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It was a clear and warm day I was out for about eight hours. I headed first to the Grey Corries and then to the eastern end of the Mamores. That, I thought, is a little gem missing from my collection! Perhaps I could fit it in as part of the Ramsay recce?Īfter an early start from Liverpool on Thursday morning I arrived at a very crowded car park at the top Glen Nevis soon after midday. I had a look at Nicky Spinks’s website for information on the “Spinks ridge” ascent to Aonach Beag and read her write up of Tranter’s round. When such a long drive from Liverpool is involved, it makes sense to maximize the number of hours out it was for that reason that I looked at the possibility of ‘throwing’ something else into the deal.
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This was a good excuse to spend time on the Scottish hills.
Tranter round update#
I will be supporting his attempt and so I needed to visit the area and update myself with the route. The summer solstice weekend has been set as the weekend for a friend’s Ramsay round attempt. On my solo completion I did not do it as I was short of time and very cold the weather was bad, it was dark and I wanted to get down as quickly as possible.Completed by Yiannis Tridimas on Fri/Sat 31 st May/1 st June 2013 I had reccied it in the past and found the best way through, which was much easier to follow than the usual one. I had a recent exchange with someone about the Mullah North ridge. From memory, a direct route would either lose height or would involve some pretty rough contouring. You then will hit the main forrest track and cut off right faily soon (at the point were the track and road are closest) after and meet the road to the youth hostel.Alan, from Sg Eilde Mor the optimum route to Binneinn Mor would go between the lochans, follow the path west and climb to the ridge leading to the 1062 top. The north ridge goes via / to the left of Sgor Chalum then Yiannis might be able to help with the route through the forrest.
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Off Stob Ban South West via Coire rath then Binnein Beag, Sgurr Elide More the Usual way then fairly direct up Binnein Mor (a tough looking climb). Has anyone tried the ascent up by the waterfalls above the end of the road or alternatively a more direct ascent from Achriabhach via Carn Dearg south? Are these ascent routes worth the saving of 1.5 miles as compared with starting at the youth hostel?There are people out there with more knowlege of this than me but the Tranter is an easier pace than the Ramsey and traditionally goes the opposite way round to the Ramsey i.e. Which way round? I understand that Philip Tranter's traverse in 1964 was anticlockwise and set off from Achriabhach (2.5 miles up Glen Nevis from the youth hostel) but to me it seems more sense to get the big ascents of Ben Nevis and the Aonachs etc out of the way first. Has anyone tried the ascent up by the waterfalls above the end of the road or alternatively a more direct ascent from Achriabhach via Carn Dearg south? Are these ascent routes worth the saving of 1.5 miles as compared with starting at the youth hostel? If I went at a 24 hr BG pace how long would I take on the Tranter? (I am hoping the answer is about 16 or 17 hours which would give me plenty of leeway to go at a more relaxed pace and still get round in 20 hrs). I was hoping that I could go at a significantly more relaxed pace than on a 24hr BG and still get round in 20 hours. The stats make it look a lot easier than the Bob Graham (36 miles + 20,500ft cf 65 miles + 27,000ft) but the ground is clearly a lot rougher. I am considering having a go at the Tranter Round this June.