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Hill: Meall an Fhudair
Date: Friday 19th February 2010
Company: Foggieclimber, Jim and Beinn
Dog friendly: YesWe parked opposite Glen falloch farm, set off up the landrover track, crossed a bridge over the railway line, and then zig-zagged up the track to a junction of tracks just beyond the pylons.
Looking North towards Crianlarich:
On reaching the junction of paths we took to the grassy lower slopes of Troisgeach. The initial ascent was reasonably steep but it eased off a bit after ascending around 100m. No snow on the lower slopes.
Start of ascent of Troisgeach:
Lots of small knolls during the ascent of Troisgeach. Just a case of picking a line through them.
Ascending Troisgeach:
Ascending Troisgeach:
Was a bit surprised at the lack of snow during the ascent, especially compared with hills further North. It wouldn't be long though before we had plenty of snow to traverse.
Jim:
Surrounding hills:
Most of the hard leg-work is done on reaching the summit of Troisgeach. However, there is still a fair way to go to then reach Meall nan Caora and then Meall an Fhudair.
Looking towards summit cairn of Troisgeach:
Beinn at summit of Troisgeach:
The snow was near perfect for walking on.
I thoroughly enjoyed the walk between the tops.
Jim traversing from Troisgeach to Meall nan Caora:
Ben Lui and Ben Oss:
Meall an Fhudair in distance from Meall nan Caora top:
Looking back to Meall nan Caora:
Final ascent of Meall an Fhudair:
We reached the summit around 3 hours after setting off.
Beinn at summit of Meall an Fhudair:
Frozen reservoir:
View from summit:
Jim approaching summit:
Beinn enjoying the snow:
