Bealach Coire Sgreamhach
A place you have really got to want to get to - the bealach (mountain pass) in between Beinn Dearg Mhor and Beinn Dearg Bheag, requiring 90+ minutes of steep uphill bog-slog. The route starts from close to sea-level in Torrin, following up the coire next to Allt Slapin up to almost 500 metres. The Scottish Gaelic term sgreamhach translates as horrible or disgusting, but I didn't find the route up too horrid, just strenuous. But the sight as you reached the bealach was well worth it, giving a view of the back of Beinn na Caillich and being able to see all the way down to Broadford on the coast - a case of I can see my house from here!
This image looks towards the slope of Beinn Dearg Mhor (709 m), showing the steep scree descent to the bealach (that truly was horrible when I did it a few years ago, and is much worse than it appears on the photograph), with only a lonely looking boulder on the bealach. It was shot as a vertical pano to capture some of the magnificent sky.
Bealach Coire Sgreamhach
A place you have really got to want to get to - the bealach (mountain pass) in between Beinn Dearg Mhor and Beinn Dearg Bheag, requiring 90+ minutes of steep uphill bog-slog. The route starts from close to sea-level in Torrin, following up the coire next to Allt Slapin up to almost 500 metres. The Scottish Gaelic term sgreamhach translates as horrible or disgusting, but I didn't find the route up too horrid, just strenuous. But the sight as you reached the bealach was well worth it, giving a view of the back of Beinn na Caillich and being able to see all the way down to Broadford on the coast - a case of I can see my house from here!
This image looks towards the slope of Beinn Dearg Mhor (709 m), showing the steep scree descent to the bealach (that truly was horrible when I did it a few years ago, and is much worse than it appears on the photograph), with only a lonely looking boulder on the bealach. It was shot as a vertical pano to capture some of the magnificent sky.