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Chrissy McKay, Evylene Doege and Dave G did Ladhar Bheinn coming in over the Druim a’Choire Odhair. That's Scotland for you! Instead, start from the Gleann an Dubh Lochan and do it in reverse – that is, anti-clockwise from Inverie. Having pointed all this out, I would suggest to any reader who has not yet climbed Ladhar Bheinn: do not go this way. Moral: stay in accommodation that serves breakfast on time. The glen south of Ladhar Bheinn is so boring, I long for other ways to come off Beinn na Cailliche. I really liked your first photo of Ladhar Bheinn, when you got your first view of the summit. The shallow-looking Coire Garbh is roughly (ho-ho) in the centre. Day 1 Descent. Le Ladhar Bheinn (lɑrvɛn, montagne du sabot en gaélique écossais) est l'un des plus hauts sommets de la péninsule de Knoydart derrière le Sgurr na Cìche, sur la côte ouest de l' Écosse. Look, I’ll stick on an arrow and you can’t go wrong……. The views from the top look great. Irvine also mentions your intended ascent route but says that it gives no hint of the magnificent northern corries. (Pictured here) Once on the broad ridge that leads on to the very top, the reward was a northwards view, strictly speaking, out of the ‘Rough Bounds of Knoydart’, though it looked pretty rough to me (or was that how we were feeling?). Another unforgettable incident on a great day’s walk – yes, it was really – was the attack of the killer clegs – highly intelligent, fanatical horseflies. This is a description of the day we set out climb it a few years ago. The camping sack got amusingly in the way when I decided that the easiest way up a step was to sit on it. So we went back – yes, down that tedious slope. It is a large and complex mountain with many ridges and corries. They will much appreciate that in later life. Not afraid to scramble and have their hands on rock … Day 2 will see you leave the mountains at your back as you wind along Glen Guseran and the relics of a way of life before the Highland Clearances. Anyway, back on the route…afterwards, the guidebook advises that the route to Ladhar Bheinn should be continued eastwards and upwards, with great views in all directions, especially to remote Loch Hourn. How difficult is the scramble on the approach to climb Ladhar Bheinn from Barrisdale. Will probably take liveit's advice and go up from Mam Barrisdale, though I've heard that it's a steep slog. Munro - Ladhar Bheinn Date - Wed 3rd June Who - Self Time - 10.5hrs Weather - Cool,sunny,breezy After doing Ben Wyvis and Bynack More recently,I also got this one done on the way to a fishing trip on Harris.I'd heard this was a cracking hill,and chose not to look at photos/TRs etc beforehand,and plotted a route to enjoy the area while there. I've read several reports and watched a YouTube video and the opinions as to how scary it is seem to vary widely. Ladhar Bheinn. Royal Yacht Britannia – Scotland’s best attraction? Finding the ridge in good winter conditions above five hundred meters and with the wind ibehind them, they enjoyed the scramble up Stob a Choire Odhair and then the pyramid-shaped summit of Ladhar Bheinn. Clockwise or anti-clockwise from Inverie? The mountain's topography is complex with many spurs, corries and summits and not a place to be lost in mist ! Ladhar Bheinne Goto page 1, 2 Next www.scottishhills.com Forum Index-> Munros: View previous topic:: View next topic : Author Message; Hendo Brocken Spectre Joined: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 2380 Location: Edinburgh Logged: Munros: 82 (2nd round) Corbetts: 174 Grahams: 22 Donalds: 6 New Donalds: 6 Sub 2000s: 0 : Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 7:01 pm Post subject: Ladhar Bheinne: TRIP … You will climb over 450m to the shoulder of Knoydart’s largest mountain, Ladhar Bheinn. All right, I can hear the hoots of derision from the hardened walkers and hill stravaigers – but it was getting late, honest. Ladhar Bheinn. The North face is the more impressive, with corries and rock buttresses. It’s 3346ft / 1020ft high, and feels a bit higher because it is one of those hills you climb from sea level. Really. To stand on the summit of Ladhar Bheinn – a 1020-metre Munro – after several hours of the roughest, toughest, wildest hill running in the British Isles is to be spectacularly isolated. Girls, eh? Will pm you P, I don't remember any difficulties when we did it in May a couple of years back. The most rewarding route