Had the day off and fancied a wee dash north to tick off this hill. It would mean I had grabbed all the Arrochar alps at both Munro and Corbett height - needless to say I do love this area and it's only an hour from the door. There are some good things to life in Glasgow. I had a leisurely brekkie and was off out at 0915, with a start at 1015. It was 0C but it didn't feel it and there was sna in the air. I saw two punters heading on to Beinn an Lochain and hoped the cloud would lift for them. I decided to skirt the forestry and head initially for the bealach between my target and Beinn Ime but I headed further South and on to hill proper, once past the 'no-go' forestry area. It really made for a quick ascent but a biting wind was blowing from the West. I didn't hang about today and really pinged it up to the summit, where I took a couple of self-portraits (one with the 10 second timer, which wasn't as I planned) and one to show the hoar sticking to my beard (enough!). Beinn an Lochain looked quite bleak. Chilly. I stuck on my crampons as it would be a little slippy heading back down and was back at the car in quick time. The hardest bit was the path back to the mobile mast as the recent thaw and freeze had made the path into a dodgy escalator. No matter, it had been a good wee stretch of the legs and I was on my way home for lunch by 1300. Q a grey day weather/photo wise but good to be out all the same.
