Weekend March 12/13th

This weekend Ben and I had family to visit us in Glencoe, which meant I was lucky enough to have a weekend off from training! Having said this, we still got out and about in the snow. On Saturday we walked up Beinn na Lap (935m) via the SW ridge, from Corrour Station in some pretty wild wind and deep snow.

 

Summit cairn group shot!

On Sunday the plan was to walk part of the West Highland Way from Glencoe to Kinlochleven, via the Devil's staircase but in practice the snow was WAY too deep and we made very slow progress!

In the end turned back in favour of coffee and cake!

Later we decided to burn off a few of these calories by ploughing our way up to the telemast at the summit of am Meall (414m) before dark. The snow was VERY wet and thigh-deep near the top but we got some views of the Pap of Glencoe and Sgorr Ban looking bleak in the fading light.