Sgurr Alasdair

1st September 2011
Today I was flying solo. While Tina took Bonnie a walk around Corie Lagan and then the beach, I headed for the highest peak in the Cuillin, Sgurr Alasdair.The great thing about the campsite is you walk out of your tent or camper van and straight on to the path.
I left around 10:00am and headed up to the loch at Corie Lagan, after the loch I had a short rest, took on a little fuel and then girded my loins ready for the Great Stone Chute. The Chute lived up to its reputation in the guide book, as a corner of purgatory. The climb up the Chute gains about four hundred metres in height, it starts with a walk on fist size stones, moves into a gully of boulders where the route has been worn clear in places. Having set off in bright sun light, the best weather so far on this trip, and being able to see what I think is the summit, the cloud arrives and drops down to my level for about the last 100 metres of the gully. Having reached the top of the Chute it is a short scramble to the summit over a narrow ridge. I could not see how exposed the ridge was due to the low cloud, may be that was a good thing. I dropped back down to the top of the chute for lunch and then headed back in to the gully and back to the camp site. On the way back the clouds cleared off the summit, isn't that just typical.