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Sgorr Na Doillaid(818m)

Sunday 9th August 2015

8kms

5hrs

Sitting between Glen Cannich and Glen Strathfarrar, Sgorr na Doillaid is well hidden and out of sight as you leave the roadside at Muchrachd and head off across deep heather and bracken towards a series of minor tops, themselves being a mixture of broken rock and heather. The going was rough, sometimes eased by picking up a section of animal track which would head in the right direction before suddenly swinging off at a complete tangent to where we wanted to go.

The obvious line of ascent was to hop between the rising tops at 496m, 652m and 786m; however, between these tops, the ground underfoot varied from rock, to deep heather, to beds of wet reeds and some minor peat hags, and so the going was never straight forward, so much so, that, for whatever reason, Kenny and I found ourselves slightly separated from everyone else and facing a very steep rock slope surrounded by a deep pool of bog water with a huge rock that was split in two rising above us. The only way around was to take our rucksacks off, squeeze through the split rock, pass the rucksacks through and then move on - how that came about I don't know, but I decided not to follow Kenny again!

However, everything changes once you reach the 786m top. This is a delightfully rocky outcrop where you can wind your way between large slabs of rock and walk along little ledges as you make your way to the top, we even stumbled upon a lovely little pool nestling between the rock, a little gem.

Beyond the 786m top, the twin peaks of Sgorr na Doillaid finally show themselves, and present you with a great little ridge along which to wander between the rocky stacks,with views stretching the length of Glen Strathfarrar, and way beyond to Inverness and the Beauly Firth. We enjoyed this little ridge so much, that we didn't even notice the rain shower that started to soak us as we scrambled around the summit.

Leaving the summit, we just could not resist the temptation to head south west towards the 777m un-named top, which, for obvious reasons, we arbitrarily named "Boeing" before making our descent back towards the 496m top, and onwards in the reverse of our ascent route.

A tough little hill, short in distance, but requiring a fair amount of effort on some rough ground.

Great day everyone - Thanks for your company.

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