July 2018 - Ascent from Inchnadamph. A long route in, but interesting as it follows, for the most part, Gleann Dubh, which becomes narrower and steep sided. After 4.5km or so from the start the climb begins in earnest. A boggy section is followed by a badly eroded path climbing up the north side of the Allt a' Choinne Mhill. Much higher up the gradient relents into a shallow grassy corrie. The path soon crosses the burn and then climbs up towards the base of a band of quartzite crags. Above the line of crags an upper corrie is reached, with the bealach between Conival and Beinn an Fhurain beyond. Then I headed up the north ridge of Conival on a stony path; there are fine views looking over into Coire a'Mhadaidh, its lochan overshadowed by the impressive quartzite buttresses of Na Tuadhan. Higher up is a better-defined section of ridge, grassy going giving relief from the stones for a while. Beyond this the ridge climbs again, with some fine crags on the SW side, eventually reaching the summit cairn of Conival at a junction of three ridges. The cairn takes the form of a wind-shelter and has grand views looking back along Loch Assynt and the amazing mountains of Canisp, Cul Mor and Suilven. The east ridge leads the eye across masses of scree slopes to Ben More Assynt; traversing the ridge is very rough going. At 998m Ben More Assynt is the highest mountain over a vast area of northern Scotland as well as being the second Munro of the day; the view is of a majestic, desolate, sweeping bare wilderness to the east and amazing mountain panoramas and the Atlantic to the west. Took the obligatory picture of Stac Pollaidh on the drive back to Ullapool.