On the road over I decided if the weather turned out to be decent I would do the Tarmachan Ridge but as soon as I arrived at the Lawers car park I knew it was just going to be an up and down Munro - shame, I'll need to come back and do this one again.
This place has changed since I was last here..........big improvement.
There is a good narrow track the entire way so even in the clag it's a straight forward walk.
- Looking back to the car park
- Loch Tay
- Lochan na Lairige Dam
Photos taken before entering the clag so visibility is pretty rubbish all the way to the summit.
- 923m top
- Heading for the summit
- Steep section before the summit
A bit of a sting in the tail with the last climb to the summit, I found the stone steps section quite hard going and slow. A quick left turn and I was on the top.
- Summit
Not the day for hanging about at the summit so 5 minutes and I was off down the hill. The stone steps were tricky on the way down and it was worth taking a bit of care as they were damp and any slip at this point could be painful. After the steps it was a straight forward walk back to the car park with the clag now sitting at about 900 metres so the late starters might just have got a clear summit.
- Loch Tay appearing out the gloom
- Loch Tay again
- Looking over to Ben Lawers
- Back at the car park
I was surprised this only took 2hrs 40 minutes but then again the car park is half way up the hill so only 750 odd metres of ascent. Definitely a hill to go back to and I'm going to have a read of some reports now just to see what the views are like.
looks like big improvements since I last was there right enough, was the hill busy at all? I bet it was.
