by Julie » Wed May 27, 2009 10:51 am
Date walked: 27/05/2009
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It was such a lovely day ,(12-5-09) not a cloud in the sky and a bit breezy, my pal came down from Inverness and we decided to head up Creag Dubh. I've done it lots of times to An Torr as a hill run but had only been all the way along the ridge to the summit once, in dreich weather.
We set off from the A86 just west of the village, small parking available where the wildcat trail crosses the road and headed up past the riding school, across a cattle grid, through a gate and highland cows and on to the track, round the 2 bends then a faint path comes off on the L which improves and heads up through birch woods, deceptively climbing until it reaches the steep bit which is a slog on a slightly boggy path up and up, a slight scramble round the edge of a crag then up to ann torr and along the ridge to the summit.
The views were fab, out to the Ben, down to Glen Banchor and across the A9.
Lazed about on the summit for an hour then headed back to the house for big cups of tea in the garden Shame it's not that sunny today....