10th birthday on Munro and 150th Scottish Hill with Kids

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Hill no. 150 - Munro no. 13

Geal Chàrn (Monadliath) from Garva Bridge with Kids (10, 12 y/o)

I was hoping to reach 150 Scottish Hills with the Kids by the end of 2022, but certain circumstances (e.g. Halloween, Christmas ) thwarted my plan. At the beginning of the year, after hibernation , it was very difficult for us to go hiking again , we started very gently, so it was postponed until April. Nevermind, we did it. The Kids did it! Brave tough Kids because many of the hills were not a walk in the park. And this postponement to April also allowed us to celebrate the 150th hill along with the 10th birthday of our youngest hiker .

The 50th hill was Munro Ben Wyvis, the 100th hill was Munro Meall Chuaich and so the 150th hill was again Munro - Geal Chàrn (Monadliath).

Our 150 Scottish Hills to date:

We followed more or less the WH route Geal Chàrn, Monadhliath.

Stats:
Total distance - 13.6 km
Total time - 8h33m
Walking time - 3h51m
Altitude gain - 630 m

Map of our route:

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Elevation profile of our route:

We parked in a parking area on the left just before Garva Bridge:

WH Walk Description says - This is a lonely piece of countryside, with vast herds of red deer. We could see it right at the car park:

River Spey from the Bridge, upstream:

From the car park, we crossed the bridge and turned right after it onto a track. Geal Chàrn in sight:

After 500 m we reached a gate and another bridge. The gate was locked but could be bypassed:

After crossing the bridge we turned left and continued along a track. Right at the start of the track we were supposed to cross the wire fence on the left and then follow the grassy banks of the river upstream (red arrow). For some reason we did not notice this and continued along the track, which later turned out to be an advantage because the path along the river was very boggy (we walked along the bank on the way back):

Realizing we were going in the wrong direction we left the track at the place where we saw a deer path heading in the right direction. Fortunately, the deer path led us to a gap in a fence. After this we continued slightly to the right upwards (red arrow):

The path was boggy in many places . Often it was the art of avoiding the bogs :

After roughly 1 km we were supposed to cross another fence at a stile, but we only found the remains of a stile :

The path was not boggy all the time. It was quite good in some places, but only some :

After about 800 m we reached the Allt Coire nan Dearcag and continued upstream for about 150 m.
The place where we crossed the burn, taken upstream:

Same place on the way back, taken downstream:

About 100 m above the place where we crossed the burn, there is a small waterfall at this place - the better route is to the left (red arrow):

Our route, closer to the burn, was full of this :

Fortunately, the closer to the top the better the path :

Looking back towards the Creag Meagaidh group:

The summit cairn of Geal Chàrn in sight:

Almost there:

150 Scottish Hills :

150 Scottish Hills and the 10th birthday of our youngest hiker :

A well-deserved reward for Kids :

Birthday hiker:

A few photos from the top:

Looking WNW, towards Corbett Meall na h-Aisre:

Looking NNW:

Looking ENE, towards the Monadhliath Munros:

Looking east, towards Cairngorm:

Looking SSW, towards Loch Laggan. Grahams:
1 - Creag Ruadh (Kinloch Laggan)
2 - Binnein Shios
3 - Binnein Shuas

Binnein Shios and Binnein Shuas:

After a break of about 1.5 hours at the top, we returned the same way.

The path from the top:

Facing the wind :

Walking along the Feith Talagain:

Happily back at the car park:

Majestic stag came to say goodbye :