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Is there any kind of path up from the Water of Nevis to the bealach between Stob Choire Bhealiach and Sgurr Choinnich Beag and on to Sgurr Choinnich Mor? A friend has Sgurr Choinnich Mor to do as his last Munro in a couple of weeks and there's going to be a bit of an outing which will include some people who aren't regular hillwalkers. They're all very fit, but some aren't so good on difficult terrain.

I've looked on the maps and there's nothing marked, but I know from experience that's not necessarily an indicator of anything.

In reply to tony:

A kind of weird one to have as your last Munro. These shots http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/229658 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3331412 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3513851 suggest it's not too bad if a little dreary. I went out and back along upper Glen Nevis last year but can't remember any paths heading upwards that way but I wasn't looking for any.

In reply to tony:
Yeah I haven't quite done the exact route but I can say quite surely that there won't be much of a path at all. I remember a vague path coming down from the summit over Sgurr Choinnich Beag, which petered out altogether by the time it got to the bealach below Aonach Beag.

In reply to tony:

"Anyway I carried on then, making my way up the grassy hillside towards Sgurr Choinnich Beag. Not too steep but sweat-inducing all the same. Eventually the long, coarse grass gave way to shorter grass and rocks and at this point, judging I was high enough, I contoured round the hillside to arrive quite nicely at the col between SCB and SCM. "

http://website.lineone.net/~munrover/trip108.html

In reply to tony:

I've descended off of the Grey corries that way and just recall lots of tussocks and bog.

In reply to tony:

Not from what I can remember, and if there is I certainly didn't find one! I remember it as a bit of a slog through long grass. It was a pretty wet day in June so my recollection maybe clouded (literally) by the weather conditions.

In reply to everyone:
Many thanks all. Looks like it's a slog up the hill.

In reply to tony:

Yes, I have done it in winter (and summer as a Gray corries ridge) and there was no real path.
Its not too bad terrain.

Cheers
Phill

In reply to tony:

I did exactly that in December 2013 and can confirm there is no path. Getting across the stream that comes down from the col was pretty exciting for me (I had to go a long way upstream) but it had been wet overnight.

In reply to tony:

I don't remember a path, but the upper part was covered in snow, so that probably doesn't help. I don't remember any difficult terrain either, so I doubt it will be too hard.

In reply to tony:

Think this is looking up to the hills.
http://i1265.photobucket.com/albums/jj514/prog99/img_2290.jpg

In reply to Mike_Watson_99:

Thanks for that. Looks okay, although the long grass will be a bit rubbish if it's wet. Best make a start on managing expectations.

In reply to Andy Nisbet:


So was that at the bottom of the slope, near where the burn enters the Water of Nevis?

In reply to tony:


I was hoping to cross there, but couldn't, so had to go a long way upstream to where I could cross. Didn't matter too much, as I was going vaguely that direction anyway. It would have been more serious if trying to go on up the glen. You'd be a bit unlucky to get that much water in summer unless after heavy rain. Early December is wetter.