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Spidean Coinich and Lochan Bealach Cornaidh

Retrace your steps along the shoulder, but once at the cairn continue straight on, dropping slightly before making the steep ascent up the grassy slope of an unnamed peak at 745m. From here, on a clear day, the views out to sea and the Summer Isles are magical.

A steep path leads you north-northwest down off the top and along a narrow section of ridge. Once past an impressive square-topped knoll, a long but gradual ridge, with great views west, takes you all the way to the summit of Sail Gorm (776m) (198 303, 7km, 3hr).

Again retrace your steps, this time back to the unnamed top, from which the path zigzags steeply south on loose rock down to the Bealach a’Chornaidh. You could choose to return to the start from this point for a shorter day, but it is well worth continuing.

Climb very steeply south on an increasingly narrow ridge and along its interesting and airy rocky crest to reach a second unnamed top (713m). A gentler descent brings you to a small lochan and the final climb of the day. Pass the lochan on its left to gain the steep, rocky path to the summit of Spidean Coinich (764m) (206 277, 10km, 4hr30). Here the best views are over Loch Assynt and the peaks of Canisp and Suilven to the south.