(20.5.16) Garbh Beinn Circuit Ardgour: 13km, 7hrs 50mins, 1,248m
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I had booked up for the Highways weekend to the Ariundle Centre near Strontian. The original plan was to head over Saturday as me and a friend had plans for the Five Sisters of Kintail however the forecast put paid to that idea. At the last minute I headed up on Friday with John as he was doing the Garbh Bheinn circuit. John has never been one for finishing the Munros or Corbetts but lately has had an interest in completing the routes on Ralph Storer's wee book '100 Best routes on Scottish Mountains.' Nice wee book. Bought it maself for a few bucks from Amazon. The forecast for Friday was breezy with showers but an improvement in the afternoon. We started the walk 11sh near Inversanda. Once onto the ridge the wind picked up abit and we got hit with a shower but this quickly passed & the route ahead was clear. Headed over the minor humps & bumps & soon enough we were on the summit of Sgorr Mhic Eacharna. As I walked my mind wandered as to how many great wild camp spots there was around this area. After the summit of Beinn Bheag we had a quick bite to eat then we eyed up our route right up the grassy gully. It was pretty steep but not as bad as it looked. The next section of Garbh Bheinn we headed left instead of taking the grassy gully to the right. This brought us up to a ledge with steep drops. From here though we did abit of scrambling and boulder hopping & before we knew it we were on the summit. Descended to the 823m top and then the SE ridge back to the start. Got to the Ariundle Centre & because I had only booked 2 nights I decided to camp at Ariundle Forest
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