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Welcome to the WH forums! Looks like a good plan overall. A few suggestions for you: It's quite a long/tough route for a week - I would suggest missing out the first bit by using a bus from Inverness to Tomatin, or bus/train to Carrbridge. If you have a spare day at the end, climbing Schiehallion wo...

Yes, the ones 'in a treacherous landscape, and because they offer a false sense of security'. If you have an opinion or know more then you could write it up as your first contribution to this site. I'd be interested. The OP told us about Cairngorm John so I might give that a look, but I think the p...

Edit: there are some buggy tracks to follow. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2254080
You can trace them on the OS aerial imagery - they actually go most of the way to Carn Liath.

Looks like a mixture of grass and heather - nothing too awful: https://maps.app.goo.gl/XSpmYMss3wexGAYVA

The burns will be fine if there has been no significant rainfall in the previous 48 hours.

Definitely shorter and easier from the north - follow one of the normal routes to Ben Macdui from the ski centre as far as Lochan Buidhe and then contour round, crossing the Garbh Uisge Beag and Garbh Uisge Mor (can easily include Macdui to make a more satisfying day). The E side of the hill is stee...

Welcome to the WH forums! A few suggestions for you: Up Glen Feshie from Auchlean to Ruigh Aiteachain bothy: first part of https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/cairngorms/glen-feshie.shtml Linn of Dee to Derry Lodge https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/cairngorms/derry-lodge.shtml Linn of Dee to White Bridge ...

AspiringHiker wrote:Thanks, I was considering that option. How is the ground on that route? Is it bracken, heather or grass?

I’m not too sure: the only time I have been up that way was on skis with snow cover down to the road!

You are very welcome: hope you have a great trip!

I don’t think you will need winter gear: we have had a very snow poor winter and it is currently very mild. Take a look at the SAIS blogs for an idea of the current snow cover: https://www.sais.gov.uk/

It is possible to leave the road about 1.5km SE of Garva Bridge and head up to the trig point on Carn Dubh, then all the way along the ridge to Carn Liath. It will be pathless, though and I’m not sure if a high level route would suit your plans.

Nice report! I’ve done this wee round a few times and I agree that it is top quality. Hard to think of a better hill walk that doesn’t go above 400m! It’s useful on days when the bigger hills are clagged in, but a clear day like you had is rewarded by terrific views. I think you picked the best desc...

The English Alpinist wrote:. I'm still puzzled why the horizon in my Ben Hope image is curving down when it's well below to horizontal axis.

Please do look up “pincushion distortion”.

I get the feeling that you won’t be persuaded if I point you at a peer reviewed scientific paper but here you are: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Visually-discerning-the-curvature-of-the-Earth.-Lynch/65b7bcac6f15bf0d2a341f00829a6455d6e753f3 Cameras can suffer from pincushion distortion as wel...

I meant the bottom off the photo!

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