I had driven North with the intention of doing this hill, possibly combined with the Corbett at the back of the coire. This would be a long day but starting from Callop, Sgurr Ghiubhsaichain would be a long enough trip anyway. Almost 20km, as it turned out. Although I had the larger pack, I was wearing my hill approach trainers - so I'd run where I could. I returned up the glen, the way I had been previously when I wild camped up on Sgorr Craobh a' Chaorainn - that seemed like a long time ago but it was probably a couple of years. It was a quick trip up and along the glen until it started to drop down again. At this point, I began the hard work up on to the shoulder between the two aforementioned Corbetts. Once up on to the ridge, my target came into view. I really love Ardgour, Morvern and Moidart. A sense of wilderness out here. The ascent up to the summit was steep and the view out to the seaboard and the loch was outstanding. I could even see Ben Nevis in the distance, clear as a bell. I picked my way carefully back down the ridge, and arrived at the Geussachan house at the loch. From here, I ran/walked the rest of the way back round to the car park at Callop. All in all, 4 hours was good going, especially with 1000m ascent in there. A classic trip.
