Walkhighlands

A brilliant day for walking,clear blue skies,sub zero temperatures with the mountains looking there best in there full winter overcoats.I had planned to include Dothaidh into the walk but I spent nearly two hours on the summit of Dorain just taking in all the views and decided to leave it for another day..





Beinn Heasgarnich




Checking out my sledge route for the trip down.Wondering if i can make it all the way to the A82 without stopping

Looking south


Discarded beer can,3500ft up!

Towards Beinn An Dothaidh and the rest of the ridge.

some nice pics there johnny - Beinn Dorain and Beinn an Dothaidh are very high on my to do list

Cracking pics ~ the hills look fantastic in the acres of snow. I like the picture 'looking south' it looks as though one more step to the right and byyyyyyyyeeeeeee

I love seeing Beinn Dorain, my second favourite mountain after Beinn Alligin (which was my first Munro).

rockhopper wrote:some nice pics there johnny - Beinn Dorain and Beinn an Dothaidh are very high on my to do list

Hi Rockhopper,saw your walk report on the other part of the ridge i was looking at that for for my walk originally about a month back ,but obviously with the weather that Scotland in particular has had recently it was a non starter.You did well to cover the ground you did.Dorains a nice walk with superb views from it especially under current conditions.

baggervance wrote:Cracking pics ~ the hills look fantastic in the acres of snow. I like the picture 'looking south' it looks as though one more step to the right and byyyyyyyyeeeeeee

Yeah it looks dodgy,but it was a little rock outcrop which was quite safe.

JTweedie wrote:I love seeing Beinn Dorain, my second favourite mountain after Beinn Alligin (which was my first Munro).

Its a great mountain it s up there in my favourites now,it was a picture much like the last one ive posted that first got my attention.but its an enjoyable walk and the views are superb too.

"Looking South" is a great photo!

Having been up Dorain in July I'd imagine it'd be some sledge ridge down the side to the A82 - mind you, you need to cross the railway first!

Hi Johny...
Some great pictures there. Beinn Dorain looks great from the roadside in your last picture. Looks like a good route up the south west ridge Picture 239 looks amasing. I think that must be looking west to the Ben Starav group.

Yeah, 'looking south' is an amazing pic - but looks a pretty scary place to have been stood!

jwramsay wrote:"Looking South" is a great photo!

Having been up Dorain in July I'd imagine it'd be some sledge ridge down the side to the A82 - mind you, you need to cross the railway first!

Yeah forgot about the railway,think the trains were off that day

monty wrote:Hi Johny...
Some great pictures there. Beinn Dorain looks great from the roadside in your last picture. Looks like a good route up the south west ridge Picture 239 looks amasing. I think that must be looking west to the Ben Starav group.

Hi Monty,Yeah spot on mate,its the Starav range.

mountain coward wrote:Yeah, 'looking south' is an amazing pic - but looks a pretty scary place to have been stood!

Think the photo makes it look worse than it was MC,im sure even you wouldnt have minded standing there!

Well it looks a bit like a section where Richard was in front and decided to go along what I would call a 'silly little side path' in the snow above the very steep main road side of the hill - I following him for a while then told him he was a nutter and I was off up onto the ridge!