- Plan your route in a clockwise direction starting with An Gearanach and finishing on the path which runs next to the Allt Coire a' Mhusgain (yellow arrows on map). You will reach the road in Glen Nevis about 2½ kilometres from the top car park but the overall distance is little more than one kilometre (15 minutes) longer than the route which returns via Steall.
- If you are determined to negotiate the steep ground above Steall, plan your route anti-clockwise and do the steep ground first, in ascent. Either finish on An Gearanach and descend by the zig-zag track down the coire to the north or, if you have ended up in Coire a' Mhail, climb up to the shoulder on the north ridge of An Gearanach to join the zig-zag track (blue arrow on map and photograph). The route which ascends the steep ground above Steall may not be easy to find and it involves scrambling in a serious position.
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