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How many munro's in one week?

How many munro's in one week?


Postby SCOTRAIL DRIVER » Wed Sep 16, 2009 11:26 pm

Hello All
Hope you are all well :D and getting out on them there hills.
Not been out much work work work :(
Now i am planning a week away next April/May will want to go anywere
to get the most munro's in as we can, thinking about starting on
south glen shiel ridge and the five sisters of kintail.
Looking for as many as poss even want to wild camp up a hill.
How many do you think you can do in one week and poss some were to stay?
thanks scotraildriver
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Re: How many munro's in one week?

Postby MonkeysMonacle » Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:06 pm

You could probably do most of Skye in a week,with a Guide for the more demanding Hills.
If you decide to do Glen Sheil,apart from Munros it's quite boring and the Claunie Inn prices are enough to induce sobriety.Getting a lift back to your car/tent after completing the ridge can be hit or miss which results in a short car trip or a long walk along the road back.
Another consideration is being peeved off with walk after walk.I tend to split it up with rest days to allow for physical and mental recovery.That's only me others may enjoy the demands of non-stop Hill walking.
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Re: How many munro's in one week?

Postby IainG » Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:16 pm

If it's a numbers only requirement, then Glen Shiel offers probably the easiest bunch there are. Seven in one go, and providing you can catch the bus at the end (or get a lift) it isn't that demanding. The Five Sisters is a fair walk, but if you add the three brothers to the east, it's another big day out!

There's a few to be had in the Cairngorms, an area that can also give some of the best walking there is. :thumbup:
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Re: How many munro's in one week?

Postby MonkeysMonacle » Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:28 pm

A week in The Cairngorms absolute bliss.Hills,walks and landscapes :thumbup:
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Re: How many munro's in one week?

Postby Stretch » Thu Sep 17, 2009 10:00 pm

Glen Lyon and the Loch Tay areas offer some good walks and decent numbers as well, I can think of 14 off the top of my head, and Killin has a few good places to eat. Plus it's easy to branch out from there to more western hills near Glencoe.
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Re: How many munro's in one week?

Postby hills » Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:32 pm

With a base in Braemar, either at the comfy campsite, or plentiful spots to wild camp, the possibilities are huge, north south, east and west!!
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Re: How many munro's in one week?

Postby ken reid » Mon Sep 28, 2009 10:03 pm

glen nevis gives you a chance of getting 15 if you inclode the mamores (10) the ben, carn more dearg,aonach beag, aonach mor and so on.
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Re: How many munro's in one week?

Postby MacCookie » Tue Sep 29, 2009 7:53 am

ken reid wrote:glen nevis gives you a chance of getting 15 if you inclode the mamores (10) the ben, carn more dearg,aonach beag, aonach mor and so on.


Or you could do Tranter's Round - 18 Munros in 24 hours...

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Trante ... =firefox-a
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Re: How many munro's in one week?

Postby ken reid » Thu Oct 01, 2009 4:16 pm

[quote="MacCookie"/quote]

Or you could do Tranter's Round - 18 Munros in 24 hours...

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Trante ... =firefox-a[/quote]

that sounds like a good route, but I think I wold prefer to bivve half way round and make it last the two days
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