Farragon & Tairneachan one of my hardest walks yet
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 11:55 am
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.