Walkhighlands

At last, a break from all the wild weather of late!

Took the normal route up from Machuim farm to Lochan nan Cat, then up to the col below the steep side of An Stuc. Only patches of snow, but very hard frozen, so put crampons on. Took a fairly direct line which required some front pointing and easy scrambling. Thus far the cloud had been coming and going around the tops, but now it started to form a better defined layer with the top around 1100m, and by the time we reached Lawers the views were much improved, with Ben Nevis, Ben Alder and the Cairngorms all poking out above the cloud.

Wildlife notes: buzzard below Lochan nan Cat, four ravens on the summit of Lawers, flock of long-tailed tits in the woods above the farm.

Ben Lawers in a cloud inversion - WOW

So much higher than everything else in the southern highlands.

It's great to be up there above the clouds! Some really good pictures!

Some stunning pics there

Very nice - was lucky enough to get a cracking inversion when up An Stuc as well - it's just magic and makes you want to stay up there all day - cheers

cracking photo's ! I can just imagine you inching? your way up the frozen side of An Stuc! I have been that soldier!

craicing pics a bhalaich

Je suis jaloux! excellent stuff - looked a great day out.

Lawers is always a good bet if an inversion is forecast: must have seen 3 or 4 from there over the years.