Another "Top Bagging" exercise, but this time with a poor forecast for high winds, and so it turned out.
The main objective was Meall Dearg (Northern Pinnacles) on Liathach, described as one of the hardest Tops - that's the pointy one in the middle picture, but reached by us from Loch Coire na Caime, by rough ground and a steep ascent, the grassy parts of which were a bit greasy. This misses out the bulk of the Pinnacles, see the next photo . I'm not sure I could have got to Meall Dearg over the Pinnacles but I know many in the Club who could !
With the wind getting up we then opted to walk over to Beinn Eighe, climbing Sail Mhor from the South. By this stage the gusts were furious and so we aborted the plan to climb the Ceum Grannda (the ugly step) which would have led to the next top of Coinneach Mhor. That's it, right on top of the famous Triple Buttress above Coire Mhic Fhearchair.(Top picture)
Instead we opted for relative shelter by descending to the Coire, and a longish, very windy walk out.
Anyway, for me this means a future return to Beinn Eighe, hopefully on a less windy day ! - that's someting to look forward to.
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