Around 9am I parked at Nether Lochaber, just off the A82 south of Fort William. This gave us sufficient time to change into boots and waterproofs then board the ferry as foot passengers at no charge. The ferry sailed at 9.15am for the short crossing to Corran in Ardgour.
Once disembarked, we walked north along A861 and out of the village.
Just beyond Keil Farm there was a ‘footpath’ sign and this took us up the edge of a field of sheep to a small gate then along a rough and muddy path, churned up by animals. Before reaching the old cemetery we left the mud and headed uphill.
It was a steep climb onto the north ridge of Sgurr na h-Eainchainne then easier walking as we ascended this Graham Top, marked by a cairn and trig point. The views weren’t great due to passing showers.
From this hill we descended west then climbed the Graham, Druim na Sgriodain, passing a few lochans, before reaching its summit cairn.
It was a bit cold and windy here so we descended south then south-east round Coire Dubh later stopping for a break once out of the wind.
Afterwards we headed for the waterfall and walked down the south side of the Allt a’ Choire Dhuibh crossing it before it dropped steeply to join another smaller stream.
We then headed for the access track to the communications tower and from there walked along this track to Ardgour House then Clovullin to join the A861 west of Corran. We reached the ferry terminal five minutes before the 3.30pm ferry back to Nether Lochaber.
- Time taken – 6 hours.
- Distance – 13.5 kilometres.
- Height climbed – 905 metres.