by catherinejm » Wed Dec 15, 2021 10:14 pm
Looking for inspiration! (And a chance to reminisce about great days in the hills)
We’ve got a week in the highlands in January, wild camping from the car and chasing the best weather so looking for ideas for great mountain days. Long or short. Munros, corbetts, grahams etc all welcome. Walking not scrambling, we’re happy up to grade 1 ground but not looking to push beyond that currently.
I’ll start (from a similar trip 2 years ago - which will also give a decent idea of ability!)
1) Ben Lawers circuit from Glen Lyon - up Meall a Choire Leith for sunrise then anticlockwise round Meall Corranaich, Beinn Ghlas, Ben Lawers and An Stuc. We dropped directly down the west side of An Stuc as we felt the continuation of the ridge down towards Meall Garbh was too difficult.
2) Ring of Steall from Glen Nevis - An Gearanach, Stob Coire a Chairn, Am Bodach, Sgurr an Iubhair then descended west (towards Stob Ban) and missed out the devils ridge as we’d started a bit too late and were running out of light.