Scotland's Winter Mountains - Three Days Alone - Sgurr Mor and Kinbreack

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Sgurr Mor is one of the most remote Munros (mountain over 3000ft) in Scotland. I hiked over from Strathan at the head of Loch Arkaig to spend two nights in the lonely bothy at Kinbreack. It was so cold, maybe -10, and my water bottle froze even inside the bothy with the fire lit. To be fair, the fire was pretty pathetic. I carried in a bag of logs for two nights which didn't last very long.
The next day I climbed onto Sgurr an Fhuarain (901m) 06:04 and then along the ridge to the summit of Sgurr Mor (1003m) 09:33. There was plenty of snow and it was good to get the crampons and ice axe out.
As you can see in the film there was a beautiful cloud inversion and wonderful views as far as Ben Nevis 10:57, Mull and Skye. The mountains to the west of Sgurr Mor are the Knoydart hills 10:47 with the prominent pyramidal peak of Sgurr na Ciche 10:27 dominating the view. Knoydart is very special to me as I lived there for seven years, working as a countryside ranger.

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• CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:26 Day 1 to Kinbreack bothy
03:26 Day 2 Sgurr an Fhuarain and...
07:18 Sgurr Mor

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