A small group of AMC
headed for the White House in Barrisdale for the May week end and hoped to avoid the forecast snow showers.
With there no longer being a boat to hire from Arnisdale we
all walked in from the road end at Kinloch Hourn along the loch which gave spectacular views of
Ladhar Bheinn and fine walking through pine and silver birch trees with
primroses and bluebells dotted along the track side.
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| The Whitehouse |
On Saturday the day dawned bright and sunny. Bruce headed up Ladhar Bheinn while Mark, Ed,
Kathryn and Judith set their sights on Luinne Bheinn and Meall Buidhe.
The weather stayed fine all day in Knoydart while there were
snow showers visible inland [certainly were, see previous post - Ed].
The Luinne Bheinn party headed to Mam Unndalain and up the rocky ridge to
the Luinne Bheinn summit which gave great views round Knoydart, to Skye, Rum
and Eigg. From there we walked round the
ridge to Meall Buidhe where we met numerous parties from Inverie.
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| Barrisdale Bay |
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| Eigg and Rum |
From the summit we dropped into the rocky northern Choire Odhair with the aim of trying to find
a ledge under the slopes of Luinne Bheinn to take us out directly to Mam
Barrisdale without losing any height. Ed
had been reading an article in the Scottish Mountaineer about this descent
route. There were no difficulties in finding the route and it took us out where
we wanted with a short walk down the track back to the White House.
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| Plotting the route |
Saturday evening saw the party expand with Evan and Louise
arriving to enjoy the good weather.
Sunday was another fine day with Ladhar Bheinn, Luinne Bheinn
and Sgurr A Choire Bheithe being ascended by various parties.
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| Kathryn on Ladhar Bheinn |
On Monday we all walked back to Kinloch Hourn in the sunshine
and enjoyed tea and scones in the tearoom.
It was a great weekend with good company, excellent weather
and a fantastic location.
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