The Gairnshiel Bridge was closed for repair so our journeys from Inverness to Mar Lodge were extended somewhat, either to the north by Strathdon or to the south via Kirkmichael. The consensus was that the detour to the north was faster. The storm force winds forecast for Saturday (>80mph) scattered us to the four points […]
Ominous was the weather on the Achnashellach road, and we passed three snowploughs; lots of loose snow on the hill too. There were mutterings in the car-park as sleet mixed with rain, and the surrounding hills were invisible. Despite that, we all marched onward through the gloom, heading up Coire Earba. If we could at […]
We had an almost full house of 18 for our Burns Supper at the ever-popular Elphin caving club hut, north of Ullapool. Dougie and Michael made an early start to the weekend, heading for Quinag – above – on Friday but being repulsed by loose snow and steep ground at the rock band on the […]
Only Dougie saw blue sky on our trip to the Monadhliaths and he has a photograph to prove it. The rest of the group saw nary a sight of blue sky, or much else for that matter.Our first meet after the New Year took us to Glen Banchor to the west of Newtonmore, where we […]
Storm Diana made her presence felt on Saturday. She forced one party to retreat from A’ Ghlas-bhienn and then reduced us to a crawl in Coire an Sgairne on Beinn Fhada before hastening us back to the warmth and shelter of the Kintail Outdoor Centre. It had seemed like a plan to sneak up sheltered […]
Despite gloomy forecasts, Sunday turned out to be a great day for the hill; sunny, very little wind and no rain until after dark. Nine members answered the call and set out from Eileanach Lodge at the head of Glen Glass, to the north of the Ben – as it’s known locally. We followed a […]
We had a full house at the weekend meet to Torridon, with glorious weather. Ten people stayed in the small but very nice Mol Mor bunkhouse at the head of Loch Torridon. Four more members came as day visitors (Miha was enthusiastic enough to come both days); and a couple of people stayed in their vans. […]
Am Fear Liath Mòr made an appearance on Sunday. More precisely, there were several grey forms of both genders, appearing wraith like in the mist on Ben Macdhui on the club meet to the Cairngorms. The group set off with four destinations in mind: Michael to walk round the rims of the Northern Corries; Dougie […]
The long drive to the Lake District was amply rewarded by some excellent hill walking in cold, sunny weather, albeit with some strong biting winds. The picture above is of Fairfield and Grisedale Tarn. Seven members and Steve’s guest Terence, ensconced themselves in the smaller room at the George Starkey Hut in Patterdale. The hut is […]
We decided to take a less trodden approach to Sgor Gaoith, via Creag Follais, Clach Choutsaich and Sgoran Dubh Beag and Mor. Easy walking, with forest tracks and paths lower down and surprisingly dry ground on the hill after the amount of rain over the previous few days, made for a very sociable and chatty […]