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Bla Bheinn in a loop

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Trail stats

Distance
6.26 mi
Elevation gain
3,018 ft
Technical difficulty
Difficult
Elevation loss
3,018 ft
Max elevation
2,958 ft
TrailRank 
45
Min elevation
20 ft
Trail type
Loop
Time
6 hours 7 minutes
Coordinates
1654
Uploaded
June 20, 2011
Recorded
June 2011
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near Torrin, Scotland (United Kingdom)

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Itinerary description

This loop is using different up and down routes to Bla Bheinn.
The first challenge was to find a spot in the parking lot. We were lucky and picked the second to last... The actual path is starting opposite the stream, beyond the road bridge. The beginning of the path is easy and pretty boring but the landscape is opening up when Loch Fionna Chore comes into view, close to JCT waypoint. That's also where the path becomes fuzzy... We decided to head to the obvious crest (waypoint PASS). The way is steepy through more or less loose gravel but that's not big a deal. From there, there is no real and obvious path. The track log shows that we first made two attempts before heading back a little as the tracks through the boulders were fading out (see WRONGWAY waypoints). We decided to get around the steepy bouldery slope by the left side, looking for grassier grounds (WAYUP). Altrhough still very steep, it proved to be very workable even if using hands helped to scrambling up. This is not actual climbing, and the slope is easing up after about one hundred meters up. Sort of footpaths are found here and there to a summit (waypoint FALSESUMMIT) offering a tremendous view. From there, the Bla Bheinn summit is only distant of 200 hundred meters but getting there is a bit tricky. We carefully went down a few meters through a goulet before getting up again to the Bla Bheinn actual summit via the crest. Fantastic view all around. A sort of path goes down (WAYDOWN) to the waypoint JCT and then back to the car.
Enjoy the Munro in the scottish (find your own) way!

Waypoints

PictographWaypoint Altitude 50 ft

PARKING

TP - 19/06/2011 20:30:42

PictographWaypoint Altitude 22 ft

ROAD

TP - 19/06/2011 20:31:11

PictographWaypoint Altitude 1,261 ft

JCT

TP - 19/06/2011 20:32:30

PictographWaypoint Altitude 1,966 ft

PASS

TP - 19/06/2011 20:32:56

PictographWaypoint Altitude 2,032 ft

WAYUP

TP - 19/06/2011 20:46:16

PictographWaypoint Altitude 2,803 ft

FALSESUMMIT

TP - 19/06/2011 20:46:38

PictographWaypoint Altitude 2,787 ft

GOULET

TP - 19/06/2011 20:46:57

PictographWaypoint Altitude 2,869 ft

BLABHEINN

TP - 19/06/2011 20:47:14

PictographWaypoint Altitude 2,818 ft

WAYDOWN

TP - 19/06/2011 20:48:02

PictographWaypoint Altitude 2,047 ft

WRONGWAY

TP - 19/06/2011 21:08:29

PictographWaypoint Altitude 1,956 ft

WRONGWAY

TP - 19/06/2011 21:08:56

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