is via the winding path along the southern shore of Loch Hourn. For a fit healthy person with a good head for heights. So we got ourselves through the glen, the hill looming ahead, then on past the ruined house and turned uphill…the slog had begun. This day will test your stamina and the trust between you and your steed - there is just nothing like standing high in the mountains with your horse. It is the most westerly Munro on the Scottish mainland. There must be repellents that work – and that there were also persistent midges goes without saying – but, let’s face it, Johanna also employed the conventional tactic of running away while screaming. The six Munros featured in this route are – Meall Buidhe, Luinne Bheinn, Ladhar Bheinn, Sgurr na Ciche, Garbh Chioch Mhor and Sgurr nan Coireachan. Grrrr. Stage 5 Once at the east top a sensational view opens up down to Barrisdale Bay on Loch Hourn, with Beinn Sgritheall towering beyond. The usually totally reliable Scottish Mountaineering Club Munros guidebook’s description of Ladhar Bheinn suggests that, if coming in from Inverie, then the route goes northwards into Gleann na Guiserein. Hahaha.) Ladhar Bheinn. After an airy scramble we finally made it to the impressive horseshoe, or rather hoof like, corrie Dhorrcail on the Eastern flank of Ladhar Bheinn. (Oh, all right, I’m exaggerating.). Maz: Thanks Maz, Not so much worried about the ridge, more the ascent scramble with dog in tow. It’s 3346ft / 1020ft high, and feels a bit higher because it is one of those hills you climb from sea level. This is the easiest route. How difficult is the scramble on the approach to climb Ladhar Bheinn from Barrisdale. PM me if you need further info. Touring the Scottish Highlands heading from the Isle Skye back to Edinburgh with Haggis Adventures - Duration: 3:00. Ladhar Bheinn is the most westerly Munro on the Scottish mainland. Ladhar Bheinn is a wonderful craggy mountain on the remote Knoydart Penninsula. We applied the usual Scottish hillwalking criterion that if it is difficult to spell, it is often difficult to walk over. Choose a nice day ha ha and you should have great day out. To add your own marker to the map, click on the appropriate symbol below the map, then click again at the location required on the map (using the crosshairs). A series of knobby rocky tops followed before the final ascent to the eastern end of Ladhar Bheinn but a rock band which I had spotted earlier looked more difficult to negotiate with no real alternative. The top, hitherto clear all day, then caught the cloud and removed the view just as we reached the first summit. Munros are mountains which are found across Scotland, named so after the mountaineer Sir Hugh Munro who first compiled a list of them. Its graceful lines, its rugged inaccessibility, and the bird's eye view over the fjord-like Loch Hourn combine to give Ladhar Bheinn a rare charisma. Up up up. Rather than Trying a direct scramble straight up from Barrisdale bay area. You can book accommodation with confidence, we hear – though there isn’t a lot of it!). I’ve walked up high hills all my life – but this high bleak ground, and I admit now, looking back, felt oppressive and unfriendly. But its location in the expansive wilds of the Knoydart peninsular surrounded by sea and lochs on three sides give it an island feel of remoteness. Written by: Caitlin Published: 28th October 2020. The Knoydart Munros are some of the most wild and remote mountains in the UK. Ladhar Bheinn is the most westerly Munro on the Scottish mainland. We had two options for the descent of Ladhar Bheinn. Islands of Rum (centre) and Eigg (left) from the slopes of Ladhar Bheinn. Got that? A few scrambles are required and some needed a little thinking. It’s a big walk in from Inverie and the midges and clegs (horseflies) are terrifying. Regarded by many hillwalkers as amongst the finest mountains in Scotland, Ladhar Bheinn enjoys a superb position on western seaboard in the remote Knoydart peninsula. (Don’t ask – the accommodation choice is much better now. The ridge walk here is one of the finest you can imagine. Has anyone done it with a dog? It's a great advert for Ladhar Bheinn. Next, it circles eastwards to the ruined house (Folach), then slogs up the south-western flanks of the hill via Coire Garbh (the ‘rough corrie’ – well, there’s a surprise) to reach the summit ridge. Has anyone done it with a dog? Hill Bagging: the online version of the Database of British and Irish Hills: Add