It's a big mountain, the tallest Munro south of the Tay. The northern slope down to the road is pretty much uniform. It's reasonably prone to avalanche in the right conditions - some pretty big slides occasionally come off it, so take the usual precautions. Best combined with Stob Binnein as the reascent is much less than doing SB on its own and it's only another couple of km out and back. Watch the descent W from the col between the two, given the recent easterlies - there may be a fair bit of windslab about and it's a steep, runout slope.
Snow down to the sea today which is unusual this late in the year, there is also a lot of ice on the hills. It was very cold with gale force winds today so I didn't go for a walk, and there was a lot of spindrift coming off the hill.
Apologies for slight hi-jack but I shall also be at Mull next weekend, I'm guessing my dream of sun soaked beaches and climbing at Erraid may be a little optimistic?
In reply to David Barratt: Did the NE ridge a few years ago in winter which was a great, entertaining day out. Mind you, our tent blew down the night before but the day dawned clear and sunny.
In reply to andymac: We were the young 20 somethings. mostly blonde, two going a bit faster and the three of us trailing behind. great day. 4.5 hours up and down, bet you did it a bit quicker!
In reply to andymac: Yeah, we were from the 'clean' fiesta! we had a good laugh about the accent, I think we looked quite Germanic, especially with Anna's red soft-shells. and thanks for solving the banana mystery! I almost sat on it. not a tradition I'm familiar with but I like it.
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