Dates: 28.05.2022/29.05.2022 to 04.06.2022/05.06.2022… 

Everyone will be there for a while but there is flexibility in everyone’s calendar so chat to your climbing partner first…

Hi all, join me for an amazing journey exploring Scottish rock on the western sea-cliffs of the north-west highlands! There’s a huge amount of rock here with routes of all grades from single to multi-pitch – bouldering too – and Jim says it’s great!

Hi all, join me for an amazing journey exploring Scottish rock on the western sea-cliffs of the north-west highlands! There’s a huge amount of rock here with routes of all grades from single to multi-pitch – bouldering too – and Jim says it’s great!

We’ll be focussed on Reiff, north-west of Ullapool (Coigach & Assynt), but there’s a variety of places to visit. For those that prefer scrambling or walking, Stac Pollaidh is about 20-30 minutes’ drive away, Suilven, Canisp, and Ben More Assynt are within an hour’s drive, there are many other mountains in this broader area. And then, of course, there’s the Old Man of Stoer about 90 minutes’ away… I’m contemplating going for a full week in May/June 2022 (to avoid midges, especially on the coast!) but people could do a long weekend, either end of the week.

Services:

The main town is Ullapool about 45 minutes’ drive from Rieff/Achiltibuie, it has a Tesco, food outlets, bank/ATM and shops, hotels, cottages, and a bunkhouse. Otherwise, it’s the pubs mentioned below.

Accommodation:

There’s a campsite there, at Port a Bhaigh (also good for kayaking and fishing), with some 40 spaces for campervans/motorhomes, a shop and a pub, the Am Fuaran Bar, run by the owners of the site: www.portabhaig.co.uk. Another hotel/bar is the Summer Isles Hotel a little beyond the village. There’s also a small hostel with ‘sleeping pods’ 2 miles further south of the Summer Isles Hotel, Acheninver Hostel. There’s a couple of cottages, one sleeps up to 10 but I think a couple of these are kids’ bunks.

Food:

Food outlets and supermarket in Ullapool as above, also at the bars mentioned above. There’s a village store in Achiltibuie.

Transport:

I imagine most will drive, but you could fly to Inverness and hire a car from there, probably about a 2-hour drive from the airport. Trains look a bit tricky, with lots of changes. Nordic friends, get in touch with Jim to coordinate pick up and passage… He’ll do what he can.