I left my vehicle in the car park on the B8043 Kingairloch to Lochaline Road, at the east end of Loch Uisge, then walked along the vehicle track to the loch and across its dam by a walkway. A rough track then headed up the north ridge of Meall a’ Chaorainn Loch Uisge but gradually disappeared amongst the vegetation.
I continued to the summit of this Tump before descending south and climbing the Tump, Meall na Greine.
There were traces of a path and some old metal fence posts as I descended to the Bealach Choire Bhain. From there I ascended Beinn Mheadhoin’s West Top then it was onto the Graham, Beinn Mheadhoin, its summit marked by a large cairn with a trig point nearby. Low cloud that had drifted over the hills began to disperse to give me some reasonable views. However the noise from the workings at the Glen Sanda Quarry to the south disturbed the peace and quiet.
After time at the summit I descended to the small lochans west of Bealach Choire Bhan then worked my way across some rough ground above Coire Beitheach and climbed to the summit of Meall a’ Choire Bheithich.
More rough ground, wet in places, was crossed as I worked my way below the south and east sides of Meall a’ Chaorainn Loch Uisge before locating the track used earlier and following back to the start.
- Time taken – 4.75 hours.
- Distance – 12 kilometres.
- Height climbed – 900 metres.