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Mount Keen In The Sun!

Route: Mount Keen from Glen Esk

Munros: Mount Keen

Date walked: 17/07/2013

Time taken: 5 hours

Distance: 17.5km

Ascent: 746m

Hi all...

Decided to make the most of the lovely weather yesterday and packed our stuff to hit Dreish & Mayer. A quick check of the weather though and I decided Mount Keen looked less likely to be clouded over.
We headed off towards Glen Esk a little later than I would of liked, and a quick stop at Strachathro for supplies meant we didnt start walking till 10am.

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The path out of the carpark before the right turn to the track

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Following the track and taking in the beautiful views

We stopped at Queens Well for a bite to eat and to get some photos and generally cool off!

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Katie @ Queens well

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The actual well...A great place to refill those water bottles! PAHAHAHA :lol: :lol: :lol:

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My attempt at photography (With an iPhone) :lol:

We set off again and made good time past the house and out into the hills.

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The track heading up, with the arm of a JCB in the background!

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Our first glimpse of Mount Keen

The photos dont look that sunny but I can assure you the sweat was pouring off us by this point!

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Cooling off on the zigzag path

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Katie posing

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Keen coming into sight

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The final push to the summit

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A very windy Trig Point

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My Jean Claude Van Damn - Coors Light picture :lol:

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And Katie's

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The winding path home

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Re-filling the water on the way back to the car

Would recommend Keen to anybody, a lovely walk with excellent views and not too tiring at all.
Next week - Dreish & Mayer...

Mic
:D

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Attachment(s) Munros: Càrn Mòr Dearg
Date walked: 13/06/2013
Distance: 12.6km
Ascent: 1361m
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Mickey Dee


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Location: Fordoun
Occupation: Public House Owner
Activity: Mountaineer
Pub: Redhall Arms

Munros: 4



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