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Beinn na h-Uamha over Loch nan Gabhar

There has been a car ferry crossing the Corran Narrows of Loch Linnhe since 1934. Prior to that, the ferry was a rowing boat, later replaced by a motor launch. In those days a lot of cattle and sheep were brought from the Ardnamurchan Peninsula to the market in Fort William and were taken across the Narrows in a large rowing boat. Horses were expected to swim behind the boat (see www.ambaile.org.uk for more on Highland history and culture).

See map in Route 6. Cross the bridge and turn right along the track, signed to Strontian, up the left-hand side of the River Gour. Pass Loch nan Gabhar and fork right at a junction. Eventually the track deteriorates and veers right, down to the River Gour (1hr 20min, 55m, 92550 64770). Cross the river, on stepping stones when the water level is low. The grassy, often boggy, track continues up the glen. If you lose the track just continue up the glen until you reach the burn draining the corrie between Beinn na h-Uamha and Sgurr a’ Chaorainn (2hr, 155m, 90910 64980). Head N up the burn, staying above the edge of the gully through which the burn flows, until you reach the foot of the rocky SW ridge of Beinn na h-Uamha (235m, 90720 65360). Head NNE up the ridge, either up the rock slabs or steep grass slopes, veering right as the gradient eases on the approach to the knobbly summit plateau. The summit cairn is on a knoll at the far end of the plateau (3hr 35min, 762m, 91710 66410). There is about 200m of descent between Beinn na h-Uamha and its twin peak Sgurr a’ Chaorainn so it is possible that both of them, either of them or neither of them is actually a Corbett!