next thing of note is the skiing centre - but it doesn`t deserve a photo.
Further along the road and into the Black Mount area, and a cracking view to the west looking away up towards what I think is Meall a` Bhùiridh - what the photo doesn`t show is all the ski tows that cover the north side of Meall a` Bhùiridh -
That`s really the end of the spectacular views of the mountains towering above you - plenty of mountains to be seen as you head down to Tyndrum, but they are all much further away and not particularily photogenic.
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