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Loch Droma with An Teallach, the evening before
Beginning the walk into Gleann Chaorachain
First view of the walk ahead
Beginning the ascent of Sail Liath with Beinn a’ Chlaidheimh behind
Meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis) nest
Fossil imprint?
View from Sail Liath summit: Stob Cadha Gobhlach, Corrag Bhuidhe, Sgùrr Fiona, Bidein a’ Ghlas Thuill and Glas Mheall Liath
Fisherfield, Slioch, Torridon
Stob Cadha Gobhlach from Sail Liath
Pinnacles 1, 2 and 3 (going clockwise) from Sail Liath
Descending from Sail Liath, heading to Stob Cadha Gobhlach
View from Stob Cadha Gobhlach to Corrag Bhuidhe
Red route: the way I went. Green route is the direct steep route up to the first 'ridge'. The blue route marks the top of the first exposed ridge. It's easy enough, but very exposed on the far side.
Yellow lines show the first tricky wall. It is climbable, but exposed.
Chockstone gully - very exposed
Gingerly stepping onto the chockstone
Getting closer to the first pinnacle
Route up the first step. Yellow band is climbable but a bit exposed on the right.
Watching the climbing ahead
View back to Stob Cadha Gobhlach and Sail Liath
Easy scrambling route up the red dots. At the top of the red dots, we traversed left to the next scramble at the red arrow.
Scrambling to the top of the red dots
The hardest bit of scrambling that we did all day. Good grip, reasonable holds, various different ways to do it.
Fisherfield, and the base of the scramble.
Looking back towards Sail Liath from the base of the scramble.
The hardest part of the day.
View from the top of the scramble back to Sail Liath
The final scramble up pinnacle 1
The top of the first pinnacle
Looking towards pinnacles 2 and 3 from pinnacle 1
The route we took up pinnacle 2
Deciding not to downclimb off pinnacle 1 (although it is actually an easy downclimb)
Instead, we took the easier option to descend on the left
View from pinnacle 2, looking back at people down-climbing from pinnacle 1
Balance along the ridge, before a trickier downclimb at the end of the big red dots. (We descended to the left before the end downclimb.)
The smaller red dots show the route up pinnacle 3 - a fairly easy scramble.
The down-climb from pinnacle 2
Scrambling up pinnacle 3
Looking back towards pinnacle 2 from pinnacle 3
Descending with Sgurr Fiona behind, and Lord Berkeley's Seat in the foreground
Lord Berkeley's Seat - outlined in yellow
On Lord Berkeley's Seat, just about to dangle my legs over the edge
Looking back at pinnacle 3 from Lord Berkeley's Seat
Sgurr Fiona from Lord Berkeley's Seat
Aga on Lord Berkeley's Seat
Lord Berkeley's Seat and Fisherfield
Looking back towards the pinnacles from Sgurr Fiona
Descending from Sgurr Fiona, heading to Bidein a’ Ghlas Thuill
Looking back to Sgurr Fiona and Corrag Bhuidhe
Bidein a’ Ghlas Thuill summit with Glas Mheall Mòr and Glas Mheall Liath
Glas Mheall Liath
Descending to the head of Glas Tholl corrie with Coigach on the skyline
Descending steeply into Glas Tholl corrie
Wild goats
Allt Coir’ a’ Ghiubhsachain Waterfall
Badrallach campsite
Dundonnell House
Dundonnell 18th century bridge
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