I was residing in Plockton with a couple who were planning on climbing the two Grahams on the north side of Glen Carron, so I decided to tag along.
We parked at the side of the track on the south side of the A890 Lochcarron to Achnasheen Road at Loan, crossed the main road and walked briefly along a section of old roadway to a set of locked gates. The adjoining fence was easily crossed then it was along a vehicle track to a mini hydro dam on the Allt Coire Crubaidh.
Locating the path beyond, shown on our maps, didn’t materialise. There was an ATV track and several animal trails through wet, grassy and heathery vegetation with some bog. Later we headed north-west through the heather and with height gain the ground was drier.
Once onto the ridge proper we headed west then south-west, where the going was easy, and onto the summit of Carn Breac. The highest point of this Graham was marked by an outcrop. We also visited the trig point where we spent a bit of time taking in the splendid views.
We headed back along the ridge then split up with my friends bypassing Meallan Mhic Iamhair to the south while I crossed some mixed vegetation and stony ground to ascend this Tump, marked by an outcrop 60 metres NNE of the cairn.
Thereafter I descended south-east then east across some rough ground to join my friends on our ascent of Beinn na Feusaige. It was a slow steady climb to reach the cairn marking the summit of this Graham.
After a break here, again with some fine views, we descended west then south-west followed by a rather steep drop south between a couple of streams using the deer tracks. They later headed off across the hillside, but we continued through the heather to the edge of the trees. Rough vegetation was then crossed to reach the vehicle track used earlier in the day which returned us to the start.
- Time taken – 7 hours 10 minutes.
- Distance – 14.25 kilometres.
- Height climbed – 805 metres.