Best walks in Cairngorms?

[FionaCam]

Hi everyone,
i'm planning a backpacking trip from Aviemore to Pitlochry, (passing through Braemar to restock on chocolate ), and hoping you could give me some advice about 2 days of possible fair weather/foul weather walks in the vicinity of corrour bothy and bob scotts bothy. I am more interested in varied walks/habitats with great views, than summit-bagging per se, (but am not afeared of a good climb!), and i also like to fit in lochs at some point if i can, but I'm not too keen on the idea of wandering around on my own all day in a white-out - so hope to work out alternative routes if weather is inclement. Any suggestions?
Fiona

[jmarkb]

From Corrour bothy you could climb the Devil's Point (and carry on to Cairn Toul if you wanted), or you could visit Garbh Coire and Lochan Uaine. From Bob Scott's you could do a wee circuit of Sgor Mor, or head up Glen Derry to Loch Etchachan.

[Caberfeidh]

From Bob Scott's it is a nice walk up Glen Derry through old Caledonian Pine woods to the treeless top of the glen, then up left into Corrie Etchachan, past the Hutchison hut up to Loch Etchachan, (do not cross the water directly above the waterfall, but go on the wee sometimes sub-surface causeway between Little Loch Etchachan and the main loch). Walk on the plateau over to Loch A'an, turn right and walk along the lochside until you reach the end of the loch, go right again, down past the Dubh Lochans, through the pass of Lairigh na Laoigh (pronounced Loo-ey, meaning pass of the calves) and then you are up at the top end of Glen Lui again. Walking by the river is often nicer and more conducive to seeing wildlife than staying on the path.

[NickyRannoch]

From Bob Scott's it is a nice walk up Glen Derry through old Caledonian Pine woods to the treeless top of the glen, then up left into Corrie Etchachan, past the Hutchison hut up to Loch Etchachan, (do not cross the water directly above the waterfall, but go on the wee sometimes sub-surface causeway between Little Loch Etchachan and the main loch). Walk on the plateau over to Loch A'an, turn right and walk along the lochside until you reach the end of the loch, go right again, down past the Dubh Lochans, through the pass of Lairigh na Laoigh (pronounced Loo-ey, meaning pass of the calves) and then you are up at the top end of Glen Lui again. Walking by the river is often nicer and more conducive to seeing wildlife than staying on the path.

This would make a tremendous day out , Loch a'an is one of my favourite places and it is well worth adding on a wee detour to the Barns of Mheadhoin if you are passing this way.

[Cairngormwanderer]

With the proviso, of course, that coming through past the Dubh Lochans takes you back to the head of Glen Derry, not Glen Lui, which is not reached until you go all the way down Glen Derry. Easy slip of the keyboard when you're writing about the Lairig an Laoigh.

[Cairngormwanderer]

But yes, it is a lovely walk.

[Caberfeidh]

With the proviso, of course, that coming through past the Dubh Lochans takes you back to the head of Glen Derry, not Glen Lui, which is not reached until you go all the way down Glen Derry. Easy slip of the keyboard when you're writing about the Lairig an Laoigh.

Ooops! My hill-cred is slipping! Take a fishing rod and get a few trout from Loch A'an for supper, be the envy of those bothy-rats eating their freeze-dried rehydrated muck!