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WALK 1.6

Ben Aslak

Start/Finish	Bealach Udal (NG753207), limited parking
Distance	4km (2½ miles)
Total ascent	420m (1380ft)

Ben Aslak rises on the south side of the Kylerhea Glen, to which it presents a rugged northern face; the southern aspect, spilling down to the Sound of Sleat,is rather less interesting.

The easiest approach is from Bealach Udal, and involves first tackling a minor top, Beinn Bheag, reached across heathery, crag-punctuated slopes. Go south and south-east from this top to gain a narrow col, before ascending to a small lochan, and from there pulling up more heathery slopes, aiming slightly closer to south (right) as you approach the summit. Ben Aslak has two summits about 400m (1300 feet) apart, the higher being that to the west. Both, however, are good viewpoints: the higher summit for views of the distant Cuillin, while the eastern top gives appetising glimpses into the rough mainland ground of Knoydart beyond Loch Hourn.

Ben Aslak from the Glenelg Ferry station

A determined soul could press on south-westwards, with difficulty, across Bealach na Cruinn-leum to include Beinn Dubh a’Bhealaich and Beinn na Seamraig, but with little reward for the effort, and a tiring return to Bealach Udal, or a weary moorland slog to reach Kinloch Lodge Hotel or the A851, to which transport would have to be arranged.