Sunday, 15 April 2012

Achnashellach Forest - 14th April 2012

Driving approx 25 miles West of home, we stopped at the edge of Achnashellach Forest to start our circular walk via Easan Dorcha bothy.  It was another lovely day as we made the steady, but straightforward, walk up a well constructed rocky path.  The views were spectacular but I was grateful for this walk being not too hilly as I was up for an easier excursion!

Off to the left was Fuarr Tholl, which looked quite scary to me although it wasn't a Munro.  Ahead of us was Beinn Liath Mhor,  which we could have gone on to walk but we'll save that for another day.

We carried on to Easan Dorcha, a tiny one roomed bothy which was situated next to the river with an impressive waterfall.  As we carried on we discovered a wonderful view of -Beinn Eighe, a large scree covered mountain which I'm a tad nervous about doing in the future.


We continued the walk up the Coulin Pass, to reach the edge of the Forest again and had to make a detour along a pony trail due to deforestation (it was a bit boggy which, for me, dampened my spirits a bit).

All in, this was a great walk at around 10 miles/3hrs.