October Hill #1 - Buachaille Etive Beag: Stob Coire Raineach

In October I took a three-night trip to gorgeous Glencoe in Scotland with friends: two days of walking in the wind and rain, two Munros and two walks to report on. The first of these was a walk up Buachaille Etive Beag. It was me and my bro Andy, and the plan was to bag both summits, Stob Coire Raineach and Stob Dubh, but plans often go awry…  We started the walk at the small car park opposite the Beehive Cairn. It is a straightforward

path that rises easily to the bealach between both the summits. It had rained pretty much relentless so far and there were no signs of it easing much. Plus, the wind was getting bad. We headed right, deciding to go for Stob Dubh first, but as we passed the subsidiary summit, we were almost blown over by the wind. Noticing that the final push to the top was on a ridge, after much deliberation we decided not to take it and turned back. At the bealach we headed up Stob Coire Raineach. The wind was insane and it seemed as though the hill was doing its best to keep us off that day. But we got there, determined to get a hill bagged, digging in our walking sticks to keep from being blown off. No time for photos, we headed quickly back down in the rain. Sodden, we made our way to a nearby pub for a beer before returning to our accommodation to dry off.