Sgor na h-Ulaidh & Beinn Fhionnlaidh  

Early morning mist on Stob Dearg from near Kingshouse	Sgor na h-Ulaidh from Beinn Fhionnlaidh	Approaching Sgor na h-Ulaidh's summit from Etive - Starav behind	Approaching Sgor na h-Ulaidh's summit from Etive - Creise behind	On Sgor na h-Ulaidh's summit looking to Beinn a'Bheithir
Sgor na h-Ulaidh's summit from below Stob an Fhuarain	Sgor na h-Ulaidh from Beinn a'Bheithir	Beinn a'Bheithir from Beinn Fhionnlaidh	Approaching Beinn Fhionnlaidh's summit, Creise beyond	On Beinn Fhionnlaidh's summit looking north to Ben Nevis
Sgor na h-Ulaidh from Stob Coir' an Albannaich	Beinn Fhionnlaidh and Sgor na h-Ulaidh from Stob Coire Sgreamhach

From Glen Etive, this is a big day out with the option of including a detour up Beinn Trilleachan

A fine track in, thereafter taking the wrong way and you could end up heading up some difficult ground.

An easy slog up grassy ground gains the Corbett Meall Lighiche, Sgor na h-Ulaidh requires careful route choice

Tracks in, then grassy climbs and some rocky scree. The rewards are the views and returning via the 'Lost Valley'

Heading into Sgor na h-Ulaidh from Glencoe follows a good track, but take the wrong way and you could end up heading up some difficult ground.

At the western end of Glencoe on the sharp corner of the A82 there is space for a few cars to park on the north side. Cross the bridge over the Allt na Muidhe and head up the track marked with a sign for a farm and cottages. After 1.5km, a sign points off the track to a path around the holiday cottages - stick to the track through the 'private gardens' to keep dry feet ! A further 1.5km further up, the track turns around some forestry, then a path follows the east bank of the Allt na Muidhe. Follow this for 2km, then cross the burn and head up to Bealach Easan - the col between Meall Lighiche and Sgor na h-Ulaidh, then turn south and keeping to the grassy ground to the right (west) of the crags ahead, aim uphill. Meet up with the fence posts again to follow to Sgor na h-Ulaidh's summit.

Past the summit, keep to the obvious path, turn north-east down to a bealach and up to the cairn on Stob an Fhuarain. To return, head north and drop 150m of height before aiming north-west to drop back down to the path on the east bank of the Allt na Muidhe.

Starting from and finishing in Glen Etive, this is a big day out with a 5km return along road - if you were really keen, it could also be possible to include the corbett Beinn Trilleachan !

From Invercharnan, head up the track and bag Sgor na h-Ulaidh and Beinn Fhionnlaidh as described on the left. From Beinn Fhionnlaidh's summit return east to the fence-posts, then follow the posts and the burn down. It's a long trudge over grassy ground to reach Lochan na Folathen Airigh nan Lochan, then cross the burn (difficult in spate) and climb west up towards Stob Gaibhre. Pick up the path and follow to the summit of Beinn Sgulaird. Return to Stob Gaibhre, then Airigh nan Lochan and head east, then south-east to the edge of the Glenetive Forest to pick up a really mucky path down to the road where a 5km jog back to Invercharnan awaits.

At the western end of Glencoe on the sharp corner of the A82 there is space for a few cars to park on the north side. Cross the bridge over the Allt na Muidhe and head up the track marked with a sign for a farm and cottages. After walking 1.5km, a sign points off the track to a path around the holiday cottages - stick to the track through the 'private gardens' to keep dry feet ! A further 1.5km further up, the track turns around some forestry, then a path follows to meet the east bank of the Allt na Muidhe. Cross the burn (easy if not in spate), then strike up the grassy slopes ahead. Once onto the shoulder, a faint path can be traced that eventually meets up with a line of fence posts coming up the south-eastern shoulder. Follow the fence posts to the rocky summit with its fine views and small cairn.

Return following the fence posts along the crest. As the path turns north, keep to the fence posts and drop down to the bealach between Meall Lighiche and Sgor na h-Ulaidh. Cross the bealach, then keeping to the grassy ground to the right (west) of the crags ahead aim uphill. Meet up with the fence posts again to follow to Sgor na h-Ulaidh's summit.

Return to the bealach, then follow the Allt Muidhe to pick up the path to retrace back to the A82.

    

At the western end of Glencoe on the sharp corner of the A82 there is space for a few cars to park on the north side. Cross the bridge over the Allt na Muidhe and head up the track marked with a sign for a farm and cottages. After walking 1.5km, a sign points off the track to a path around the holiday cottages - stick to the track through the 'private gardens' to keep dry feet ! A further 1.5km further up, the track turns around some forestry, then a path follows to meet the east bank of the Allt na Muidhe. Cross the burn (easy if not in spate), then strike up the grassy slopes ahead. Once onto the shoulder, a faint path can be traced that eventually meets up with a line of fence posts coming up the south-eastern shoulder. Follow the fence posts to the rocky summit with its fine views and small cairn.

Return following the fence posts along the crest. As the path turns north, keep to the fence posts and drop down to the bealach between Meall Lighiche and Sgor na h-Ulaidh. Cross the bealach, then keeping to the grassy ground to the right (west) of the crags ahead aim uphill. Meet up with the fence posts again to follow to Sgor na h-Ulaidh's summit.

Past the summit, keep to the obvious path, turn north-east down to a bealach and up to the cairn on Stob an Fhuarain. A fainter path heads south-east following the line of fence posts - the path eventually disappears, but keeping more or less to the line of posts with lead you down to the col before Beinn Maol Chaluim. Some occasional rocky outcrops on the way are easily avoided by keeping to the south of the crest. Beinn Maol Chaluim cannot be directly ascended - instead, from the col, contour northwards to reach the hill's northern shoulder around 500m north of the summit, then turn south and climb up over grassy terrain and a section of scree to gain the summit with its two small cairns.

Retrace your steps along Beinn Maol Chaluim's northern shoulder, cross the col ahead, then aim up a grassy bank cutting through boulderfields. The grass eventually gives in to the boulders, and care is needed climbing the steep ground, particularly in the wet. The two heights of Bidean are reached - the summit is the easterly top, on which a small pile of boulders make a cairn. Being the highest point in Argyll, views from Bidean are amazing on a clear day.

Leave the summit and head south-east along a ridge, narrow at first, widening further on as the descent increases. Reach a bealach (from where the descent to the 'Lost Valley' begins later), then head up more bouldery ground to a crest, turn towards the north-east and the cairn on Stob Coire Sgeamhach is arrived at.

Return to the bealach, then with care, head down Coire Gabhail - loose steep ground is followed by a boulder field, then a constructed path is picked up. Good running down a gradual gradient crossing the occasion burn is enjoyed. The Allt Coire Gabhail is crossed and you're into the Lost Valley - a strange but wonderful place where the river disappears into the ground. The path continues down the east side of the glen and further down, the river needs to be crossed - if in spate, retreat back up the glen a bit, into the trees where the crossing is easier. Remain on the path on the west side of the river to reach a gate through a deer-fence and follow the path down to cross the River Coe via an army constructed bridge over the deep and narrow gorge. Follow the remains of the old road, then the Millenium Path aside the A82 back to your car.