An Socach and Sgurr nan Ceathreamhnan, Glen Affric (20/06/2007)
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Alistair ready to get started!
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Young trees growing beside the path
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Looking towards the hostel and Ciste Dubh
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Looking west across the Allt na Faing
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Strange bit of fence work - photo requested by the others!
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Emerging from the gate at the top of the enclosure
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Deer carcass plus a view across Glen Affric
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Striding out, halfway up to the ridge
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In the hailstorm just below the bealach
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One of many small lochans along the ridge
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Heading for the top of An Socach
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View down into Gleann a' Choillich
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Another lochan shot, looking south
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Bright lights in a lochan!
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Summit party on An Socach, with Mam Sodhail and Carn Eige behind
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The view along the ridge towards Sgurr nan Ceathreamhnan
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Looking back along the ridge to An Socach, rather tame now from Stob Coire na Cloiche
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A bit of scrambling on the ridge - nothing to worry about!
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Looking down on Loch Coire nan Dearcag, which we later passed in the snow
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Approaching the final section on Sgurr nan Ceathreamhnan
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At the top of Sgurr nan Ceathreamhnan in the snow
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Heading down the steep ridge towards Mullach, emerging from the snowstorm
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Looking across towards An Socach and the climb up to the bealach
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Stormy weather to the north, over Gleann Sithidh
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Looking back from the ridge towards Sgurr nan Ceathreamhnan
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Further along the ridge towards Mullach
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Final climb up to Mullach na Dheiragain
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A rather eerie and scary prospect of the ridge we had to return along
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Crossing the field of sharp rocks, this time in a hail storm
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Checking the route across the corrie with the GPS
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Looking up at the face of Stob Coire na Cloiche in the snow
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Arriving at the safety of the ridge
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Snowbound Stob Coire na Cloiche from the bealach
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On our way down!
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First of the little waterfalls
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The next little waterfall
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And another!
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A larger version at the head of a nearby gorge
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And another falling down the side of the gorge
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More cascades further down
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And a final set of cascades with the snowcapped peak above
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The newly constructed path, very muddy after the snow
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Nearing the end of the walk in the evening sunshine
