Farragon & Tairneachan one of my hardest walks yet

[Johnny Corbett]

Decided to do these two at the last minute and didn't set off till nearly 10.30am. I estimated it would take me around 5hrs but did not account for the snow which i reckon added an extra hour at least onto the walk. The walk up the track to just past the opencast mine was fine, just a bit slippy in places, as the track had been cleared. Once off the track it was a differant story with the snow occasionally hard enough to walk on but mostly soft and knee deep in places making the going tough and adding a fair bit of time onto the walk. I decided to do Farragon Hill first and take Meall Tairneachan on the way back.I arrived back at the car at 4.30pm but due to the snow on the track i didn't require my headtorch.This was a long hard day on two very enjoyable Corbetts with some lovely views from the summits.

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The track

Schiehallion

The track once out the forest

A look back at Schiehallion

One of the mines

A look inside

Farragon Hill

Tairneachan from Farragon summit

Towards Aberfeldy

Beinn a' Ghlo

Loch Tummel

I believe this is the in look for winter

A look back at Farragon Hill

Tairneachan

The cleared track

Tairneachan

Tairneachan summit

Towards Glen Lyon

Schiehallion

Farragon

On the track back down

[kevsbald]

Love the Moon shot. Cracking.

[PeteR]

Very nice JC Some great shots there of what looks like a good little walk. Looks like you had a great day, despite it being tough in places

[Graeme D]

Quality reporting as always JC! I do fancy these two for this winter sometime.

[rockhopper]

Very nice sunset shots Johnny Am somewhat jealous - cheers

[Johnny Corbett]

Thanks for the replies it was a good day though there was a few bad words being uttered once i was off the track and making my way through the snow. Definately a winter walk though i'd wait till it gets a bit colder for the snow to harden up. The moon shot turned out not bad though it did look better with the naked eye.

[pollyh33]

Another super report Johnny with cracking photos.

Like your goggles. Sorry for asking a thicko question.....did you have to wear crampons on this walk?

[Graeme D]

Another super report Johnny with cracking photos.

Like your goggles. Sorry for asking a thicko question.....did you have to wear crampons on this walk?

You're desperate to get those crampons on eh P?????

[Johnny Corbett]

Another super report Johnny with cracking photos.

Like your goggles. Sorry for asking a thicko question.....did you have to wear crampons on this walk?

The snow was soft Polly so didn't need the crampons on

[pollyh33]

Another super report Johnny with cracking photos.

Like your goggles. Sorry for asking a thicko question.....did you have to wear crampons on this walk?

You're desperate to get those crampons on eh P?????

Too right Graeme. I had my axe and crampons with me last Sunday and didn't get to use them once!!!

Gotta get myself ready for Kintail. Don't want to be the daftie left to play on my sledge while everyone else is up on the hills

[pollyh33]

Another super report Johnny with cracking photos.

Like your goggles. Sorry for asking a thicko question.....did you have to wear crampons on this walk?

The snow was soft Polly so didn't need the crampons on

Cheers Johnny. I need to wise up on these snowy hills

[Tomsie]

how old are the mines, are they still in use

[dooterbang]

get up earlier laddy - 10.30am start

Lazy ****

nice shots of the mines, cheers.

[Johnny Corbett]

how old are the mines, are they still in use

They are still in use although i was told they would be closing them down in the near future. They'll also show you round them during the summer months

get up earlier laddy - 10.30am start

Lazy ****

nice shots of the mines, cheers.

I was still recovering from my epic Blath Bhalg trip

[malky_c]

I was still recovering from my epic Blath Bhalg trip

I'm getting lazy this winter - didn't head out onto the hills until 2:30pm this Sunday.

Looks like a grand day out - that's some amount of snow that has been bulldozed off the track

Using the bike made Tairneachan one of my easiest walks of the year, but I remember the ground between the two being very rough even without the snow. We did Farragon from near Dull then walked back to Strathtay - took ages!