TGO Challenge 11/05/26

Day 5, Glen Nevis to Staoineag bothy.

It was a cold bright morning with plenty of sunny intervals during the day. A cold north wind when there was no sun but when the sun did come out it felt very warm.

The road in Glen Nevis 

It was a straightforward walk today, up Glen Nevis to the watershed and about five miles down the other side.

The Mamores

The first section is on the road as far as the lower falls car park. A very pleasant road with little traffic and lovely hills all around.

Nevis Gorge 

A path goes up beside the river before rejoining the rod just before the top car park where there were the usual large numbers of cars and people who were walking up the Nevis gorge as far as Steall Falls. Who could blame them, it's a beautiful place.

Steall Falls

Water levels are fairly low so the falls weren't spectacular but there were a lot of people looking.

Looking back down the glen 

The path continues to climb up through the now wide glen with ever improving views to the snowy hills behind.

Gate to nowhere 

The closer to the watershed that I got the boggier it became and my feet were wetter from the bog than from the rivers I had to cross.

Looking back to Anoch Beag

I stopped at the top of the pass in the sunshine for lunch and took out my tent to dry in the wind and sun. A beautiful place to sit and do nothing.

Luibeilt in the trees

On across the squelchy ground until at last the pass starts to drop down towards Loch Trig and the path became drier and better defined.

Looking back to the pass

Soon after the bothy appeared on the other side of the river but there are good stepping stones so my feet got no wetter.

Heading for the bothy

There was another person at the bothy who just enjoys going to bothies tidying up, doing odd jobs and, in this case, collecting firewood.

Staoineag bothy.

I seem to have picked up a cold, probably from Inverie bunkhouse, which has had me sneezing all day but I will be in a separate room in the bothy. I expect it to be a cold night again tonight, I'm glad I bought the sleeping bag liner.