Stob Coire Sgriodain

Stob Coire Sgriodain, at 979 metres, is a rugged, characterful mountain rising above the eastern shore of Loch Treig, its crags dropping steeply to the water giving tremendous depth to views across to the Mamores and the peaks of Glen Coe.

The route starts from the car park at the end of the public road at Fersit. A track passes houses and crosses bridges over the river and railway, signed as a right of way towards Corrour Station. Beyond a fork through the houses of Fersit and past a large metal barn, the track leads onto open moorland; from near a hut and sheep pens, the route strikes off south towards Stob Coire Sgriodain across rough, notably boggy ground, aiming for the steep nose of Sròn na Garbh-bheinne. The ascent steepens with several gullies offering lines of assistance up the increasingly rocky slope to the nose, from where a path continues across a south-east top and a middle top at 958 metres before a final pleasant grassy stretch reaches the summit — a magnificent viewpoint with the corrie dropping precipitously to Loch Treig below.

Most walkers continue to neighbouring Chnò Dearg, descending north along a path to a flatter grassy area before dropping through the cleft of Glac Bhan and crossing rockier ground to the broad, grassy slopes leading up to the second Munro.

The combined round taking in both Munros from Fersit is around 13.5 kilometres with roughly 915 metres of ascent, typically five to six hours.

The initial ascent up Sròn na Garbh-bheinne is genuinely boggy and steep, with paths that fade in and out — several regular visitors report losing the trail entirely on wetter ground — and full navigation skills are needed given how quickly the featureless plateau between the two summits can become disorientating in poor visibility.

Parking at Fersit is free with ample space; there is no public transport to Fersit.