Lochnagar circuit.
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2015 11:39 am
The Lochnagar Munro's seemed a decent option on a good Autumn day. Arrived at the Spittal of Glenmuick car park in good time and headed off along Loch Muick. Was a fairly hazy day, but undeterred, we made good time on the path along the loch. We were soon heading up the path that would take us around Sandy Hillock, a strangely un-Gaelic name!!! It is good easy walking around here, and we were soon on the flanks of Broad Cairn. The summit was soon reached After a 5 minute stop, we made our way across Cairn of Gowal and on to Cairn Bannoch. From here, we went out to the strangely named Fafernie before moving on to Carn an t-Sagairt Mor, where the remnants of a plane crash litter the area. A quick down and up to Carn an t-Sagairt Beag was done before hitting Carn a'Choire Bhoideach. As the scenery is not the most inspiring around here, we made for our last Munro of the day, Cac Carn Beag or Lochnagar. There was quite a gathering on the top, including a walker who, at 80+ year old, had come up the gully from the loch itself, well done to him With time moving on, we made our way around the edge of the giant cliffs that loom over the loch, Cuidhe Crom being our next stop. A Raven was there to meet us, but we didn't hang around as we still wanted to go up Meikle Pap. It is a pretty straight forward walk back to Glenmuick from here, taking you beneath Conachcraig Enjoyed the day, but not the most inspiring set of Munro's it has to be said!!