[RWD version 1 ] This track records a walk across 3 Munros and a Munro Top in the Mamores, loosely based on the route description given by Steve Kew in Cicerone’s “Walking the Munros Volume 1”.
Parking available in Kinlochleven, at the Grey Mare’s Waterfall car park, near St Paul’s Episcopalian Church.
The link below is to the entrance to the car park on Google Maps.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Do3cfK3AfNJ99BxJ8
The walk began along a path on the church side of the car park leading into the woods. Stupidity and inattention to the map resulted in an unintended 150 metre diversion along a path through the woods before the error was recognised, steps retraced, and the correct path taken. Emerging from the trees at around NN194 627, a brisk breeze was very welcome and dried some of the perspiration generated while sweltering in the shelter of the wood.

On then towards Loch Èilde Mòr ignoring light rain until a sharp, squally shower forced donning of full waterproofs. In a lather of sweat again then, and tending towards self-pity until a chap walking in the opposite direction was encountered. He was walking into a strong wind, without waterproof trousers, totally soaked. It was not the ideal opportunity to stop and converse, so only grunts and sympathetic glances were exchanged.
The rain stopped, waterproofs were packed away and the path mentioned by Steve Kew as starting at NN22220 63786 was thankfully located and taken. The path led easily enough up towards Èilde Mòr. There were good views across to Aonach Eagach and other Glencoe hills. It was then realised that the good camera had been left behind in Kinlochleven! A 15-minute snack break was taken so that the views could be relished in the present if not in the future.
As the flattening at the foot of Èilde Mòr was reached another sharp shower had the waterproofs on again. On up the hill then, a tough enough but exhilarating ascent, with some scrambling and tricky walking over boulder fields to the1010m summit at NN 2306 6578. The day had brightened, the cloud had lifted and the views in all directions, though not perfect, were extensive. A steep, badly eroded path led down then to the lochs in the corrie floor. Some guidebooks suggest ascending Èilde Mòr by that eroded path, but it would not be a pleasant ascent. Off then on good paths towards Binnein Beag. A route to the west of the lochan at the foot of Binnein Beag was taken for the ascent to the summit at 943m, NN2217 670. To continue to Binnein Mòr, a route to the east of the lochan was descended to avoid the steep scree path to the west that Steve Kew advised against using. To ascend Binnein Mòr, Steve Kew advises going directly up the NE ridge to enjoy some excellent scrambling. This option was not particularly appealing to a solo walker on a showery afternoon when thick clag might easily return, so an ascent via the north ridge was made instead. The 180m climb to the spur, Gualainn a’Bhinnein Mhòir, the shoulder of Binnein Mòr, zig zagging on the higher, steeper grassy slopes took around 30 minutes. When the spur was crested, there was a bitterly cold wind from the west, a sharp contrast to the stifling conditions in the Kinlochleven woods at the start of the walk. The ascent along the spur to the summit at 1130m, NN2122 6635 was uncomplicated. South then to Binnein Mòr’s south top, 1062m, at NN2111 6568I, then along its southeast spur to Èilde Beag in clag. There was no difficulty in finding Èilde Beag’s summit cairn at 956m, NN2196 6529. Finding the cairn marking the top of the descent path was much trickier as the clag was very thick at that stage. Thankfully Steve Kew had provided a 10-figure grid reference for it, NN22044 65018, as the cairn couldn’t be seen until you were within yards of it. A steep 200m zigzagging descent to reach to reach a good path leading back to Kinlochleven then. The 5 km walk back to Kinlochleven was not particularly tedious. (Total moving time was 7 hours 51 minutes and total stopped time was 2 hours 22 minutes.)