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Meall nam Maigheach a very simple fill In Corbett

Meall nam Maigheach a very simple fill In Corbett


Postby The Rodmiester » Tue Oct 13, 2015 8:28 am

Route description: Meall nam Maigheach

Corbetts included on this walk: Meall nam Maigheach

Date walked: 09/10/2015

Time taken: 1.5 hours

Distance: 5.49 km

Ascent: 316m

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I was to be passing here on my way to the excellent value Pine Trees campsite at Tyndrum and had sufficient time to add to my Corbett tally. I passed the Ben Lawers Carpark followed by Lochan na Larige and the prominent cairn to find a parking spot just around the corner, turned the car around ready to head off towards Killin. The proper and most used parking area is further on opposite a stone ruin and a green painted shed (RECOMMENDED).
Knowing that I was going to have to climb NW until I came across a stone dyke and that there may be a lot of boggy ground en route I fitted my gaiters, which turned out to be the right thing until I reached the stone dyke which I was to follow to the summit cairn.

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One thing for sure there was not going to be many photographs to day the low cloud was just hanging there. Looking back where I parked the car
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After anout twenty minutes I found a couple of guys heading down from the summit on there wat to Meall a Choire Leith
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The first sign of the stone dyke as described in Walkhighlands
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There a signs of a path along the East side and certainly the underfoot conditions are an improvement, no peat bog jumping, much easier, this was the way I would be coming down off the hill
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A wee break in the cloud when I reached the summit cairn, view over to the South shoulder of Meall a Choire Leith
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After finding the stone dyke I continued down towards the road
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Can you see the spider on the stone dyke?
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At this point I headed East towards the burn and bridge
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The recommended starting route from the stone building and green shed. This would probably save you aboutfifteen minutes and also putting on your gaiters
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