New boots & panties
Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 4:23 pmThe midweek sneaky peak club was looking not possible for me this week as I could not get out on Tuesday. Then up step my friends Colin & Dave who were planning to go out on the Thursday. Dave wanting to do the Creag Meagaidh circuit. Day worked for Andy & Mark. Polly sold her soul to the NHS for a day of, but alas Ron was working.
Texts & FB chat later the route had grown arms & legs & we were going to follow in the footsteps of the mighty Monty (Danrun, Iain Watson & Thomas did the walk as well) & add on Beinn’s Teallach & a’Chaorainn as well. So 5 munros on what turned out to be one of the hottest days of the year so far.
Mark travelled up the night before to have himself a wee wild camp. Met him at Creag Meagaidh nature reserve car park, which was to be our finish point, left a car & then drove the few miles down the road to Rough Burn for the start.
Suited & booted and off for 09:20. Polly feeling extra chipper in her new……………………………..
………. Boots, whilst Andy moaned that his all singing all dancing Haglofs pants had not arrived as promised. I don’t need to go into much detail but his pants set the tone for the day & he took a lot of stick.
Through the gate & across the field heading for the top of the tree line. A wee river to cross. Then up the open hill side with the views behind just getting more stunning as we climbed.
The first summit was reached fairly easily, with a small debate on which cairn was the true summit, touched both just to be on the safe side. Already from here we could see the broad ridge to Creag Meagaidh, The Window & Stob Poite Coire Ardair. Dropped down to the 600 meter bealach & then up a’Chaorainn which in this heat was an absolute bugger. A nice we stream on the way up to top up the water & soak our hats. Once on the ridge we dropped our packs (I stupidly left my gps in mine so the track does not have us at the summit) for the gorgeous ridge walk to the summit which is the middle one of three cairns. The views were just stunning all around.
From the ridge there is a path that takes you down to a bealach at 850 meters. Nice & high, but the long broad ridge to Creag Meagaidh just goes on & on (about 4k) Once we were there the hard work of the day was done in terms af ascent, but the final munro of Carn Liath looked, & is miles away.
Past mad meags carn & down to the Window & up to SPCA who’s charm is in the views of the Creag M cliffs. The cairn is quite small.
Then the long walk to Carn Liath over three tops with small ascent after each one before arriving at our 5th munro of the very hot day.
The walk out from here is not too bad bouldery at first, then a boggy path which becomes very narrow through the trees until you emerge onto the nature reserve paths.
An absolute cracker of a long day with great banter & much fun.
These photos are a small selection of the 500 odd we took between us & I’m sure some others will be added. One or two probably should not be seen in the public domain
Texts & FB chat later the route had grown arms & legs & we were going to follow in the footsteps of the mighty Monty (Danrun, Iain Watson & Thomas did the walk as well) & add on Beinn’s Teallach & a’Chaorainn as well. So 5 munros on what turned out to be one of the hottest days of the year so far.
Mark travelled up the night before to have himself a wee wild camp. Met him at Creag Meagaidh nature reserve car park, which was to be our finish point, left a car & then drove the few miles down the road to Rough Burn for the start.
Suited & booted and off for 09:20. Polly feeling extra chipper in her new……………………………..
………. Boots, whilst Andy moaned that his all singing all dancing Haglofs pants had not arrived as promised. I don’t need to go into much detail but his pants set the tone for the day & he took a lot of stick.
Through the gate & across the field heading for the top of the tree line. A wee river to cross. Then up the open hill side with the views behind just getting more stunning as we climbed.
The first summit was reached fairly easily, with a small debate on which cairn was the true summit, touched both just to be on the safe side. Already from here we could see the broad ridge to Creag Meagaidh, The Window & Stob Poite Coire Ardair. Dropped down to the 600 meter bealach & then up a’Chaorainn which in this heat was an absolute bugger. A nice we stream on the way up to top up the water & soak our hats. Once on the ridge we dropped our packs (I stupidly left my gps in mine so the track does not have us at the summit) for the gorgeous ridge walk to the summit which is the middle one of three cairns. The views were just stunning all around.
From the ridge there is a path that takes you down to a bealach at 850 meters. Nice & high, but the long broad ridge to Creag Meagaidh just goes on & on (about 4k) Once we were there the hard work of the day was done in terms af ascent, but the final munro of Carn Liath looked, & is miles away.
Past mad meags carn & down to the Window & up to SPCA who’s charm is in the views of the Creag M cliffs. The cairn is quite small.
Then the long walk to Carn Liath over three tops with small ascent after each one before arriving at our 5th munro of the very hot day.
The walk out from here is not too bad bouldery at first, then a boggy path which becomes very narrow through the trees until you emerge onto the nature reserve paths.
An absolute cracker of a long day with great banter & much fun.
These photos are a small selection of the 500 odd we took between us & I’m sure some others will be added. One or two probably should not be seen in the public domain
- River crossing
- Chno Dearg, Stob Coire Sgriodain, Loch Treig,Stob a'Choite Mheadhoin & Stob Coire Easain
- Summit Beinn Teallach
- Creag Meagaidh, The Window & Stob Poite Coire Ardair
- Looking back to Beinn Teallach
- Beinn a'Chaorainn
- Summit
- Looking back to Beinn a'Chaorainn
- On our way to Creag Meagaidh
- Summit Creag Meagaidh
- Some snow patches left
- Mad Meags Cairn
- Lochan Uaine
- The Window
- Above the Window
- Coire Ardair
- Summit Stob Poite Coire Ardair
- Still a long way to go
- Summit Carn Liath
- Looking back to the window & Creag Meagaidh
- On the walk out
Enjoyed your report and some lovely photos; glad you didn't post the 500 you all took!! 
.....some of us cycled the A86 stretch rather than drive 