marker to map: help. Ladhar Bheinn (pronounced larven[2] is the highest mountain in the Knoydart region of the Highlands of Scotland. Walk up Ladhar Bheinn from Inverie Route Anyway, that’s Loch Hourn on the bottom left of the picture. I mentioned in a reply to comments on that post that I would advise youngsters setting out in life to keep records. In the picture above, we have come up the shallow but steep (and tedious) Coire Garbh and have been rewarded by increasingly fine views asa we turn on to the broader slopes of the summit approach. By the way, if you are looking for an easier but still rewarding excursion on Scotland’s hills, then a half day is all it takes to climb Creag Leacach in the central Grampians. It’s pronounced – roughly – as ‘laar-vinn’. Danger is juxtaposed with supreme beauty: to the west is an astonishing window into a world of ocean, island and mountain. Short of 23km on some steep ground. 4 Comment(s) Comments . This route card explains the quickest way of getting to all six summits for a peak bagger in a single outing of 2.5 days. The very first picture – with the arrow at the top – was taken from the woodland in the centre of this picture. The hill has a remote and wild ambience and there should be excellent views out to the islands. The mountain may be … Finding the ridge in good winter conditions above five hundred meters and with the wind ibehind them, they enjoyed the scramble up Stob a Choire Odhair and then the pyramid-shaped summit of Ladhar Bheinn. After Ladhar Bheinn the momentum is gone, I do not feel like a big day, but there’s a good idea that jumps at me from the map. You and Tommy will be fine going up there, but I would recomend ascending via Mam Barrisdale "path" and hooking right at the top. At 7.50 I’m on top of that one, and have good fun descending it on it’s northwestern side, quite steep and suprisingly rocky, especially Creag…. But its location in the expansive wilds of the Knoydart peninsular surrounded by sea and lochs on three sides give it an island feel of remoteness. Cheers G, liveit: Hey Garry, don't know why I didn't think of you in the first place! We started from Inverie (accessed by ferry from Mallaig.) With multiple summits, sculpted ridgelines, and benefited by an overnight approach, it’s a mountain full of drama and adventure. With multiple summits, sculpted ridgelines, and benefited by an overnight approach, it’s a mountain full of drama and adventure. Mighty Ladhar Bheinn (commonly known as 'Larven') is the dominant mountain in Knoydart - a peninsula on Scotland's west coast not reachable by road. The consequences of a trip or twist here are alarming and potentially fatal. If only we’d been an hour or so earlier. Or check out my misadventures on the odd looking Stac Pollaidh. Yes, we missed the best bits of the hill on that day. Marker Notes X. Ladhar Bheinn (pronounced Loor Venn) A magnificent mountain with a narrow summit ridge. Anyway, some day soon I’ll go back but do it anticlockwise from Inverie via Gleann an Dubh-Lochain. So many hills in so many directions. The Mainland's most westerly Munro, Ladhar Bheinn might rise straight from the sea, but unless you happen to own a boat then it occupies a surprisingly hard-to-get-at location on the fabled Knoydart peninsula. And I really think we were uncharacteristically spooked – well, almost. Hello Ric. Sign in| Register. What a location!! Another way off Ladhar Bheinn looks to be Druim a Choire Odhar and then head for the shielings to take the path to Barrisdale again Irvine has that as an ascent route and Storer a descent. My favourite of the Knoydart three.. It’s pronounced – roughly – as ‘ laar -vinn’. it’s down and over rough grounds, west along a ridge, before eventually circling back to the village via Gleann an Dubh Lochan. Grrr. It means, in Gaelic, hill of the hoof or claw, a slightly sinister label entirely in keeping with how I feel about it! Ladhar Bheinn, walking route, weather, maps and more on all the Munros of Scotland. With three friends. We took the boat operated by Billy Mackenzie from Arnisdale to Barrisdale. We walked up the track towards Mam Barrisdale and found a campsite. With lighter sacks went up a nice scramble to the summit of Stob a' Chearcail. We continued to the summit of Aonach Sgoilt and Ladhar Bheinn with scrambling from time to time. We passed … Ladhar Bheinn (1984) Following my trawling of the past in my last post I also unearthed this little adventure from 13/15th July 1984 