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Descend to the left (south) into Coire Giubhsachan. A small path forms to right of the stream. If time or energy are short, this path leads right down to the Glen Nevis path, passing some waterfalls low down. However, the more interesting continuation heads out to the right at about the 600m contour, to the col Bealach Cumhann. Turn left up a gentle ridge of grass and rock to Meall Cumhann’s summit. Meall Cumhann means the Hill of the Gorge; and indeed, the Nevis Gorge is directly between your toes. However, the horizontal views up and down Glen Nevis are equally spectacular.

Return north to Bealach Cumhann, and slant down across a fairly steep and pathless slope towards the long waterslide of the Allt Coire Eoghainn. Beware of the waterworn slabs alongside the watersplash, the site of accidents. A small path runs down the near side of the stream to the car park.

ROUTE 14

Aonach Mor by Gondola and Stob an Cul Choire

StartGondola top station (NN 187 756)FinishSame, or gondola foot (NN 172 774)Distance13.5km/8½ miles (to gondola top finish)Total ascent850m/2800ftTime5½hrTerrainPathless but comfortable, with a steep grass ascent to the plateauMax altitudeAonach Beag 1234mParkingPark at the Nevis Range bottom station and take the gondola up

Aonach Mor is odd as being the 4000er that wasn’t. When hills were measured imperially, Aonach Mor was 3999ft. It was only when they remeasured it in metric that it rose to 1221m, which is 4006ft. The names also are confused, in that Aonach Mor, the Big Ridge, is 13m lower than Aonach Beag, the Small Ridge. But in a sense they are both small hills, as the Nevis Range gondola lifts you up and over the unexciting spruce to visit two 4000-footers with a total climb of less than 3000ft. So it creates what is rare here, a real mountain walk in under 6 hours.