Hiking, Scrambling, Mountaineering, and Climbing

yeah - 2 day trip unless you're really getting a move on. looking at the map, Corrour might be more reasonable

We did this, but stayed in Fort William the whole time. Took the bikes up on the sleeper so we could get from the B&B to the bottom of the hills without having to walk a few miles extra every day.
Sleeper isn't cheap, no. But you get into Fort William at about 10am, giving you time to get some exploring done on day 1.

We stayed at the Myrtle Bank guest house, £70 a night, really big room, good breakfast, views over the loch, about 5 min walk from the main high street.

Corrour is on my to do list. I walked some of it in the FW>C direction and the scenery is awesome. We didn't go that far as we turned up into the hills. Definately a target for the future.

I was looking at doing something like this - flights to Inverness are cheap.

£30!

Same here - we camped for a couple of nights up near Binnien Mor and headed back to FW. Would have been nice to have done it as a Corrour -> FW trip but that would have required more organisation than we were capable of at the time!

The SYHA at Crianlarich is adjacent to the station and you are bang in the middle of some fantastic hills. I got off at Bridge of Orchy once and did a circuitous 3-day walk back to Crianlarich, over Beinn an Dothaid and Beinn Challuim amongst others.

Yeah not bad right. That's as far as I've got though, I'm starting to plan a trip for Easter so will be keeping an eye on this thread for tips.

They used to do a limited number of "bargain berths" on the Sleeper which were more reasonable. I think they are gearing up to it becoming more of a luxury service - there will be new rolling stock with double beds, en suite etc. At the moment it feels a bit like they have upgraded the prices but not the trains. That said, the sleeper is really cool for lots or reasons. It's great for bike trips too if you can get a spot for your bike booked

the sleeper megabus to inverness is much cheaper.. but it does suck. i have family near inverness and took it in my student days, these days i tend to fly but you cant really take a bike

Yeah, I'm thinking March... still a bit of a nip in the air but decent daylight hours... would be cool to go in rut season as well.

Anyone schlepped around the alps in Slovenia? Possibly going there in late spring/early summer and would love to go up in to the mountains.

Glencoe area!?

A friend and I are doing a cycle tour of the West Highlands in April/May and we are going to have a walking day in the Glencoe area. Has anyone done any walks here? Can you suggest a route?
There are lots online obviously but it's always nice to get some Forumunger recommendations.

Enjoy some photos On the South Downs during the fog between Christmas and New Year.

Are you wanting to do low level stuff or the hills? If you're going to Glencoe the the Aonach Eagach Ridge is amazing as long as you're comfortable with exposed scrambling, best done East to West with a pint in the Clachaig afterwards is a winner. On the other side of the glen Bidean Nam Beian is a cracking walk too, descend through the hidden valley is my favorite way to do this one.

Hi @mi7rennie
We will have one whole day and would definitely love to get up in the hills.
Aonach Eagach Ridge looks pretty serious from the online images :)
Thanks for these.

Bidean is a great shout for a whole day out.

How long does the ridge take? In clear weather.

6 hours ish. Depending on 'traffic' some sections are really narrow and you have to wait for oncoming traffic.

Nice one. Thanks for the info.

The king is dead.
Hadn't looked a climbing news lately and missed it.
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.outsideonline.com/2165441/royal-robbins-obituary%3Famp

some pictures from a trip I did in Bolivia, forgot to post it way back when (last summer). Nice trip, didn't like the altitude though (compared to my friends for whom it seemed had little affect). We tried to summit at Huayna Potosí but the night/morning we tried it there was a thunder storm heading towards us so was called off (maxing out at roughly 5,500m) - though we still had done our practice summit. Very cloudy on the way down, would definitely not have wanted to carry on. Bit annoying but good introduction to mountain climbing (had done some stuff in Scotland before but yeah).

Have to say, we went in their winter and there was really no snow, rather just ice. That was a slight disappointment. And in the future, I'll be leaving any walking to the low lying places; walking at high altitude in really hot temps is awful especially when you are only covering 15 km in a day (with restish days after) which is really quite demoralising.

Despite purely sunny weather the whole time, the morning of our flight we were caught in a short blizzard and all flights were grounded for a day or two. Have to say, the trip was better for it though.

Prepare for photo BASH (photos in reverse order)

Landing in La Paz and heading to where we were to acclimatise near Lake Titicaca.

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First Campsite with first Basecamp we meet the next day. Practise summit the day/night after with a view of Huayna Potosí.

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More walking. My trusty pack and a veiw of Huayna Potosí.

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Walk to Huayna Potosí Basecamp. High Camp the next day with the summit attempt in the morning after with the return journey down that day looking very misty.

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Thanks for sharing the photos.
The place looks incredible!