Forecast looking good for most places the next couple of weeks,and nicely timed as a few of us go S/C up near Achilitbuie this next week for an annual bit of fishing,walking,and sunsets with a beer hopefully.
Last weekend,we made a late dash to get to Blaven(Bla Bheinn) on Skye for a summit sunset.Blaven is one of the 4 easier Cuillin Munros,along with Sgurr nan Eag,Sgurr nan Banachdich,and Bruach na Frithe.Easier,though a head for heights is handy.
Parked at the Torrin car park on the road to Elgol from Broadford,about 10 miles after Broadford.
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To get there you have to come through the village of Torrin(seen in below photo),and round the edge of the Loch before you get there.Car park is among the trees in the foreground
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To get going you have to walk out of the car park on to the road,turn left until you come to a gate that leads onto the path up the rhs of the stream
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Blaven ahead on the left.Path crosses the stream further up and is just about visible going up to the left(below)
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Look out for a small lochan on your lhs(the only one around) as you go on.There is a path going straight ahead,and one going uphill.Go uphill.Gets steeper here
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Path can be seen zig zagging right of centre(click to enlarge)
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gravelly but not as bad as it looks
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Windows start to open up
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A bit of a short clamber for the last section before you get to the top
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This was the second time Ive been up Blaven,the other in winter.The views both times were outstanding all round.Another hill that was voted in the top 10 of all Munros.Well worth the effort.Took us 2.5 hours up,and 1.5 down,but we were nipping on to use the last of the light.Think around 6 hrs is the norm for non regular walkers
Without giving too much views away,got our sunset at the end
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