Comments on: Demons on the Forcan Ridge (The Saddle and Sgurr na Sgine)

By: McEff

McEff — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 10:23:40 +0000

Thanks for that, Carol. I’ll take a look.
Cheers, Alen

By: mountaincoward

mountaincoward — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 01:28:39 +0000

Yeah the Cuillin reports are on my blog. If you click on the Hebridean category it will narrow it down to Skye and other island posts – the Cuillin ones are the latest so are at the front. I had to get a guide after doing the only easy few and I think that’s the only way I managed to do the next 4 I managed – I’d have got nowhere if it had been just me and my friend. My 2 ends of Liathach are on there too but, you’ll probably see, I really didn’t get on with the eastern end at all – there was no way to make it pleasant in my book!

By: McEff

McEff — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 21:49:53 +0000

Hi Carol. I’m dreading Liathach. I’ve wondered about doing it in two separate walks, but I reckon that the longer I keep putting it off then the chances of me setting a foot on it at all decrease. I found the Forcan Ridge quite exciting, though I glad I wasn’t by myself. The bad step looked bloody impossible.
I’ll have a look at your Cuillin reports if they’re on your blog. That’s another thing I keep putting off.
All the best, Alen

By: mountaincoward

mountaincoward — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 01:23:54 +0000

Hated Liathach – and I didn’t do the Am Fasarinen – just did 2 separate walks – the western end was okay… I’m definitely all for taking the “Coward’s route” round everything though and, until I got to the Cuillin this year, have managed to do pretty well avoiding such horrors as the Forcan Ridge. My friend did it on his own while I went round the coward’s route and he descended the bad step without taking the by-passes ‘cos he completely forgot my advice as he set off to go either side of it down gullies! :-o

By: McEff

McEff — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:56:55 +0000

Cheers Alistair. It took me several years to build up courage to do that route. If I’d been by myself I would probably have followed the wall – bit I’m glad I didn’t. It’s a cracking climb.

By: Alistair

Alistair — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:50:07 +0000

What a cracking blog sir! The Forcan is a favourite of mine, just wonderful. You can bypass the whole thing by following the dry stone wall to the summit though that would be cheating. It does make a good return route through.