just a month or two after that Carlin Gill saga. Especially in such glorious conditions. Care required in poor visibility or high winds. But he rather set the spooky tone! As you know, I know the area well. It means, in Gaelic, hill of the hoof or claw, a slightly sinister label entirely in keeping with how I feel about it! Ladhar Bheinn is Scotland’s most westerly mainland Munro. Naturally, the cloud lifted again as soon as we turned our backs. The sun beat down at this stage and I rationed my water carefully. Now, listen up. In the years of walking and climbing I cannot think of a more tedious, relentless slope than the pull up from the woods of Gleann na Guiserein – a lonely, empty place. It has dramatic ridges, huge crags falling into Coire Dhorrcail and amazing sea and mountain views from the summit. Luinne Bheinn (939m, Munro 236) Meall Buidhe (946m, Munro 223) Ladhar Bheinn (Larven) (1020m, Munro 111) Corbetts: Sgurr nan Eugallt* (898m) Sgurr a'Choire-Bheithe* (913m) Sgurr Choire Choinnichean* (796m) Beinn na Caillich* (785m) Beinn Buidhe* (855m) *See 'Alternative Routes' below : Ascent: 3650m (12,000ft) Distance : 43km (27m) Time The approach to Ladhar Bheinn from Mam Barrisdale is very entertaining. I've read several reports and watched a YouTube video and the opinions as to how scary it is seem to vary widely. Hear pronunciation Press to hear pronunciation. Ladhar Bheinn Scramble by womble . (Although Ric even refused to recognise it as a scramble and used poles all the way up! You’ll love it. Ladhar Bheinn is Scotland’s most westerly mainland Munro. Scottish Munros (Challenge yourself to bag all 282!) The South side is smoother, but with steep cliffs in places. Ladhar Bheinn – the most westerly Munro on Scottish mainland. Chrissy McKay, Evylene Doege and Dave G did Ladhar Bheinn coming in over the Druim a’Choire Odhair. Overview & Map; Articles; Photos/Videos; Weather After that. ?. Deep in the wild Knoydart peninsula, Ladhar Bheinn usually requires an overnight stay. 55. I don’t expect the hill will have changed much in the interim. You can see the line of ascent in the picture here, taken from the woodlands that lead into Gleann na Guiserein. Sure it gets narrow in places but nothing too drastic. From here a more sustained ascent climbs up towards Luinne Bheinn; before reaching the east top there are some craggier sections with simple scrambling. Also pictured here. I'm sorry you got 3 days of rain after that great day on Ladhar Bheinn. It’s the 111th highest hill in Scotland. Phew. At least it is at the moment. Some hillwalkers, at least, will know this feeling: a late start, mid afternoon, in cloud, uncertainty of the route ahead, except a guidebook warning and a map suggestion that it is broken ground. Sometimes, experiences in wild land have less to do with fitness and more to do with how you react to the landscapes that surround you. Ladhar Bheinn is one of the three Munros on Knoydart that can be climbed directly from the hamlet of Inverie. Just back from Larvin a few days ago. It was obvsious there were easy scrambles all the way up. liveit on 08/07/18 @ 15:33 said: Hi Penny As you know, I know the area well. It does take a surprisingly long time to get along it though. Hi Penny VIEW DIGITAL ROUTE. More on clegs and horseflies here, where we meet them around Loch Lomond and the Trossachs. La montagne surplombe le loch Hourn ; il s'agit du munro le plus à l'ouest … We also started out late because our landlady slept in. Anyway, the view here looks is well west of the main summit of Ladhar Beinn (if you approach from the south, as we did), with views opening out south-east towards the Small Isles – Eigg is on the left. Sticking to the faint path, the route took the least line of resistance and all rock bands were no more than easy scrambles. The bracken is very high there already and can be hard to pre-emp your footing. Go on and complete the circular route – or go back? From the summit of Ladhar Bheinn, I admired the Isle of Rum (centre) and Eigg (left) before we discussed the descent. In short, it can be a state of mind. The summit ridge runs NW to SE where it intersects, at an altitude of 849m, a much longer ridge from Sgurr Coire … You’d be surprised how often this works – I mean, we were going to end up in a glen spelt ‘gleann’. The very weird stick-man we met will probably have gone by now. From Folach - grade 4 - the simplest route. It's a long day. 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