My walk started across the road
Little did I know I would see my car again only 11 hours later! The very rough pathless country slowed me down considerably.
Spot the grouse
This well-camouflaged bird was only 1½ metres from my camera and didn't take to its wings - it obviously was as paralysed by my impressive physique!
Crags of Leac an Tuadh
I ascended diagonally when walking past Loch Coire Lair and ended up too high too far from the corrie, so decided to climb to the summit of this hill, gingerly "hand railing" the crags
Loch nan Eilean
... and the Fannichs in the distance.
Beinn Dearg (red hill) and Cona Mheall (adjoining hill) seen from Leac an Tuadh
Creag a Choire Ghrànda front left, looking huge in comparison because of the perspective
Am I going to climb this?
Climbing Cona Mheall. Just going for it worked fine. Looking closely, I always found a next leg in the meandering way up.
Looking back from halfway up
Loch Coire Lair to the left, Loch a' Gharbhrain in the distance, the Fannichs on the horizon. Creag a' Choire Ghrànda to the right.
The ridge of Cona Mheall with Beinn Dearg in the distance
Crags on the ridge
The greatest "challenge", scrambling down two metres along a vertical piece of rock, unexposed
Loch a' Choire Ghranda 500m down
A young American lady kindly offered to take my picture next to the wee cairn of Cona Mheall
View towards the Coigach mountains
Ben Mor Coigach, Beinn Eoin, Stac Pollaidh, Cul Baeg, Cul Mor, Suilven, Canisp, Quinag
Summit cairn of Beinn Dearg
Fannichs in the background
Boulders with a remarkable line pattern
I saw lots of those on Beinn Dearg
The entire ridge of Cona Mheall
Notice the steep nose, which I managed to climb in a mere 30 minutes!
Spot the ptarmigan
Large boulder fields which I had to negotiate
Cona Mheall seen across Loch nan Eilean
Lots of peat hags that slowed down my progress
An endless journey coming to an end anyway
The endless stretches of tussocky grass and heather slowed me down
