Wow, good effort, especially on such a hot day!
Tomsie wrote:Good walk Alan but would look for some other way off Braeriach, maybe back the way I came or opposite Ben Macdui, walk back through Lairg Ghru I found tough, but could have being out in that heat all day.
When we went up Braeriach last year (
http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=12789) we went up northwest from the Garbh Coire Refuge, up the steep rocky and heathery slopes to the West Buttress. It was tiring and because of the terrain I think it would be easier to ascend rather than descend those slopes, but it's more direct than going via Sron na Lairig.