Stob Coire Raineach
14 May 2007
The starting point for this walk was the A82 Crianlarich to Fort
William Road east of the Pass of Glencoe and the new road bridge which
was recently completed at The Study. At this point there is a car
park which is capable of taking around a dozen cars.
It was a fairly bright morning when I set off from this car park and
followed the footpath up the Lairig Eilde. In under a kilometre I
left this route and took a wet and boggy path towards the bealach
between Stob Coire Raineach and Stob Dubh. Sections of this path had
been repaired and higher up I passed the workforce, a male and
female.
Once at the bealach it was a relatively easy ascent up some stone and
scree paths to the summit of Stob Coire Raineach. Here I took a
break but a short time later the hail shower that was affecting the
surrounding mountains struck so I packed up and headed back by my
route of ascent.
The hail shower was short lived but I had another couple of showers on
my descent. I stopped on the way down and spoke to the path
maintenance couple before continuing the descent to my car.
Normally this Munro would be climbed in conjunction with Stob Dubh but
I needed to be in Kintail later in the day so it was just a quick
jaunt up Stob Coire Raineach, which is part of Buachaille Etive Beag.
Time taken - 2.75 hours.
Distance - 5.5 kilometres.
Height climbed - 670 metres.
Photos taken on walk can be seen at:
http://www.caledoniahilltreks.com/galleries/glencoe_may07/index.htm
Lindsay
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