While others chose more demanding options, I joined Julie for the ascent to a magnificent viewpoint at 467 metres.
Setting off from the shore of Loch Linnhe at Camusnagaul, we clinbed through the forest for about 200 metres on a good path. That was it. The path left us to scramble steeply up to a communications mast at 291 metres.
Just beyond the mast, a trig point provided the foreground for the view ahead, and the mast served the same purpose for the view back towards Fort William.
The continuing pathless ascent rewarded us with views towards the summit, which didn't appear to be far away.
A series of false summits revealed that we had further to go than we anticipated! Here are Julie and me at one of them.
Are those the Paps of Jura in the distance?
A few photos from the 467 metre summit....
....before a 45 minute break for lunch, during which we were treated to several fly pasts by flocks of swifts.
Meanwhile, Sue and Roger were busy summiting Aonach Mor and Aonach Beag. Here's Sue at a lunch point, and one of her views.
Elsewhere, two members of our group were failing to rise above the 2 metre contour line for their lunches.
After our very leisurely lunch, Julie and I pottered off to descend to the communications mast, taking avoiding action by contouring to bypass the false summits.
We continued to enjoy good views all the way to the communications mast, from where we descended to the coast road via the mast's rubbly access track.
Here's our route - all of 8.7 km, with about 500 metres ascent, taking a little more than 4 hours. At a very leisurely pace.
I didn't hear any cuckoos or see any lizards today, but numerous flora is in flower, including the following:
Primrose
Cuckooflower
Lesser Celandine
Gorse
Common Dog Violet
Dandelion
Bluebells
Wild Strawberry
Sundew
Orchids
Cotton Grass
Lousewort
Milkwort
Tormentil
Wood Sorrel
Wood Anemone
Butterwort
Bog Asphodel
Here are a few of those that littered the verge of the A861 road back to Camusnagaul.
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