I parked on an area of rough ground on the A835 Ullapool to Ledmore Junction Road just north of Lochan an Ais.
From there we passed through a gate and onto a good stalker’s path that ran north to the west of Loch Fhionnlaidh. The stags were roaring.
Once the path turned north-west the underfoot condition deteriorated for a while as we walked through some boggy sections but as the gradient increased we left the bog for some stony ground and headed across Meallan Diomhain.
From there we crossed Fliuch Coire, a mixture of heather and stony ground, onto the north-east ridge of the Corbett, Cul Mor.
The path then continued up this ridge until a boulder field was crossed and the summit trig point reached. Despite the sun there was a cold wind blowing but we sought some shelter to take in the grand views of the North-West Highlands.
Afterwards we descended to the col with Creag nan Calman then to the top of the gully containing the Allt Lochan Dearg a’ Chuil Mhoir before working our way round Meallan Diomhain to rejoin the path which was followed it back to the start.
- Time taken – 4.75 hours.
- Distance – 11 kilometres.
- Height climbed – 695 metres.