Mount Keen sans map?

[chickadee]

Stupid question ahoy (well it is a post by me after all):

I'd like to do Mount Keen soon because autumn up that way is just my favourite thing. However, my map for the area is at my mum's house and I don't have a printer. What's it like, path-wise? Would I manage without bothering with a map? Normally on my own I'd take one even if the hill isn't supposed to be too difficult route-wise but I didn't need my map up Ben More or Ben Chonzie, so if it's along those lines I could go ahead.

Probably a touch of over-caution but hey I've only done 6 so far

[IamAJMiller]

Stupid question ahoy (well it is a post by me after all):

I'd like to do Mount Keen soon because autumn up that way is just my favourite thing. However, my map for the area is at my mum's house and I don't have a printer. What's it like, path-wise? Would I manage without bothering with a map? Normally on my own I'd take one even if the hill isn't supposed to be too difficult route-wise but I didn't need my map up Ben More or Ben Chonzie, so if it's along those lines I could go ahead.

Probably a touch of over-caution but hey I've only done 6 so far

There's a huge track then a clear path to the summit......however I wouldn't go anywhere without a map. The summit path could be missed in poor weather and disorientation in mist could send you off in the wrong direction. In short, you'd probably be fine, but for the sake of £6.99 is it worth it?

[chickadee]

Stupid question ahoy (well it is a post by me after all):

I'd like to do Mount Keen soon because autumn up that way is just my favourite thing. However, my map for the area is at my mum's house and I don't have a printer. What's it like, path-wise? Would I manage without bothering with a map? Normally on my own I'd take one even if the hill isn't supposed to be too difficult route-wise but I didn't need my map up Ben More or Ben Chonzie, so if it's along those lines I could go ahead.

Probably a touch of over-caution but hey I've only done 6 so far

There's a huge track then a clear path to the summit......however I wouldn't go anywhere without a map. The summit path could be missed in poor weather and disorientation in mist could send you off in the wrong direction. In short, you'd probably be fine, but for the sake of £6.99 is it worth it?

I know, that's why I'm so uncertain. I did a navigation course and it's drummed into my mind to always take one. So, because I forgot to print it off at work yesterday, I won't be going today which is a shame but I'm a bit too worn out from the week anyway. I am going home to Dundee via Fife and might do a Lomond instead!

[IamAJMiller]

Fair enough, I always think "What would Mountain Rescue say if they had to come get me and I had no map!" I think the telling off would be worse than the getting lost!

[Caberfeidh]

Fair enough, I always think "What would Mountain Rescue say if they had to come get me and I had no map!" I think the telling off would be worse than the getting lost!

Tell them a fox ate it. Or a badger stole it for nesting material. You may have to gnaw off one of your own limbs to add credence to your story, but it would be worth it to avoid the public lynching doled out by self-appointed guardians...

[IamAJMiller]

Fair enough, I always think "What would Mountain Rescue say if they had to come get me and I had no map!" I think the telling off would be worse than the getting lost!

Tell them a fox ate it. Or a badger stole it for nesting material. You may have to gnaw off one of your own limbs to add credence to your story, but it would be worth it to avoid the public lynching doled out by self-appointed guardians...

Definitely worth it!

[Fife Flyer]

Print the map/route off WH, along with the route - problem solved

[RyanfaeScotland]

You are welcome to borrow mine if still needing it?

[Arthurs Eat]

You can save yourself a few quid by visiting your local library who usually have or can order OS maps.

[chickadee]

Print the map/route off WH, along with the route - problem solved

Yep, but lack of a printer prevented me doing that!

[chickadee]

Thanks for maps offers/suggestions. It was to be a last-minute trip so I didn't have time to secure myself a map in any of those guises unfortunately! However, I'm now at my mum's so I can pick up my actual lovely map and make sure I have it for next time. I love maps, or maybe I'm weird.

[mrssanta]

No you are definitely not weird. Maps are fab. Nothing better than spreading a map out on the kitchen table and working out all sorts of stuff

[Backpacker]

I going against the grain here and possibly shouted at

I'd have gone up without a map as it is a very good path to roundabout 100 yards of the summit, if it was misty, I'd have taken a bearing back to the path if the clag had rolled in.

I'm not advocating going out without a map but there's certain times when you can get away with it.

(PS I've always got a map)

[Sgurr]

Lovely people sometimes lend you maps. Went to climb a Borders hill and forgot to take a Landranger map. Thought I could get away with tearing a page out of the atlas in the car ( 4 miles to the inch), but chancing it, went to ask at the farm where I could park that wouldn't obstruct them and mentioned that I was nervous doing it without a map whereupon they immediately loaned me theirs. (May help that I am, and look like a granny). When I got back home, I unpacked rucksack and found that I had stuffed it down the back after all and just hadn't felt it when I put my hand in. However, I can't think of a likely farm near Mount Keen where you could have tried it on.

[The Rodmiester]

When your in Dundee head to Waterstones and pick up three OS maps for the price of two, since you love maps