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I have done 26 Munros but this was my first solo walk. It is an hours or so drive from home up to the Glen Clova area and the walk around Glen Doll. I had looked at the routes on both walkhighlands and the Steve Fallon site. I decided to walk the route give by walkhighlands up to the entrance of the Corrie Fee Nature Reserve and across and up across the bowl and then by the side of water fall.
The views from the entrance are stunning with the bowl shape of the Corrie looking splendid.
View from start of Corrie Fee (1 of 1) by
dektasker, on Flickr
I followed the path (when I could see it for the snow and the ice) up towards the water fall at the Knapps of fee at the back of the Corrie.
The sugar bowl (1 of 1) by
dektasker, on Flickr
Looking behind me see Glen Doll which just looks stunning.
Views towards the Nature reservice entrance (1 of 1) by
dektasker, on Flickr
Views back to glen doll 3 (1 of 1) by
dektasker, on Flickr
The view of the nature reserve from near the bowl 1 (1 of 1) by
dektasker, on Flickr
I walked up the crags to the side of the falls which was very steep and really route one. Someone had been there a few days earlier as their footprints had iced over but at least gave me a faint route to follow. This was strength sapping and stamina busting and I was happy not to be returning the same way. The incline is very steep and slippy. Fine for going up, must be horrendous coming back down.
Once up the cragg and on to the plateau the walk becomes fairly easy and what a fine days weather i had.
Must admit to be a bit nervous being on my own but once you view the summit you know you’re on the right path. The map reading skills where being practiced and so far so good.
The views from the summit back to the crags and the waterfall are good especially on clear day like this.
The views from the summit of Mayer are great especially with the covering of snow. Weird to think in a few weeks time the landscape will be totally different.
Route to Mayer from the crags and the water fall (1 of 1) by
dektasker, on Flickr
Mayer Summit (1 of 1) by
dektasker, on Flickr
More views from Mayer (1 of 1) by
dektasker, on Flickr
Now the very pleasant walk on to Driesh, I had thought about just doing Mayer but since I had the height and put so much effort in to the climb I decided to carry on.Also the thought of going down that iced covered crag convinced me to carry on. The bealach between Mayer and Driesh is an easy walk and does not take too long. The summit of Driesh was reached fairly quickly
walking towards driesh and Corrie Fee below (1 of 1) by
dektasker, on Flickr
Driesh Summit (1 of 1) by
dektasker, on Flickr
And the views from the top of Kilbo corrie across the glen are very good. However the best was still to come. Back to the bealach and the views both sides to Glen Doll and to Glen Prosen are exceptional and well worth the days effort before the decent down the shank of Druimfollow and the Kilbo path.
Views from the bealach between mayer and driesh (1 of 1) by
dektasker, on Flickr
Views from the bealach between mayer and driesh to Glen Prosen (1 of 1) by
dektasker, on Flickr
Feeling great having down it all myself, great days weather, great views and not a foot wrong until I reached the forest and the burn of Kilbo. I got lost!!, only for a few minutes and I had to retrace my steps. I found the path and I was back on track. Back to the car with a camera full of some great view, memories and a great deal of satisfaction.
