One of those days when you wonder how long of a drive is worth how short if a walk? Drove from home near Linlithgow to the car park past Dundonnell in 3 hours 20 minutes (only!). Lots of showers about, but the worst one stopped a few minutes after I arrived. Went up the south bank of the stream along the boggy path. The waterfalls and gorges are superb and worth a visit some day after doing An Teallach (like for a swim). Impressive! The stream was high, so it wasn't easy to cross. Found a good place to cross at NH0567 8777 where the bank is eroded and there is an island. This is a bit past the old sheilings. Then straight up the ridge. On the top 1 hour 30 min after starting (guidebook time 2 hours 20 min). Unfortunately, the could was down and it snowed a bit while on top. (but only a few patches on the way up). Wandered down the north bank of the stream, very rough and not a good way to go up. In fact, I sort of wandered at random to explore some more. After 2 hours 20 minutes (guidebook summit time) a shower passed and the sun came out - including on the summit!! By now I was way down low. The weather cleared and there looked to be a great summit view. At the car in 2 hours 40 minutes round trip. By now the summit was basking in sun. If I had driven slower, or walked closer to guidebook time, I would have had a great view .... If .... The conclusion, a long way away, but a reasonable quick day trip anyway. Rob
I remember it well. We climbed it a few years ago, having driven from Little Loch Broom (cottage) to the Fannaichs and turned around, as the Fannaichs were nowhere to be seen! In the end we had a clear ascent of Sail Mhor, and met a large herd of goats on the summit. The fannaichs never did clear that day.... Jim On Sat, 6 Mar 2004 20:36 +0000 (GMT Standard Time), [email protected] (Rob Milne) wrote: >One of those days when you wonder how long of a drive is >worth how short if a walk? > >Drove from home near Linlithgow to the car park past >Dundonnell in 3 hours 20 minutes (only!). Lots of showers >about, but the worst one stopped a few minutes after I >arrived. Went up the south bank of the stream along the >boggy path. The waterfalls and gorges are superb and worth >a visit some day after doing An Teallach (like for a swim). >Impressive! The stream was high, so it wasn't easy to >cross. Found a good place to cross at NH0567 8777 where the >bank is eroded and there is an island. This is a bit past >the old sheilings. Then straight up the ridge. On the top 1 >hour 30 min after starting (guidebook time 2 hours 20 min). >Unfortunately, the could was down and it snowed a bit while >on top. (but only a few patches on the way up). Wandered >down the north bank of the stream, very rough and not a >good way to go up. In fact, I sort of wandered at random to >explore some more. After 2 hours 20 minutes (guidebook >summit time) a shower passed and the sun came out - >including on the summit!! By now I was way down low. The >weather cleared and there looked to be a great summit view. >At the car in 2 hours 40 minutes round trip. By now the >summit was basking in sun. If I had driven slower, or >walked closer to guidebook time, I would have had a great >view .... If .... > >The conclusion, a long way away, but a reasonable quick day >trip anyway. > >Rob > Jim Willsher Homepages at http://www.jimwillsher.co.uk
>in 2 hours 40 minutes round trip. By now the summit was >basking in sun. If I had driven slower, or walked closer to >guidebook time, I would have had a great view .... If .... You really did miss out! Sail Mhor is in the Rois Bheinn class of viewpoint. Never mind, console yoursef with a trip up Beinn Gobhlaich - on a clear day! Richard Webb
