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Creag nan Gabhar - 3.5 hours
Craigendarroch - 1 hour
Unfortunately my old car’s gasket isn’t working so I had a cold car journey over to Braemar since the heater doesn’t work. After changing out of some of my layers, I was ready to start walking and gradually started to feel my fingers and toes again!
There were a few icy patches in the river and on the way up I saw a large group of red deer.
- Icy river
- Red deer
The views were fantastic and I could see down into a frozen Loch Callater.
- Loch Callater
I decided to retrace my steps on the way back down so that I could enjoy the views over to the Cairngorms but definitely want to come back to visit the loch.
- Cairngorms
There were a couple of knee deep snow drifts which had been sculpted by the wind.
- Snow drifts
I had my lunch back at the car which was now a lot warmer since the sun had been shining into the car park.
I stopped at Ballater on the way home since it was still early and went for a walk up Craigendarroch on the circular trail. There were some good views over to Lochnagar and it was nice walking through the snowy trees.
- Craigendarroch