rockhopper wrote:A challenging but hugely rewarding trip - must seem like a distant memory now.
Having only been up there once and saw virtually nothing (in summer
), these hills are on the redo list - maybe need to consider a good winter's day now. Cheers
Thanks RH. Those times seem so carefree and innocent now, when we had no idea of the nightmare that was just around the corner. Yes, definitely worth a repeat in clearer conditions than you unfortunately got. Hopefully the big hills will be open to us again before winter, but a good winter's day for these two would be hard to beat!
Alteknacker wrote:Looks like a great trip. Sadly I missed a fair bit of the snowy time due to various hospital stuff, so it's good to be reminded of what it's like.
I never fail to be surprised at how different a place seems to be in winter as compared with summer. When I walked this in summer, I thought I would never forget the views on the ascent of Stob Ban, and the traverse across to Mullach nan Coirean; but once again I was struggling to orientate myself with some of the pics...
What was the descent through the wood like off-path? To me any green with tree symbols looks dreadful on a map!!
Thanks AK. At least it wasn't one the best winters to have missed out on. Here's hoping for a better one to come!
On the descent through the plantations, we kept to the forestry tracks and paths. They're not shown on the WH map at the scale presented, but might be if you zoom in to 1:25000 scale. They're shown, e.g., on the BMC Harvey's map. From the NE ridge of Mullach, follow the deer fence down to a big stile crossing it into the woods, where a good path leads down to a big forestry track crossing the Allt a' Choire Riabhaich. Follow it to the right until it almost turns back on itself at the Allt a Choire Dheirg, where a good, smaller path heads straight down to the road just W of the Lower Falls car park. Hope that helps.