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Continue along an intermittent, boggy path up the left-hand side of the unnamed burn heading for the obvious saddle between the Druim Garbh ridge and Sgurr Dhomhnuill. When the burn splits (565m, 88400 67850) a short distance below the saddle you can see a grassy ‘valley’ leading ESE to a pass high on the S ridge of Sgurr Dhomhnuill. Head for this saddle (765m, 88940 67610) and climb easily up grass slopes between the crags to the summit of Sgurr Dhomhnuill (2hr 55min, 888m, 88960 67880). The summit is topped by a massive cairn with a depression in the middle which looks as if it could have been an old burial mound. There is little left of the nearby trig point.

Return by the same route to the end of the miner’s track (4hr 5min) and the car park (5hr 10min).

ROUTE 6

Garbh Bheinn rough mountain

StartAbhainn Coire an Iubhair (NM 92850 59730)Distance12km (8 miles)Total ascent1310m (4300ft)DifficultyThe rough path up the SE ridge of Garbh Bheinn has occasional rocksteps and slabs to climb. The suggested route is only for experienced mountaineers in good weather. It involves finding the only feasible route through the steep crags down the N face of Garbh Bheinn; a route which is not obvious from above and would be very difficult to follow in bad visibility. Most walkers will want to return by the ascent route rather than follow the suggested traverse of Beinn Bheag and Druim an Iubhair. This is one of the most difficult mountains on the Scottish mainland to explore and not a mountain on which inexperienced walkers should take any chances.Time6hr 25minSummitsGharbh Choire Bhig (823m), Garbh Bheinn (885m, 2903ft), Beinn Bheag (736m, Graham), Sgurr Mhic Eacharna (650m, Graham)MapsOS Landranger 40 and 49AccessFollow the A861 E from Strontian and park beside the old road bridge across the Abhainn Coire an Iubhair, about 600m before the junction with the B8043.NoteWalkers should think of returning down the SE ridge as the normal descent route. Another possibility is descending steeply NE from the saddle between Garbh Bheinn and Garbh Coire Bhig. There is a bit of a rough path down the corrie, but the author has not tested this route and it looks rather unpleasant when viewed from across the glen.

Garbh Bheinn is a magnificent mountain. Steep crags protect the mountain on all sides and it is a mecca for rock climbers and scramblers as well as walkers. It appears to be impregnable from most directions and the SE ridge is the only relatively easy approach. There are good views across Loch Linnhe towards Glen Coe.