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Wild camping and hiking the Tranter Round, climbing 18 Munros, hiking 80km over the course of 3 full days and 2 half days. We hiked anti clockwise, making Ben Nevis the last Munro.
The Tranter Round is normally completed by ultrarunners in under 24 hours. Neither Liam nor myself are runners, so we decided to hike the Tranter Round and wild camped along the way. We started and finished at Fort William train station (the Tranter Round officially start and finishes at Glen Nevis Youth Hostel). We originally planned to hike even longer with a detour to Loch Treig, but decided against the detour as the itinerary was already challenging.
I mistakenly quoted 19 Munros in the video. One of the summits - Sgor an Iubhair (999m) was a Munro but has been removed from the list of Munros, and is just a Munro top. This means we climbed 18 Munros on this hiking and wild camping trip.
We climbed 6700m, and walked 81km in total. This was one of the most physically demanding hikes for me yet. I can't understand the physical fitness needed to run the entire route in under 24 hours.
Timestamps broken down by each day on the Tranter Round
00:00 Route and intro
01:31 Day 1 - FW to Camp
03:54 Day 2 - Mamores Ridge
11:50 Day 3 - Up and Down
19:19 Day 4 - Grey Corries, Aonachs, CMD, Ben Nevis
28:01 Day 5 - Camp to FW
28:59 Ending thoughts
This video and route summary is only a recording and report of my trip and is not to be used as a guide or route by others.
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Day 1: Left Fort William train station after midday, and started the hike. The terrain was an easy fire road to begin with, but we soon turned off and started climbing up Mullach nan Coirean (939m). Ended the day and camped just slightly further along the ridge. 15km and 1100m gained.
Day 2: Headed along the ridge and climbed Stob Bàn (999 m), Sgurr a’ Mhàim (1099 m), Am Bodach (1032 m), Stob Coire a’ Chàirn (981 m), An Gearanach (982 m), Na Gruagaichean (1056 m), Binnein Mòr (1130 m) - thereby completing the 'Ring of Steall'. Camped at the Lochan near Binnein Beag. 17.5km and 1900m gained.
Day 3: Climbed Binnein Beag (943 m) without backpacks, before heading back down to pack up our tents and pick up our gear. Then climbed Sgurr Eilde Mòr and thus completing the Mamores Munros, and descended towards the Waters of Nevis. We did not continue towards Loch Treig as originally planned, and climbed Stob Ban (977m) from Lairig Leacach. We camped at a Lochan West of Stob Ban - very windy night. 20.5km and 1550m gained.
Day 4: Another big day on the ridge. We climbed Stob Choire Claurigh (1177m), Stob Coire an Laoigh (1116m), Sgurr Choinnich Mor (1094m), Aonach Beag (1234m), Aonach Mòr (1221m) before descending down and then climbing Càrn Mòr Dearg (1,220 m) from the East. We climbed the final Munro - Ben Nevis (1,345m) from the Eastern side, via Càrn Mòr Dearg Arête (CMD Arete). Descended down partially in the darkness to camp near Lochan Meall An T-suidhe. 21km and 2150m gained.
Day 5: Descended down from Ben Nevis, and walked back to Fort William train station. 8km and 50m gained.
This video and route summary is only a recording and report of my trip and is not to be used as a guide or route by others.
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