Letterewe Forest

West Ross & Cromarty 5th – 7th July 2025
recording
led by
Duncan Donald

The peaks at either end of this range – Beinn Airigh Charr to the west, and Slioch to the east – were re-surveyed in 2017, but the central mountains on the north side of Loch Maree deserve another look. Arguably, their current dearth of records is due to their inaccessibility: it’s a long walk in from either end. Search lists can be made available for participants who’d prefer single days or nights, or low-level routes only, but the main aim – weather permitting – will be to camp for two nights, to give a realistic opportunity to survey the peaks and some of the crags of Beinn Lair and Sgurr Dubh. Target species will include Asplenium septentrionale (Forked Spleenwort), Carex capillaris (Hair Sedge), Juncus biglumis (Two-flowered Rush), Micranthes nivalis (Alpine Saxifrage), Poa alpina (Alpine Meadow-grass), Poa glauca (Glaucous Meadow-grass) and Polystichum lonchitis (Holly-fern). Those tackling the high levels should be mountain-fit.

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