{"id":642,"date":"2018-03-31T19:43:55","date_gmt":"2018-03-31T19:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prwilliams-photography.co.uk\/?p=642"},"modified":"2018-09-09T18:53:03","modified_gmt":"2018-09-09T18:53:03","slug":"mountaineering-scotland-munro-bridge-of-orchy-20180331","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prwilliams-photography.co.uk\/?p=642","title":{"rendered":"Return to the Bridge of Orchy and not another sole around."},"content":{"rendered":"

A mild night but conditions still good so no time to waste and grab another couple of summits\u00a0(Munros Completed : Beinn Achaladair (71), Beinn a’Chreachain (72)).<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Today was a return to the Bridge of Orchy hills and although the Weather was overcast with a chilly easterly wind the visibility was excellent with the tops cloud free.<\/span>
\nThe start is a walk along the track to the Allachder farm, through the gate by the ruin, along the stone wall and to the ford. This route I was a bit uncertain about, because of the several river crossings and I wasn’t sure if the bridge of Tulla was still in place but I decided I would vary my route if necessary.<\/span>
\nAlso, the ford isin\u2019t passable in spate, but in this dry weather it was easy to find a way across with a very small detour by the ford. I continued on the track to the 1st bridge which is opposite the ruined farm, where the track then bears to the right & continues on to a further two bridge crossings. However, I wasn’t sure whether the furthe two bridge were in place, plus I was a bit bored walking along the flat track with quite a bit to go so felt that a route over the river to the woods on the other side would be better. I searched for something to indicate a path on the other side and soon spotted a stile over a fence to the Black Wood of Rannoch & decided to try and cross the broad but low river.<\/span><\/p>\n

Approach to Beinn Achaladair<\/h3>\n

I was able to do cross the river with a bit of care & adding a few larges stones but it certainly wouldn’t be passable in spate. Once across the river, the path takes you through some small woodland & then a small bridge over the railway (not an underpass as described in other routes). The path from then on isin\u2019t well defined and I lost it for a while but continued to follow a fence out of the woodland toward an open area of tussocky grass with a moderate rise. I aimed upwards traversing to the left to the corrie in front and reach the valley. In retropsect it probably didn\u2019t save a lot of time and the walk was quite boring up the slope. I should have continued on the track and then turned right into the valley as once I reached the valley bowl plateau, the views upwards were fantastic. Here I reached the snow line so continued along the valley floor to the beginning of the slope to put on my crampons. The ascent up the snow slope to the ridge was moderate, but was longer than it looked, and then it was a matter of following the ridge to the summit at 2:45pm.<\/span><\/p>\n