NN128949 23.7.2010
Sgurr Choinich & Meall Blair
These two Grahams can be done as a round from the Allt Mhuic car park. A waymarked butterfly track goes up both banks of Allt Mhuic to the new forest road at around the 130m contour. Follow either side to the road and continue up the W bank to a gate in the deer fence at NN122921 where a grassy vehicle track can be followed much of the way to Sgurr Choinich, where the going is easy over short grass/heather.
Follow the boundary fence and continue down the ridge where it turns E and pick a route over the surprisingly dry are of lochans separating the two hills. The climb up to Meall Blair is straightforwards.
To return, descend south of Lochan na Beinne Baine to pick up another grassy vehicle track which heads generally SE (a bit boggy in parts). At around NN105924 I left this track which continied E above the forest and dropped down through very rough ground and bracken to the forest road at NN104916, but I would not recommend this as the road climbs from here. I think it would be preferable to keep above the forest line which probably goes to the gate in the deer fence.
(7 hours, 11 miles, 3350’ of ascent)
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