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Stob Coire nan Lochan (Routes 61, 62) and the top of its northwest ridge from Coire nan Lochan in early May

Coire nam Beitheach (Route 59), the western one of the three craggy valleys leading between the Three Sisters to the high ridgelines of Bidean nam Bian

INTRODUCTION

‘Glen Coe, Glen Coe, it’s the place to go…’

The best of walking is ridge walking. Swoop downwards from the peak, level off along a rocky crest, then rise again to another summit; and then do the same thing again, four or five or even eight times over. Let the ridge sides drop steeply 900m to a green valley where a river gleams among the alder trees; and beyond the valley another steep ridge, and another, and the sea reaching silver-grey into the furthest west. For added interest let the ridge top be composed of three different sorts of stone. And you’ve started to understand why the area from Ben Nevis southwards to Glen Coe is some of the finest mountain walking there is in the UK.