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1342: Set off after weather watching, pretty benign Spring day
Still benign
Bealach between Meall a'Chaorainn and Creagan na Laogh - An Teallach in distance?
Still lots of snow
Sun
Long and wet but not too hard
Loch Fannich
Fionn Bheinn
Brief break in the weather
1556: FB summit
Down Loch Fannich
Windy AF, cowering in lee of trig point
Spring cornices
Heading down after tea and cake, waited out Spring squalls to get decent summit shots
Race to descend, front moving in
Wet and windy descent on sogging ground
Sun back out on approach, dried off mostly
1740: Back in car, another ticked off
Summary:Short jaunt in typical Spring conditions - showery, windy, sunny spells, changeable. Ground saturated but some nice snow fields, some still bridging streams, care required. Views in weather breaks impressive, dappled sunlight on mountains almost preferable to blue skies and full sunshine. Extremely windy at top, wind chill something else. Spent long enough there to catch the breaks and get shots, but caught out on descent - hammered by horizontal rain forcing one hand in pocket and other pulling hood over side of face. Warm sunshine on lower slopes and wind to dry out. Nice, short day, efficient use of small afternoon weather window to knock off an outlier. Longish but pleasant drive back to Glen Shiel lodgings along Loch Carron.
