I was interested in climbing the Corbett, Beinn Damh, by its east ridge but with the forecast for poor weather I opted for the standard north-west ridge and to include a few tops.
The starting point was the A896 Torridon to Shieldaig Road where I was able to get my vehicle off the road immediately east of the bridge over the Allt Coire Roill, west of the hamlet of Annat. I walked briefly west along the A896 to the start of the path into Ben-Damph Forest. This path was initially steep and led through rhododendron bushes, which had been cut back, and above the Allt Coire Roill, running fairly high after heavy overnight rain.
![Allt Coire Roill after overnight rain](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/01-Allt-Coire-Roill-after-overnight-rain.jpg)
![Start of walk](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/02-Start-of-walk.jpg)
At a fork in the path I went right and this took me up the north side of the Allt an Tuill Bhain initially on a fairly good path. Higher up the path turned muddy and eroded with lots of running water. Here I entered the low cloud.
![Creagan Dubh Toll nam Biast](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/03-Creagan-Dubh-Toll-nam-Biast.jpg)
![Path west of the Allt an Tuill Bhain](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/04-Path-west-of-the-Allt-an-Tuill-Bhain.jpg)
I continued up this path to a small cairn above the Toll Ban and from there walked north discovering a path which took me over the Graham Top, Meall Gorm, the summit being unmarked. A short descent north-west led to a col where a slanting path up the south ridge led to the trig point marking the summit of the Hump and Graham Top, Sgurr na Bana-Mhoraire. On a clear day this would be an excellent viewpoint but unfortunately not on this occasion.
On my return to the cairn above Toll Ban there were a couple of brief views of Loch Damh but the showery, cloudy and windy weather continued as I headed south-west where a less obvious path, disappearing at a boulder field, took me onto Creagan Dubh Toll nam Biast. Here a cairn marked the summit of this Corbett Top.
More boulders were crossed before the underfoot conditions improved slightly and I headed over the summit of the Sub Simm, Spidean Toll nam Biast, and here the ridge narrowed. I then ascended to the cairn on Spidean Coir an Laoigh, the highest point on Beinn Damh.
The cloud broke a couple of times but it looked unlikely to lift completely so I commenced the descent to Toll Ban meeting a group from the Torridon Youth Hostel on their ascent.
![Cloud lifting off Beinn Damh](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/05-Cloud-lifting-off-Beinn-Damh.jpg)
![Lochs Damh, Coultrie, Kishorn and Carron](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/06-Lochs-Damh-Coultrie-Kishorn-and-Carron.jpg)
The return took me to the west of Creagan Dubh Toll nam Bieast although the path, which was cairned in places, wasn’t always obvious. By this time I was out of the cloud and had some reasonable views.
On reaching the Toll Ban I descended the path used earlier that morning to return to the start.
![Beinn Bhan topped with cloud](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/07-Beinn-Bhan-topped-with-cloud.jpg)
![Ben Shieldaig, Upper and Lower Loch Torridon](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/08-Ben-Shieldaig-Upper-and-Lower-Loch-Torridon.jpg)
![Meall Gorm and Sgurr na Bana Mhoraire. Upper Loch Torridon beyond](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/09-Meall-Gorm-and-Sgurr-na-Bana-Mhoraire.-Upper-Loch-Torridon-beyond.jpg)
![Toll Ban](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/10-Toll-Ban.jpg)
![Beinn na h-Eaglaise](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/11-Beinn-na-h-Eaglaise.jpg)
![Torridon village, Liathach and Beinn Eighe](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/12-Torridon-village-Liathach-and-Beinn-Eighe.jpg)
- Time taken – 6.5 hours.
- Distance – 13.5 kilometres.
- Height climbed – 1235 metres.