Glen Strathfarrar

Glen Strathfarrar ... April 07
Carn nan Gobhar, - Sgurr a' Choire Ghlais,
Sgurr Fhuar-thuill, - Sgurr na Ruaidhe,

A large circular route taking in the four munro's on the northern side of Glen Strathfarrar. I used the bike to make sharp work of the six miles through the glen then walked back over the superb high level ridge. A tremendous day out. The weather was warm and sunny with little wind, yet again a persistant haze kept visibility down to the 10 mile mark.

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Leaving the glen and heading up into Coire Mhuillidh. The snow covered hill in the distance is Sgurr a' Choire Ghlais
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High up in Coire Mhuillidh. The snow covered top is Sgurr a' Choire Ghlais to the right is Carn na Gobhar, and on the far right can be seen the lower slopes of our first hill of today Sgurr na Ruaidhe.
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The summit cairn of Sgurr na Ruaidhe. Beyond we can see Sgurr a' Choire Ghlais and to the far right is Carn na Gobhar
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Heading north west off Sgurr na Ruaidhe towards Carn na Gobhar, on the far left can be seen Sgurr a' Choire Ghlais
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The best view of the day. Looking west from the summit of Carn na Gobhar. The next three hills from left to right are Sgurr a' Choire Ghlais, Creag Ghorm a'Bhealaich and Sgurr Fhuar-thuill
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Leaving Carn na Gobhar and looking over the bhealach to Sgurr a' Choire Ghlais
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Looking south over the summit of Sgurr a'Choire Ghlais, the most southerly cairn (furthest away) felt distinctly higher than the trig point, optical illusion ???
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Heading west from Sgurr a'Choire Ghlais. The first hill is the top "Creag Ghorm a'Bhealaich" and the next hill being our fourth Munro of the day "Sgurr Fhuar-thuill"
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Looking east over the summit cairn of Creag Ghorm a'Bhealaich back to Sgurr a'Choire Ghlais
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Heading west from Sgurr Fhuar-thuill. The hills of Achnashellach make up the horizon.
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Looking back along the ridge from Carn Eiteige
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On a clear day this could be one of the finest views in Scotland. To the left we have the hills of Loch Mullardoch and to the right of Loch Monar we see the hills of Achnashellach.
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Leaving Monar Lodge and following the road round to the Dam, where I had parked up some 9 hours earlier. The big hill on the skyline is Sgurr na Lapaich.
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Glen Strathfarrar is a very beautiful well kept glen and worthy of a visit in its own right. The river Farrar has many deep pools and small Lochans and provides loads of oppurtunities for swimming. I found an ideal spot just downstream from the ford at 226387, the water was notably warmer than on Mull a week earlier. (I may of lasted 5 minutes!)