I parked on the verge of the A861Lochailort to Salen Road just east of Roshven Farm and walked up a fairly steep vehicle track on the west side of the Irine Burn.
Just prior to a hydro electric dam, a little used path continued through the trees as the route along the edge of the burn was impassable as it ran through a rocky gully.
I had planned to climb Rois-Bheinn but it wasn’t possible to cross the burn so I continued south up the glen and in the wrong direction for an ascent of this Corbett.
After around two kilometres I managed to cross the Irine Burn then walked north-east onto Leac nam Fuaran. On reaching this ridge it was obvious that a fair loss of height would be required to cross the Allt a’ Ghilinne Dhuibh to gain Rois-Bheinn’s West Ridge so I decided instead just to climb Sgurr Dhomhuill Mor.
I made reasonable progress up its north-west ridge then higher up there was a bit more rock to work round.
From the cairn marking the summit of this Hump and Graham Top I had good views out west including the Isles of Eigg and Rum but the hills to the north and east were covered in cloud.
After a break here I decided to pop out to Sgurr Dhomhuill Beag. The descent from Sgurr Dhomhuill Mor was through some boulders then from the col it was an easy ascent to the summit of this Sub Simm. There were good views across Glen Moidart to the Grahams, Beinn Gair and Croit Bheinn, which I had climbed a couple of days earlier.
I returned to Sgurr Dhomhuill Mor and descended its north-west ridge, lower down spotting some cattle in Gleann Dubh, so to avoid them I descended more directly to Allt a’ Ghilinne Dhuibh.
Once over this stream it was rough going through vegetation and some boulders. Cow trails were followed over the shoulder of Rois-Bheinn’s West Ridge onto an ATV track which was in poor condition but led to gates almost opposite where I had left my car.
- Time taken – 5 hours.
- Distance – 9.25 kilometres.
- Height climbed – 830 metres.