I parked on the north verge of the A830 Mallaig to Lochailort Road just west of the entrance to Glen Mama Farm and walked down the track to the farm and the bridge over the Allt a’Mama.
Once across the bridge a vehicle track led across the grassy fields on the south-east side of the stream. My map showed that the path re-crossed the stream but with nothing obvious on the other side I remained on the south-east side and followed marks through the stones and vegetation. There was lots of evidence of last year’s moorland fire.
After some rough walking I reached the vehicle track that came in from the south and walked along it to the outflow of Loch Mama where large stepping stones assisted in the crossing.
The vehicle track along the north shore of Loch Mama was less obvious but took me to and passed a shieling where I commenced the gradual ascent to and across the Allt a’Fhithich.
It was then a fairly steep climb later easing to reach the South Top of Beinn nan Cabar, a Tump.
A short drop then a fairly steep climb through rocks took me to the summit of the Marilyn, Beinn nan Cabar, where I had good views in all directions.
It was a nice spot to rest. Afterwards I walked over to the West Top, a Sub Dodd, before descending into the corrie, crossing the Allt a’Fhithich, and returning to the start by the upward route.
- Time taken – 4.75 hours.
- Distance – 10.75 kilometres.
- Height climbed – 690 metres.