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 Rum to Mallaig: Mon 2.20pm, Tue and Thur 2.25pm and Sat 11.50am.Tel: 0800 066 5000 (UK only) www.calmac.co.ukArisaig Marine Ltd runs ‘Island and Wildlife’ cruises from Arisaig to the Small Isles. Although they primarily organise round trips, they will take passengers on one-way trips if space is available. Operating a much smaller boat, they can be fully booked and are more liable to disruption from the weather. In 2012 they operated sailings from 30 April to 21 September.

 Arisaig to Rum: Tue, Thur and Sat at 11.00am

 Rum to Arisaig: Tue 3.30pm, Thur 3.45pm and Sat 3.30pmTel: 01687 450 224 www.arisaig.co.uk

ROUTE 9

Sgurr na Ba Glaise peak of the grey cow, Rois-Bheinn mountain of showers and An Stac the stack

StartInverailort (NM 76470 81710)Distance16km (10 miles)Total ascent1610m (5300ft)DifficultyThere is a great deal of rock on the ridges of these grassy mountains, but the going is surprisingly easy as any difficulties can be bypassed, provided you have good visibility. These are not mountains for the inexperienced in bad weather when finding the easy route down steep, craggy ridges will be difficult. There is easy, but boggy terrain to cross on the lower slopes of the mountains.Time7hr 40minSummitsBeinn Coire nan Gall (787m), Druim Fiaclach (869m), Sgurr na Ba Glaise (874m, 2817ft), Rois-Bheinn (882m, 2887ft), An Stac (814m, 2550ft).MapsOS Landranger 40AccessFrom Glenfinnan follow the A830 W to Lochailort, turn left along the A861 and after 600m there is limited parking by a minor road signed to Glen Shian. At the time of writing it looked as if a large factory was about to be built here to service the fishing industry, but this shouldn’t affect the route.NoteIf the walk is too long for you it would be possible to miss out Druim Fiaclach and climb the steep grass slopes up Coire a’ Bhuiridh to the Bealach an Fhiona pass between Sgurr na Ba Glaise and Rois-Bheinn or the pass to the S of An Stac; however, this would miss out the dramatic ridge between Druim Fiaclach and Sgurr na Ba Glaise.

This group of rocky Corbetts in the N of Moidart provides an excellent ridge walk round the head of Coire a’ Bhuiridh. Rois-Bheinn is the most westerly Corbett on the mainland and provides magnificent views towards the islands of Rum and Eig. The recommended route includes Druim Fiaclach, which just fails to reach Corbett status because the drop between it and Sgurr na Ba Glaise is only about 410ft. Druim Fiaclach used to be listed as the Corbett rather than Sgurr na Ba Glaise as it was shown as higher (2852ft compared with 2817ft) on the OS 1 inch:1 mile maps.