The Grey Corries, 1177m

Date: 19/6/82	Tops and Munros
Companions: with Anne, and Mary and Conan Fischer	Stob Coire na Gaibhre (T) 958m Stob Coire na Ceannain (T) 1123m Stob Choire Claurigh (M) 1177m Stob a' Choire Leith (T) 1105m Stob Coire Cath na Sine (T) 1079m Caisteal (T) 1106m Stob Coire an Laoigh (M) 1116m Stob Coire Easain (T) 1080m Beinn na Socaich (T) 1007m
Distance: 20km
Climbing: 1350m
Time: 9 hours
Weather: warm day, sunshine and clouds
Munro Tally: M36-37, T48-56
I can't remeber much detail about this walk at all, except that it was a superb ridge walk. The photographs below give some idea of the rough terrrain. There are very few places in Scotland where you can cover 9 Munro tops with so little intervening drop. The eastern outlier (Stob ban) and the western outliers (Sgurr Choinnich Mor and Beag) were left to other days, although Conan went on to Sgurr Choinnich.

		<< Stob Ban The conspicuously white quartzite top of Stob Ban to the south east of the Grey Corries ridge.   Caisteal >> The dramatic cliffs of Caisteal from the east
Grey Corries ridge Looking west along the Grey Corries ridge from Stob Coire Claurigh, with Aonach Mor, Aonach Beag and Ben Nevis in the distance.
			After an initial steep climb on to Stob Coire na Gaibhre (where Mary decided to turn back), the next 10km was a wonderful high level walkway. We eventually descended north from Beinn na Socaich into the forest. The (now disused) Lochaber Light railway made a good and interesting return route to the car - including a walk across this trestle bridge.

To see an OS 1:50000 map centred on Stob Choire Claurigh (east end of ridge, click here   To see an OS 1:50000 map centred on Stob Coire an Laoigh (west end of ridge, click here   To see a road map of the area around this mountain, click here

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