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Ben Nevis (4.411ft) pel Tower Gully

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Distance
8.98 mi
Elevation gain
4,774 ft
Technical difficulty
Moderate
Elevation loss
4,774 ft
Max elevation
4,408 ft
TrailRank 
38
Min elevation
-430 ft
Trail type
Loop
Time
7 hours 49 minutes
Coordinates
1665
Uploaded
March 24, 2015
Recorded
March 2015
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near Claggan, Scotland (United Kingdom)

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Ascension to the roof of the British Isles leaving from the Youth Hostel and going up the Tower Gully, one of the channels that allows access to the top on the North side.
You leave the shelter itself and you must cross the wooden bridge that is right in front. The path is paved and quickly rises to the mountain trail leaving from the outskirts of Fort Wiliam. The road wins quite loudly until it reaches the lake. Once here, to avoid going down and down the road, we make a shortcut keeping steeper until you find the path that separates what goes down to the North and the one that turns north towards the refuge.
We take this last one to go looking for the roads that go up the North side and arrive at the refuge after having to put crampons once. Until the refuge there is not too much snow, we climb a little further south and do not take long enough to find continuous snow.
It is then that we can turn to enter the Tower Gully comma, between the Tower Ridge and the Observatory sector, full of ice climbers doing almost all the ways that can be done.
The climb for this Gully is affordable but it has a fairly straight stretch that corresponds to the area that avoids the left an expedition that is also covered with ice. It is in this section where the slope is redirected and it is necessary to progress with the tips. Then flank right to enter the final comma that accesses the exit that did not present problems.
It reaches the somatic plateau and without difficulty until the summit avoiding, yes, the Gardyloo Gully, which forces to make a small circle.
From the summit the panoramic is impressive and you can easily see the sea and some of the closest Lochs. We reach the summit of the NW Cntrafort that has precious views on the wall of the observatory.
Go down the normal route (Mountain Trail) but cut all the snow curves to find the point where the path crosses the Red Burn (red torrent). At the end of the road, the road rises and continues along the way to the point of departure.

Waypoints

PictographMountain hut Altitude -423 ft
Photo of001 Youth Hostel

001 Youth Hostel

21-MAR-15 9:05:34

PictographIntersection Altitude 525 ft
Photo of002 Mountain Track

002 Mountain Track

21-MAR-15 9:24:47

PictographLake Altitude 1,939 ft
Photo of003 Lochan Meall an t-Suidhe

003 Lochan Meall an t-Suidhe

21-MAR-15 10:20:22

PictographMountain hut Altitude 2,242 ft
Photo of004 CIC Hut

004 CIC Hut

21-MAR-15 11:24:04

PictographMountain pass Altitude 4,377 ft
Photo of005 Tower Gully

005 Tower Gully

21-MAR-15 13:29:01

PictographSummit Altitude 4,402 ft
Photo of006 Ben Nevis

006 Ben Nevis

21-MAR-15 13:45:50

PictographSummit Altitude 4,360 ft
Photo of007 Buttress NE

007 Buttress NE

21-MAR-15 14:30:35

PictographIntersection Altitude 2,195 ft

008 Mountain Track (2)

21-MAR-15 15:33:17

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