We had to squeeze in Great Britains highest point before the weather closes in tomorrow. This must be the most climbed mountain in Britain as we passed hundreds of people trying to make the summit. To get away from the crowds and for more of a scenic challenge we took an alternative route around the northern face. We had some great views all the way up of the sheer cliff faces and peaks of the surrounding mountains. That night we camped at Braveheart campsite near the start of the walk and cooked up a delishous indian curry for dinner complete with popadoms.
We had some great mirror images of the mountains over the lake as we drove around the far end of Loch Lomond
Other nice looking loch in the Glencoe region
These signs were everywhere where the road would suddenly turn into a single lane which kept us on our toes as no one had right of way
The start of ben nevis a gradual climb through brachen.
Half way up where the track slips and we take our own route to dodge all the tourists
Looking up at the summit and sheer cliffs where we saw some climbers scaling the rocks.
Looking back down the valley we just climbed
It was a tough scramble up the last lot of rocks to the main ridge up to the highest summit
Looking back along the ridge towards Carn mor dearg
We make the summit at 1344m.
This is the old observatory which was the reason this track was built in the first place. A man who had done the track in the winter told us how the snow was about 3 metres deep right up to the roof of the observatory the last time he was here.
When we reached the top there was crowds of tourists everywhere, im surprised they dont seel ice creams and have a souvenir shop there
Almost every person climbing was doing so for some charity including this scottish man.
We had a great day for the climbing. It was not until late afternoon on our decent that big rain clouds started rolling in
There was even a patch of snow
We set up camp in a forest along with a whole lot of other trampers.
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