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Weather forecast looked good so we decided to give this a go- really did not fancy doing An Stuc if the weather/visability was poor. Parked in Ben Lawers Hotel car park at very respectable 8.00am: game on.
The walk up is described in very positive terms and I have to say as an approach it is very impressive. Just in case you are not sure which way to go- help is at hand.
As we left the Lawers Burn and headed up to the ridge the skies were clearing and the sun was out.
Heading up to to Meall Greigh the views were amazing.
and they view over Loch Tay
- View over Loch Tay
Heading over to Meall Garbh, the sun was out and the wind had dropped.
We even had someone for company
A great ascent up Meall Garbh - most enjoyable even though the cloud had made an appearance and it looked like the great morning was going to turn into not such a good afternoon. From Meall Garbh we had been loocking forward to the views over An Stuc, but it was now in mist - oh jings.
- Meall Garbh summit
But it did clear - a bit. Main thing was we could see where we were going and how we wer going to do it.
- An Stuc from Meall Garbh
We had read it was a tricky ascent but we felt the residual snow made it easier to get up - no wet rock etc.
- An Stuc ascent
Actually, there was more snow than we thought with a snowy edge but a clear top.
- An Stuc Summit
Great views over to the route we had done the previous day - in not so clear weather: Meall Corranaich and Meall a Choire Leith.
Having done Ben Lawers last time we were up in Scotland we headed down to the Lochan just after An Stuc. This was done all the quicker by bum slide.
Done
And soon we were making our of the hill surrounded by fantastic views basking in sunshine.
A great day: mountains and weather.
Perhaps the only comment is that the bridge over the Lawers burn is not so good if you are a short @r$e
- Making it look easy - NOT!
One last thing to do after such a great day.