GOATFELL, ARRAN
FRIDAY 19 MAY, 2016
9.8 MILES 6.5 HOURS
MORRIS, GEORGE, BILLY, JOHN, STEWART, BILL, JAMES, ALAN, BRIAN AND PHIL
As keen walkers it would not be right to visit Arran and not walk up Goat Fell. For this reason we decided to stay an extra day and go to the top of this wonderful mountain. We travelled in our minibus to the car park at the Arran Brewery at Cladach and set off on the sign posted path into the woodland behind the brewery. This path is clearly shown on the O.S. map and obviously one of the more popular routes up Goat Fell. We followed this path uphill to Meall Breac where the route to the summit became much steeper and much more challenging with a bit of hands on scrambling required. It was well worth the effort to enjoy the views from the top. We decided to take one of the more challenging routes back down and made our way along Stacach to North Goat Fell and down the rocky ridge to the Saddle. The first part involved a lot of scrambling with some climbing and care had to be taken on some slippery rock sections. From the Saddle we followed the well walked route down Glen Rosa. After a brief stop where some of the team enjoyed a swim in the river (Glen Rosa water) we finished the days and our week’s walking back at the brewery with a much needed ‘pint’.
Summary; The route up and down we took is an easy enough walk for experienced fit walkers.
Highs; Great fun some great scrambling and fabulous views.
Lows; None…. well worth the effort.
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- The team ready for Goat Fell
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- The Goat Fell path behind the Brewery
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- Billy on the way up
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- John heading towards Goat Fell
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- View back from the path
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- A panoramic view back
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- It gets a bit more difficult near the summit
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- Looking North from near the summit
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- A panoramic shot at the top
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- Another view from the top
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- Goat Fell Arran; The team at the top
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- A view from the summit
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- Looking towards North Goat Fell our way down
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- Yes we went along the ridge in the background
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- Goat Fell Arran; This ridge was hands on but good fun.
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- Yes Brian you have to climb up here!!!!
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- Amazing great slabs of stone
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- …and theres more
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- ……and more
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- Looking north from the ridge
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- Goat Fell Arran; Phil on Stacach
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- Its not getting any easier
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- The ridge down to the saddle
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- Goat Fell Arran; It was a bit slippery under foot on the gravel at bits
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- Plenty ups and downs on this ridge.
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- Looking down Glen Rosa
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- John on the bridge at the bottom of Glen Rosa
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GOAT FELL ROUTE MAP