TR - Munro - Beinn Sgulaird

"Lindsay" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Beinn Sgulaird

6 October 2007
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Orginally, I was going to bag Beinn Sgulaird from Elleric, but having walked
Beinn Fhionlaidh the previous day, I got a good view and immediately didn't
like the "steepness" of the North-western approach.

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This path took us to the 488 metres point and into the cloud and light
rain. A short descent followed, a fence was crossed, and we regained
the height we had lost. The ascent continued with the roar of the
stags now a lot closer but the weather was against us seeing
anything.

Not sure if you can avoid this 488 point by going around to the south of it.
When I did this, my heart sank when I realised I'd have to descend 40 metres
(or so) and then reclimb it back up onto the main ridge. I seem to recall a
faint path leading down to the Alt Buidhe, and I think there's a path from
Druimavuic probably been used for the Corbett Creach Bheinn leading to it??

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The 863 metre point was reached where we changed direction and
descended to a bealach before climbing over Meall Garbh. The descent
from Meall Garbh consisted of some loose rock which was also damp and
slippery. Thereafter the final ascent of Beinn Sgulaird, in rather
windy conditions, was made to the fairly large summit cairn where we
found some shelter for lunch.

I got "slightly" misled between Meall Garbh and Beinn Sgulaird when I just
followed any old path in the low cloud. I only lost 10 minutes and maybe 50
metres height, but the swear words echoed around the Choire!

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After a short break we walked along the north ridge of Beinn Sgulaird
before descending a gully which was a mixture of rock and
vegetation. Lower down I decided that it appeared easier to keep to
the north side of a small stream but this involved easy scrambling
round some rocks but the vegetation was wet and slippery. However
the stream flowed into a narrow rocky gully which was impossible to
cross so we were forced to continue on the north side until a suitable
crossing point was found. It was a pity that visibility was so poor
as the gully appeared to be very impressive with frequent small
waterfalls.

Yes, I remembered the path north, then I turned west, down rock, scree and
deep grass. I could see the Shielings and aimed for that (cloud was at 600
metres BTW). I can't remember any path until the shielings which was
occupied by a few cattle.

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Once of the opposite side of the stream we were able to head in the
direction we required, through some long vegetation which was full of
hollows. The cloud base was very low at around 100 metres but
eventually we came to a shieling where we crossed a stream and
followed a wet and boggy path, which had been used by cattle. This
involved a climb of around 40 metres before descending to the farm at
Taraphocain. Here we saw a couple of hinds on the road and heard the
roar of nearby stags.

There was a large gap in the fence along the cattle path. I went down a
wooded revine and came out at approx NN 020 466. I also saw a group of
about 12 deer. Can't remember if there was any stags as I was exhausted from
the 900 mtr descent ;-)

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Jhimmy said:

"Lindsay" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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Quoted message said:

Beinn Sgulaird

Quoted message said:

6 October 2007
<Snip>

Orginally, I was going to bag Beinn Sgulaird from Elleric, but having walked
Beinn Fhionlaidh the previous day, I got a good view and immediately didn't
like the "steepness" of the North-western approach.

Quoted message said:

This path took us to the 488 metres point and into the cloud and light
rain. A short descent followed, a fence was crossed, and we regained
the height we had lost. The ascent continued with the roar of the
stags now a lot closer but the weather was against us seeing
anything.

Not sure if you can avoid this 488 point by going around to the south of it.
When I did this, my heart sank when I realised I'd have to descend 40 metres
(or so) and then reclimb it back up onto the main ridge. I seem to recall a
faint path leading down to the Alt Buidhe, and I think there's a path from
Druimavuic probably been used for the Corbett Creach Bheinn leading to it??

Quoted message said:

The 863 metre point was reached where we changed direction and
descended to a bealach before climbing over Meall Garbh. The descent
from Meall Garbh consisted of some loose rock which was also damp and
slippery. Thereafter the final ascent of Beinn Sgulaird, in rather
windy conditions, was made to the fairly large summit cairn where we
found some shelter for lunch.

I got "slightly" misled between Meall Garbh and Beinn Sgulaird when I just
followed any old path in the low cloud. I only lost 10 minutes and maybe 50
metres height, but the swear words echoed around the Choire!

Quoted message said:

After a short break we walked along the north ridge of Beinn Sgulaird
before descending a gully which was a mixture of rock and
vegetation. Lower down I decided that it appeared easier to keep to
the north side of a small stream but this involved easy scrambling
round some rocks but the vegetation was wet and slippery. However
the stream flowed into a narrow rocky gully which was impossible to
cross so we were forced to continue on the north side until a suitable
crossing point was found. It was a pity that visibility was so poor
as the gully appeared to be very impressive with frequent small
waterfalls.

Yes, I remembered the path north, then I turned west, down rock, scree and
deep grass. I could see the Shielings and aimed for that (cloud was at 600
metres BTW). I can't remember any path until the shielings which was
occupied by a few cattle.

Quoted message said:

Once of the opposite side of the stream we were able to head in the
direction we required, through some long vegetation which was full of
hollows. The cloud base was very low at around 100 metres but
eventually we came to a shieling where we crossed a stream and
followed a wet and boggy path, which had been used by cattle. This
involved a climb of around 40 metres before descending to the farm at
Taraphocain. Here we saw a couple of hinds on the road and heard the
roar of nearby stags.

There was a large gap in the fence along the cattle path. I went down a
wooded revine and came out at approx NN 020 466. I also saw a group of
about 12 deer. Can't remember if there was any stags as I was exhausted from
the 900 mtr descent ;-)

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To avoid several of the ups and downs involved above it is possible to
follow the vehicle track to Coire Buidhe and climb to the bealach
between the 863 Point and Meall Garbh which is how I climbed this
mountain earlier this year. See:
http://groups.google.com/group/uk.rec.walking/browse_thread/thread/d46a089caf15237f/48dd9b13865d0df6?lnk=gst&q=beinn+sgulaird&rnum=1#

Lindsay
www.caledoniahilltreks.com

Hmmm!

Last time I "did" Beinn Sguilard, I went up the track from Glenure
(which is bloody near a motorway, and goes a lot further than the OS map
shows, then up into the murk via Stob Gaibhre, until I was nearly blown
off the "top", at which point dog & I had a quick discussion and
descended rapidly. When we got home Etrex told me that the nearest we'd
got to the top was about 300m, so no tick! Still, it had been an
exilerating day, and we were both home in one piece.

Richard