Hiking Carn Mor Dearg Arête Part 1

Getting to the Ridge
We wanted to hike up Ben Nevis, but rather than do it the normal way we tried something more interesting. There is an arête, which is the top edge of a big bowl behind Ben Nevis, and we decided to try getting to the top via this route.
These pictures show the hike from near Torlundy (we took a cab there) to the Arête or ridge along back of the big bowl below the North Face of Ben Nevis. It was a hot sunny day for most of the hike and we slogged our way up the slope 1100 meters to get to the Carn Mor Dearg, which is the 9th highest Munro at 1220 meters. We saw very few people along the route.Read more