Back to the Mamores again today. James and I headed to tick of the two most Western Munros in the Mamores. We parked up midway down Glen Nevis and headed uphill. It was warm work. Heading almost strait up the hill from a cold start. The North Ridge of Stob Ban is an interesting slightly technical ridge. After what felt like an eternity of slogging up hill we crested the ridge proper. Here it turned slightly more interesting. The scrambling involved the use of hands and axes to make our way round, over and between sticking up rocks. Unfortunately this was so engaging that I forgot to take any photos!
I know so you have all stopped reading. I'm sorry I will attempt to take more photos in the future. However we carried on till we reached our first summit before turing round and navigating towards our second Munro of the day. This second summit provided interest of a different kind. It was a wider plateau and very very white. We navigated our way to the summit cairn where we gratefully took shelter and had a bite of lunch.
I know so you have all stopped reading. I'm sorry I will attempt to take more photos in the future. However we carried on till we reached our first summit before turing round and navigating towards our second Munro of the day. This second summit provided interest of a different kind. It was a wider plateau and very very white. We navigated our way to the summit cairn where we gratefully took shelter and had a bite of lunch.
Me walking towards the second summit (photo, James W.)
After lunch we quickly left the summit and followed a narrow ridge East towards the waiting van. Here the wind picked up and movement was interesting. Fortunately we made it back to the van unscathed, but tired.