Winter morning over Glen Coe
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Accommodation
- Glen Coe Youth Hostel
- It's certainly a very warm youth hostel with a good drying room (when someone turns on the dehumidifier anyway!). I've never once had to wear his winter kit inside to keep warm. The kitchen is well equipped and the facilities are generally very good. Personal space can be a problem though as there is a chance that one ends up in the big dormitory.
- Inchree Bunkhouse, Onich
- This bunkhouse is quite basic in its standards but all the essentials for living are provided including fully equipped kitchen and television. Currently there is one bunkhouse which sleeps people in two bunkrooms and one big alpine sleeping platform. The Sleeping platform is also in a common room used for eating and there is also a TV. The heating is very good with a wood burning stove.
There's also a new hostel, en suite showers and toilets and a decent kitchen/common room.
You'll probably like the fact that the bunkhouse is right next to the pub! And quite a nice pub it is too, with open fire and wood paneled interior.
- Blackwater Hostel, Kinlochleven,
Travel
Four coaches a day from Glasgow to Fort William stop at the White Corries Ski Centre, Glen Coe, Ballachulish and Onich.
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The main valley from the summit of Meall Dearg on the Aonach Eagach ridge
Fraochaidh - Loch Linnhe
Introduction
Within Glen Coe, the mountains here thrust out from the ground steeply into narrow ridges, alpine corries and shapely peaks with deep ravines and the best pub in Scotland. It it is justifiably popular, and for travellers bound for fort william from the central belt, it is widely regarded as the highlight of the drive.
Glen Coe is an easy 2 hour drive from Glasgow and is justifiably popular in the weekends with its car parks full up. The road to it is fast and straight. Midweek in winter is pretty quiet but the road is often busy during the summer season. The glen is often filled with the sound of bagpipes and celebrity Jimmy Saville also lives here at the Allt na Reidh cottage by the start of the Aonach Eagach traverse. If the weather's bad, I don't think Jim'll fix it for you though!
The area covered by these pages is enormous - about the size of the Lake District and the summits are all densely packed. With the exception of Rannoch Moor and Loch Linnhe, there are relatively few places where you can find wide open spaces. The most serious mainland ridge, the Aonach Eagach is here along with the highest peak in Argyll, Bidean nam Bian. There's an abundance of climbs easy to get to from the road side including plenty on Buchaille Etive Mor, The Sheperd's peak.
The Glen Coe Road The are a number of quieter side glens including Glen Etive and Glen Creran. Both having their own nice peaks hidden away from the madding crowd. Overall though, there's loads here to please everyone.
Buchaille's Etive Mor and Beag seen from Glen Etive | 