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Ghreadaidh and Mhadaidh

Ghreadaidh and Mhadaidh


Postby pigeon » Tue Jun 24, 2014 8:58 pm

Route description: Sgùrr a Mhadaidh and Sgùrr a Ghreadaidh

Munros included on this walk: Sgùrr a' Ghreadaidh, Sgùrr a' Mhadaidh

Date walked: 22/06/2014

Time taken: 6 hours

Distance: 9.5 km

Ascent: 1000m

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Not the finest weather for our second day in the Cuillins so glad to get any sort of walk done so this was a real bonus,again guided by Jonah Jones.


Jonah leads us up from the Hostel;
ImageSkye trip June 2014 110 by pigeon812711, on Flickr


Wee breather;
ImageSkye trip June 2014 112 by pigeon812711, on Flickr


Up into An Dorus;
ImageSkye trip June 2014 117 by pigeon812711, on Flickr


ImageSkye trip June 2014 119 by pigeon812711, on Flickr


ImageSkye trip June 2014 120 by pigeon812711, on Flickr


Top of An Dorus and it was on with the crash hats for the first tricky scramble towards Sgurr A Ghreadaidh;
ImageSkye trip June 2014 122 by pigeon812711, on Flickr


Eag Dubh;
ImageSkye trip June 2014 124 by pigeon812711, on Flickr


It was well slippy on the rocks so great care was needed on the way up and even more on the way down from munro 1;
ImageSkye trip June 2014 125 by pigeon812711, on Flickr


Top of Ghreadaidh;
ImageSkye trip June 2014 127 by pigeon812711, on Flickr


ImageSkye trip June 2014 128 by pigeon812711, on Flickr


Morecambe's monkey;
ImageSkye trip June 2014 129 by pigeon812711, on Flickr


Slippy descent;
ImageSkye trip June 2014 130 by pigeon812711, on Flickr


Roped up for the scramble back down to An Dorus;
ImageSkye trip June 2014 135 by pigeon812711, on Flickr


Ryan descending;
ImageSkye trip June 2014 137 by pigeon812711, on Flickr


ImageSkye trip June 2014 138 by pigeon812711, on Flickr


Then up,easier this time to Mhadaidh;
ImageSkye trip June 2014 143 by pigeon812711, on Flickr


Camera wet now on munro 2;
ImageSkye trip June 2014 144 by pigeon812711, on Flickr


ImageSkye trip June 2014 147 by pigeon812711, on Flickr


Good day this apart from the weather followed by another pint in Carbost
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