Sgurr Fhuaran - in between the sisters

I had tried to tick this hill off on three separate occasions, all coming from the South and over Spainteach. This time, I set off from Loch Shiel and started up past the deer fence, having parked at the camp-site. I was trialling my new Berghaus poles, which I had used on the LM27 race and they were excellent in getting up the relatively steep plod. Already the views were great with my intended destination just sticking out back down the glen. This was an airy walk/run, which was quite spectacular and had great views back to the Saddle, across to the South Glen Shiel Ridge and over the large body of water to the North-west. As the snow fields were present near the top of Sgurr Fhuaran, I chose to descend straight off the North-West ridge back to the glen floor. It was a brutal descent and very tough on the knees. I got back to the car in 3.5 hours, with some serious ascent of 1200m in that 7.5 mile distance.