Forcan Ridge in deep fresh snow

Last route before the temperature jumped up that evening and the rain swept in

posted on 19/03/2023 by Fc Flat cap (Mike)

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Flat cap (Mike) 19/03/2023 23:33

@Mark: Great route indeed. It seems that people usually either bypass the Bad Step, which wasn't an option in our conditions anyway, or abseil down as we did. - As for the Ben, I was very grateful for the tourist path as an easy descent.

M1960 19/03/2023 21:19

A circuit over The Saddle (in summer), ascending via the Forcan Ridge, is one of only two mountain routes that I have done on the Scottish mainland (the other being up and down Ben Nevis via the Mountain Track - both in July 2003), but we bypassed the 'Bad Step' descent 😮 from Sgùrr na Forcan. We descended from The Saddle via Bealach Coire Mhàlagain. A great route as I remember. 🙂

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