Ben Tee, as seen on the approach
Chris our I started the ascent from Kilfinnan at 11.30 am,on a hot, sunny morning. A path climbed the steep hillside and we found it a brutally steep start to the day. Views soon opened up across Loch Lochy to the Glen Roy hills but we can to climb about 200m above Kilfinnan before we got our first view of Ben Tee. It looked a long way off and it was. The angle of the slope eased off and the ascent continued on the path, making for fast progress. However, it became apparent that the path wasn’t going where we wanted to go, so we left it and took a more direct line for Ben Tee. The going was a bit tussocky but it wasn’t too bad but the ground levelled off for a while and we gained little height. Just before the climbing started again we stopped for a bite to eat, with views up to Ben Tee and across to the Loch Lochy Munros.
Loch Oich and Loch Ness from the summit of Ben Tee
Looking west towards Knoydart from Ben Tee
Creag Meagaidh from Ben Tee
The Glen Affric hills from Ben Tee
The final ascent didn’t seem to take very long after our little break and we reached the summit at 2.40 pm. The view was fantastic, from Skye to the Cairngorms. Other prominent hills were Creag Meagaidh, the Monadh Liath, the Glenfinnan hills, the Loch Quoich hills, the Glen Affric hills, Ben Wyvis, the Easains, the Grey Corries, and some unidentified hills in the both southern and northern highlands. We stayed for 20 minutes but I wanted to stay longer and it was a real wrench to tear myself away from such a fantastic view. There was a clear path at the top of the hill, which we followed down but this soon disappeared, and we ended up descending too far to our right. We traversed around more towards our ascent line and aimed for the lower path, which we could see in the distance. It was a steep final descent on this path to the car, which we reached at 4.40 pm. This was 5 hours 10 minutes after setting out and we both felt it had been an excellent day.
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