The club returned to a favourite weekend meeting place, The Jacobite Mountaineering Club’s hut called Invercroft, http://www.jacobitesmc.co.uk/inver. The weather turned out to be very wet and windy with only the Friday giving scope for ascents.
Invercroft hut’s SE face.
On the way up to the hut on Friday 13/09, DY climbed Beinn Loinne NH 13101 07733, from Claunie Inn, NH 07566 11737, cycling to the high point on the old road, then heading up the trackless hill. As can be seen he enjoyed the view from the top.
On the descent, looking NW into Glen Shiel and Loch Cluanie centre right.
Also on that Friday, PB set off early for a 4 x hour drive to Achnasheen to climb Corbett An Ruadh Stac, NG 92141 48062. Pic shows the view north towards the nearby Munro of Maol Chean-dearg whilst en route to An Ruadh Stac in the SW.
View of An Ruadh Stac from Bealach a Coire Ghairbh looking SW.
Looking NW from Bealach towards Beinn Damh another Corbett.
The last 250 metres to summit were very steep and rocky giving hard going!!
Saturday's weather was wild and no hills were attempted. Three of the party ended up at the Mountain Cafe and Bookshop in Gairloch. They found that returning across the walkway was problematic in force 10 winds as the photo shows their ‘Knees and Hands’ technique for traversing the boardwalk towards the hut.
PB Passing the time on Saturday in Invercroft.
Two FVMC members trying to work out how to light the oven!
Sunday's forecast was a bit ambiguous but 3 x members decided that it was time to go home, leaving two in the hut. DY had thoughts about climbing An Ruadh Stac, as PB had done on the Friday but when he walked in from Coulags it was obvious that the weather was deteriorating. Pic shows An Ruadh Stac looking NW from the path.
DY having lunch in Coire Fionnaraich bothy, NG 94992 48016, watching the showers. Afterwards he walked back down the path a bit with the bothy spade to clear some of the cross drains.
On the descent from the bothy looking north along the Fionn-abhainn. Fionn was a mythical giant who tethered his hounds to the rock of Clach nan Con-fionn higher up the coire. The little side streams crossed on the way up had swollen into torrents but they were all crossable apart from the last one, where DY had to detour through chest High bracken to reach a track and a bridge. There was more torrential hail accompanied by a thunderstorm.
Monday at Invercroft was beautiful but time to go home. On the way down the A9 DY had a cycle up Glen Tromie, but headwinds forced a curtailment of ambition…for another day!
It was unfortunate that such poor weather presided over the Invercroft meet but some memorable days were still achieved.
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