I parked in the Losgaintir Beach and Cemetery car park which was accessed from the A859 Leverburgh to Tarbert Road, Isle of Harris. This minor road ran along the north side of the famous Losgaintir Beach. On setting out on foot I passed through a gate leading to the beach then turned uphill, crossing a wet area, before reaching a gate in a stone dyke topped with wire.
Beyond this gate and after walking over some rough vegetation I arrived at a mesh stock fence with no break in it. A bit of demolition and rebuilding of an area of boulders was required to allow the dog to squeeze below the fence. The gradient then increased as I headed onto the west ridge of the Marilyn, Beinn Dhubh, where there were good views including of Losgaintir Beach.
It was then a short walk to the summit trig point which was surrounded by a cairn.
After a break here I descended south-east then walked below Beinn Losgaintir to reach the col with Ceann Reamhar the ground here being rather boggy. I then ascended this Hump locating the trig point within a shelter cairn. There were views of Tarbert and across The Minch to the Isle of Skye.
I returned to the col with Beinn Losgaintir and ascended this Tump.
From there I descended north-west to a small lochan then west below Beinn Dhubh before heading back to the car park.
Afterwards I took a short stroll along the beach.
- Time taken – 5.5 hours.
- Distance – 12.5 kilometres.
- Height climbed – 755 metres.