The Easains in the snow

[thorburn7]

Great day on the hills today with winter back and the mountains snow-capped again. Was originally going to head out on Saturday but a few friends were busy and so we agreed on Sunday. This had the added bonus of an extra hour in bed due to the clocks going back!
With a 5:40am alarm in the morning this was the freshest I've woken at that time ever.
We left Greenock at 6:30 and got to the car park at Fersit just after 9:00am. Love traffic-free early drives!

From the car it looked like it would be a bit of a slog up the steep slopes of Stob a'Choire Mheadhoin.
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Early morning sun on Loch Treig as we climb up the boggy lower slopes.
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Ground then changed to firm frost just as we approached the snowline at 450m up. Great view of the mountain ahead.
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Looking Northeast up Glen Spean with Loch Laggan in the distance.
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As we rose higher up the first munro we got a great view west towards the Grey Corries looking stunning with their snow-caps.
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We now came up to the deeper snow.
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Then at last the summit of Stob a'Choire Mheadhoin came into view.
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Reached the summit at 12:30pm so stopped and had lunch taking in the brilliant clear day giving 360 degree views.
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Grey Corries from the summit of Stob a'Choire Mheadhoin.
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A relatively quick descent down to the Col between these to Munros and Stob Coire Easain was looking mighty impressive from here.
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Summit of Stob Coire Easain with Stob a'Choire Mheadhoin in the background.
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Very little wind on the top mean I could get the drone out for some aerial shots. Heres us at 2:00pm on the summit of Stob Coire Easain.
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A view south to the Mamores range.
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Perfect day out for the first real snow fall of the new winter season. Been looking forward to this for a while and hopefully get more days like this on the hills this winter.

[kevsbald]

Nice.

[KC Pendragon]

I was on those hills on Sunday too - with my wee dog. We met you on the summit of Stob a’Choire Mheadhoin. What a fantastic day, great photos!