Glen Coe Corbetts
Longer, less obvious and probably harder going than the Glen Coe Munros and Tops, Keri Wallace's Glen Coe Corbetts Round traces a satisfyingly shapely line almost encircling that central core of higher hills. With much steep, pathless and relatively unfrequented terrain, it links the six Glen Coe Corbetts in approximately 59km of rough running with over 5,000m of ascent and a high point of the Munro Top of Stob Coire Lèith where trying to stay lower would simply be self-defeating!
Taking her cue from 2020's Covid-19 restrictions and the need for quiet, local routes, Keri completed her round solo and anticlockwise in 15 hours 30 minutes on 9th July 2020 with a start/finish point at Signal Rock car park. The table of split times she sent us is reproduced below:
Keri Wallace — 9 June 2020
| Location | Time |
|---|---|
| Signal Rock car park | 04:29 |
| Meall Lighiche | 05:48 |
| Beinn Maol Chaluim | 07:44 |
| Stob Dubh | 10:18 |
| Beinn Mhic Chasgaig | 12:36 |
| Beinn a' Chrùlaiste | 14:52 |
| Garbh Bheinn | 17:48 |
| Signal Rock car park | 19:59 |
For a full account with map and photos, please see Keri's blog on Ellis Brigham's site, where she aptly describes it as 'a truly wild and strenuous Scottish hill running adventure.' So hopefully others with similarly adventurous tastes will take up her recommendation to give it a go!
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