Bridge of Orchy 2
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 5:05 pm
Leaving Perth under blue skies at 645am and the forecast cold but fairly clear I headed for Bridge of Orchy.Ariving at just after 8am it was a fair bit more cloudy than id hoped .However i got my boots on and set off around 820am. After going under the railway line the path deteriorated to a rutted and boggy number wasn't too bad on the way up as the hard frost kept the it crispy for now anyway. It was quite a straightforward climb upto Coire an Dothaidh where views of the crags were stunning from just below the bealach. I swithered with what side I would do first for a few minutes after a few photos I decided to go up Beinn an Dothaidh first and later have my lunch at the top of Beinn Dorain.The going was actually a lot easier than I thought it was going to be either that or the can of Red Bull was working to full effect 2 hours from Leaving the car i got to the first summit of the day with the skies very blue although there was cloud coming in the horizon.As i was having lunch I made haste for the second summit of the day as was starting to feel a bit peckish Halfway down to the bealach was a wee bit slippy so decided it was crampon time which was a good decision as the accent to Beinn Dorain was a lot steeper than todays first munro . It was starting to cloud over now so I pushed for the summit and arrived here 1 hour after leaving Dothaidh .Although it had clouded over the views were still great in every dirrection