Steady away on Pinnacle Ridge, Sgurr Nan Gillean.

Ken: Alex and I enjoyed a quiet day on Pinnacle Ridge on Sgurr Nan Gillean today, as a warm up for a full ridge traverse starting tomorrow.

An ascent of Pinnacle Ridge and descent of the West Ridge of Sgurr Nan Gillean lends itself well as a warm up, with a bit of everything en route, from sustained section of steep scrambling, scree and loose rocks, down-climbing and a couple of abseils, without being too long a day.

It was another glorious day, but this spell of excellent weather isn’t without its problems. There’s currently a fairly extensive hill fire on the hillside west of Sligachan which has spread alarmingly quickly throughout the day. Looked to be another hill fire on Applecross too.