Beinn Liath Mhor a'Ghiubhais Li
30 October 2007
This Corbett is located south of the west end of Loch Glascarnoch on
the A835 Inverness to Ullapool Road. There are parking facilities at
the north-west side of the bridge over the Abhainn an Torrain Duibh
beside a weather monitoring station.
I set off up the west side of the Abhainn an Torrain Duibh following
at times a wet and boggy walker's path. Beyond the Allt an Loch
Sgeirich a bridge, not marked on my map but from a previous visit I
was aware of, was crossed and the ascent of Beinn Liath Mhor
a'Ghiubhais Li commenced. At first the vegetation was wet and boggy
but higher up it was slightly better. Here some deer and a mountain
hare were spotted. The hare tried to conceal itself but its white ears
stuck up above the vegetation.
Near the summit the ground was a bit bouldery but there were no
problems in reaching the summit where there were two cairns, one of
which had been demolished. While at the summit it became engulfed by
low cloud and then some light rain.
I descended south, initially walking round Alton Forest but I had to
cross the deer fence to reach the main road and the short walk back to
my car.
I sign indicated a route through Alton Forest which could have been
used to ascend this mountain or the Fannaich Munros.
Time taken - 3.75hours.
Distance - 9 kilometres.
Height climbed - 520 metres.
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Lindsay
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