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Inverbroom to Inchnadamph / Cape Wrath Ultra 2018 / Day 6
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 42.64 mi
- Elevation gain
- 4,423 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Difficult
- Elevation loss
- 4,180 ft
- Max elevation
- 1,684 ft
- TrailRank
- 30
- Min elevation
- -35 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 11 hours 37 minutes
- Coordinates
- 11212
- Uploaded
- May 30, 2018
- Recorded
- May 2018
near Inverlael, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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Itinerary description
Definitely worth breaking this long day into 2 or 3 stages if hiking.
You start on a double track forestry piste going up. You will follow it up until it disappears into trackless terrain. After the trackless terrain comes a narrow path along a gorge with a small stream beneath. From there you will walk to Loch am Daimh along a well maintained double track. You will cross an old Bridge and continue through a further well maintained double track alongside River Oykell. Note that at some point you´ll be turning right and take a forestry double track. This will take you to a Loch (Ailsh) and to Benmore Lodge. From there, you will be following at a distance the River Oykell...trough tracks that will appear and disappear. Eventually you will have a small climb up towards the pass. Just before reaching the pass be alert as there are a few drops on rocks and try to look for a path. The last 10 km follow a stream-river down to Inchnadamph. The trail is narrow and with a slight drop on the river bed so careful.
Around km 63.5 I have a small error as I stayed on the wrong side of the river and had to cross over. Look out for clearly delineated hiking paths and you maybe able to avoid it.
Full Cape Wrath Ultra 2018 trail
You start on a double track forestry piste going up. You will follow it up until it disappears into trackless terrain. After the trackless terrain comes a narrow path along a gorge with a small stream beneath. From there you will walk to Loch am Daimh along a well maintained double track. You will cross an old Bridge and continue through a further well maintained double track alongside River Oykell. Note that at some point you´ll be turning right and take a forestry double track. This will take you to a Loch (Ailsh) and to Benmore Lodge. From there, you will be following at a distance the River Oykell...trough tracks that will appear and disappear. Eventually you will have a small climb up towards the pass. Just before reaching the pass be alert as there are a few drops on rocks and try to look for a path. The last 10 km follow a stream-river down to Inchnadamph. The trail is narrow and with a slight drop on the river bed so careful.
Around km 63.5 I have a small error as I stayed on the wrong side of the river and had to cross over. Look out for clearly delineated hiking paths and you maybe able to avoid it.
Full Cape Wrath Ultra 2018 trail
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