Day 4

The Five Sisters of Kintail

After "completing" the South side of the Glen we turned our attentions to the other side of the A87. These 5 mountains (which 3 are Munros) sit at the West end of Glen Shiel and we decided to take in the full walk rather than just bagging the Munro's which are essentially the first 3 mountains on the normal route. A bloke at the campsite offered to drop us off halfway down the glen at our starting point which was great and meant we could walk right back to the campsite over the 5 sisters. The whole day was baking hot with clear blue skies, John got burnt and at the end of the day looked like someone had punched him in the face wearing a flaming petrol soaked boxing glove. The North side of the glen is much more craggy than the South with shattered summits and modest scrambling here and there. The Munro summits of Sgurr na Ciste Duibhe, Sgurr na Carnach and Sgurr Fhuaran were bagged and we headed off over Sgurr nan Saighead and Beinn Bhuidhe which was a superb viewpoint. It's a shame to think that many Munro baggers will miss these tops out choosing to bail back down the flanks on the glen to the cars well before this point. We dropped down North at Sgurr na Moraich to Glenn Lichd and walked out of the Glen back to the campsite along the River Croe.

After eating and washing we took a short drive up to Eilean Donan Castle in the evening.