| Date | 11 July 2025 |
| Route | Link to Route |
| Enjoyable | |
| Difficulty | |
| Conditions | Very warm, occasional light breeze |
| Summits | ✔ (M) Buachaille Etive Mor - Stob Dearg ✔ (T) Stob na Doire ✔ (T) Stob Coire Altruim ✔ (M) Buachaille Etive Mor - Stob na Broige |
Drove over to Glencoe on Thursday for a few days staying at the Caolasnacon Caravan Park, with the aim of completing a few epic ridges, starting with the mighty Buachaille.
Up early to a beautiful sunrise, and headed round to the start car park, which we found in rough shape, so opted for the nearest layby instead. Heading over the bridge and past the SMC hut it doesn't take long before you start climbing the gully following the stream to the right. The path is pretty easy to follow until you hit the main scree where it zigzags and can be tricky to locate at times. Towards the top you should aim left were the path heads over some rocks and becomes scrambly in places, but straightforward to reach the top where there is a clear marker cairn where the path splits; left to the first Munro, and right for the rest of the ridge.
Taking the left path up over some false tops takes you to the the first Munro, Stob Dearg. The summit today had some magnificent views over Rannoch moor and the Devils staircase section of the West Highland Way. We got talking to an older chap that had completed the West Highland Way a few years ago and was very impressed with one of the guest houses in Kinlochleven, which we later found out was a converted shop, and the very same building we lived in many moons ago!
Returning the same route and past the cairn above the corrie, we continued along the ridge and up to the Munro Top, Stob na Doire where we stopped to have lunch, soaking in the great views. The descent from Stob na Doire to the bealach below was a little tricky, steep and loose scree in many places, care required.
It is only a short ascent from the bealach up to the second Munro Top of the day, Stob Coire Altruim. However, looking back towards Stob na Doire we kept asking ourselves why that Top is not a Munro as it felt like the most effort of the day!
Continuing South East along the ridge the last Munro Stob na Broige is only a short distance and we were rewarded with some great views along Glen Etive as well as the surrounding ranges.
From here we returned back over the top and down to the bealach, then taking the descent path to the north. Lower down there are some large slabs to negotiate requiring some scrambling which could be tricky in the wet. At the bottom you cross a river and join the path to return to the main road.
Overall a great day out, and the first I can remember a Glencoe climb where the visibility was good.
