Ben Macdui & Cairn Gorm from the North an excellent walk
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2016 6:16 pmI had not climbed Ben Macdui from the North before as I had always tackled it from the South in the past. Another deciding factor was the campsites available from the North especially Dalraddy being so much better and cheaper than the one at Braemar, so a quick car journey to the Cairgorm Ski lift carpark from Dalraddy to meet up with Martin who had decided to stay at the nearer but very much more expensive campsite at Glenmore.
- Setting off from the Cairngorm Ski lift car park, bright and sunny overhead for once
- The three amigos all dressed accordingly, what a team
- Further up the well made path
- Furter up but looking back towards Loch Morlich
- An excellent path all the way to the summit plateau
- Braeriach in the background
- Looking over the Lairig Ghru
- On the rocky summit plateau looking West
- The only sign of water during the day on the summit, a small spring
- The four with Braeriach behind
- Having a snack at the summit having reached it in 2 hours 25mins
- Summit photo
- Heading back the way we had come taking the right fork behind Lochan Buidhe towards Cairngorm
- Ben Avon tors in the background
- Martin with the Coire an t-Sneachda cliffs behind
- Looking North
- cliffs
- Interesting
- Fancy a wee scramble, then follow Pauline
- Loch Morlich again
- Looking South towards Ben Avon
- From Cairngorm looking back
- Group photo on the summit. Thereafter it was a matter of following a line of cairns and a laid stone path between tape on either side back towards the Ski tow area and building yard before descending to the car park. Another great day on the hill.
