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First time I've been to this neck of the woods so I was more worried about the drive than anything else. 80% chance of cloud free Munros according to MWIS so I'd get a chance to try my new polarising filter
There's a steep road (12%) heading up to the ski centre, worth remembering as it's on the walk back. No other cars in the layby & didn't meet anyone else. Over the stone bridge and on towards Carn an Tuirc, path was muddy but it had hardened with the cold giving an easy walk in - parked above 500m so not much ascent either:
Sron na Gaoithe:
Mountain hare not bothered by walkers:
Higher up it became stony, these had a covering of frost and were slippy:
Cairn reached quickly, bit of clag but I'm sure the sun will burn through it
Down to the path onwards - I wound up following landrover tracks most of the way which felt a bit out of place at this height:
Visibility getting worse as I joined the drystane wall:
And Munro number 2, Cairn of Claise:
More wall:
And a bog:
There isn't much descent/reascent between Munros so didn't take long to get to Glas Maol. Plus there weren't any views to sit around admiring in the clag:
Either something very valuable or something very dangerous growing here:
Got to the shelter, looked dark & damp inside:
Few false summits on the way to Creag Leacath:
Cairn:
Descent was initially on the slippy rocks, then grassy hillside next to a burn - can actually see the road from here:
I followed a path at the side of the burn going back towards the road, had to detour a few times as chunks of the path had fallen into the stream - there's another path higher up which might be better.
Got to the road and started the steep climb up, thought cars were slowing down to offer a lift a couple of times but they were just struggling with the gradient
There's a big maintenance area after a couple of kms and the road starts descending from here so the last part's a breeze, in fact walking up the road is probably the hardest part of the day