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Geal Charn

Route: Geal Chàrn, Monadhliath

Munros: Geal Chàrn (Monadhliath)

Date walked: 16/03/2024

Time taken: 7 hours

Distance: 13km

Ascent: 650m

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It's cold and dark so what am I doing here? Ah yes, going for a walk!

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A pleasant enough riverside start.

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Up there. Really?

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High quality waterfall.

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Threatening to be a nice day weather-wise.

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I cannot see the target, it's ower far awa'. Or maybe I can, just.

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Some pleasant early morning light. It's icy enough to deter an attempt at crossing the burn Allt Coire nan Dearcag so I keep following up to about the 750m contour.

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Looks easy from here.

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The eastern Creag Meagaidh satellites all seem cloud-capped.

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But it looks clearer further west.

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I am making progress but I keep an eye open for possible easy crossing points. Nothing so far that makes me think I can avoid a slip so more heather bashing called for but it is easy enough ground to cover.

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A wider view south west opens up.

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Binnein Shios?

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Burn crossing looking feasible now.

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Crossing the burn leads me into a mire of soft snow and heather but I keep to my shortened stride strategy and slowly make my way onto easier ground.

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Plenty to admire in the distance.

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Going very slowly now as it is all soft snow. Not very deep though.

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I can now make out the summit cairn but also a bit of cloud blowing over. Am I going to get another disappearing summit as on Ben Chonzie I wonder.

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View south over Beinn Sgiath.

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At the summit cairn.

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I divert east to view the corrie.

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Glad that I got to see the corrie. Cloud was up and down at this point but cleared sufficiently for a few photos. The contours and my tiredness then naturally drew me into a sort of horseshoe. .

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Short diversion onto Beinn Sgiath slopes for a photo.

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Then followed this track for a bit.

Easyish walk back down to the car but I was a bit tired from the soft snow walking and from having not felt at my best in the morning.


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Activity: Ambler
Mountain: Alligin
Place: Assynt

Munros: 153
Corbetts: 67
Fionas: 29
Donalds: 1
Wainwrights: 10
Hewitts: 12
Sub 2000: 47



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Statistics

2024

Trips: 9
Distance: 77.1 km
Ascent: 3840m
Munros: 4
Sub2000s: 1

2023

Trips: 55
Distance: 537.5 km
Ascent: 26715m
Munros: 19
Corbetts: 7
Fionas: 2
Sub2000s: 10

2022

Trips: 40
Distance: 347.9 km
Ascent: 18833m
Munros: 9
Corbetts: 4
Fionas: 2
Sub2000s: 8

2021

Trips: 50
Distance: 410.05 km
Ascent: 19613m
Munros: 12
Corbetts: 5
Fionas: 1
Sub2000s: 7

2020

Trips: 39
Distance: 226.7 km
Ascent: 11266m
Munros: 4
Corbetts: 4
Fionas: 2
Sub2000s: 3

2019

Trips: 31
Distance: 204.5 km
Ascent: 10853m
Munros: 3
Corbetts: 3
Fionas: 2
Donalds: 1
Sub2000s: 1

2018

Trips: 28
Distance: 191.9 km
Ascent: 12074m
Corbetts: 5
Fionas: 2
Sub2000s: 4

2017

Trips: 31
Distance: 226.75 km
Ascent: 8838m
Munros: 1
Corbetts: 2
Sub2000s: 4

2016

Trips: 20
Distance: 229 km
Ascent: 9236m
Munros: 2
Corbetts: 1
Fionas: 3
Sub2000s: 5

2015

Trips: 39
Distance: 286 km
Ascent: 12583m
Munros: 4
Corbetts: 2
Fionas: 3
Sub2000s: 9

2014

Trips: 29
Distance: 164.25 km
Ascent: 8347m
Munros: 2
Corbetts: 2
Sub2000s: 9
Hewitts: 3

2013

Trips: 29
Distance: 136.75 km
Ascent: 9700m
Munros: 1
Corbetts: 5
Fionas: 4
Sub2000s: 4

2012

Trips: 12
Distance: 73 km
Ascent: 5261m
Munros: 4
Corbetts: 1
Fionas: 1
Sub2000s: 2

2011

Trips: 6
Distance: 55 km
Ascent: 3917m
Fionas: 3
Sub2000s: 1

2010

Trips: 7
Distance: 28 km
Ascent: 2950m
Fionas: 1
Sub2000s: 1

2009

Trips: 4
Distance: 24.5 km
Ascent: 2194m
Munros: 1
Corbetts: 1

2008

Trips: 3
Distance: 24 km
Ascent: 3189m

2007

Trips: 5
Distance: 31 km
Ascent: 1896m

2006

Trips: 3
Distance: 37 km
Ascent: 3730m

2004

Trips: 4
Distance: 44 km
Ascent: 2706m
Corbetts: 1

2003

Trips: 5
Distance: 50 km
Ascent: 5760m
Fionas: 1
Sub2000s: 2

2002

Trips: 3
Distance: 29 km
Ascent: 2449m

2001

Trips: 6
Distance: 46 km
Ascent: 4245m
Munros: 2

2000

Trips: 1
Distance: 16 km
Ascent: 1300m
Munros: 3

1999

Trips: 1
Distance: 28 km
Ascent: 900m
Corbetts: 1

1998

Trips: 1
Distance: 8 km
Ascent: 1055m
Munros: 2

1997

Trips: 1
Distance: 27 km
Ascent: 1400m
Fionas: 1

1995

Trips: 4
Distance: 80 km
Ascent: 4322m
Munros: 3
Fionas: 1

1994

Trips: 2
Distance: 35.5 km
Ascent: 2477m
Corbetts: 2
Fionas: 1
Sub2000s: 1

1993

Trips: 1
Distance: 10 km
Ascent: 1100m

1992

Trips: 2
Distance: 46 km
Ascent: 2345m


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