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On Wednesday we set off very early from Edinburgh with plans to reach Fort William and have a mountaineering day on the Ring of Steall. However, when we got there the weather was much worse than forecasted, so we decided to head east rather than spend a day in the clag.
It turns out the weather wasn’t that much better in the east, so we opted for A’Chailleach and Carn Sgulain, near Newtonmore. We hadn’t done these two munros before, and since they are fairly straightforward rounded hills they seemed like a good option for a bad weather day!
Before heading into the cloud…The snow line was sitting at around 700m. This route is meant to be nice on the skis, however, we didn’t fancy carrying them up to reach the white stuff so left them in the car…will go back another day
It snowed constantly from around 1.30pm until we were beneath the freezing level on our way back to the car where it turned to light rain.
The rather featureless plateau between the two summits gave us some good navigation practice – timing and pacing required!
The Limit of 'person' visibility
Summit of Carn Sgulain
Not far to go now…
We rounded the day off with some chippy chips and the headed back down to Edinburgh.
Note:After the recent snowfall (26/01/14) the conditions will most likely be considerably more snow underfoot and a lower snowlevel.
