The freezing recent weather might have been a pain to some,but its brought some of the best hill conditions I can remember.Superb visibility,sunny skies and lots of inversions as below on Tayside last w/e.A first for myself
Couple of new routes
Invervar 4 - A loop of 4 relatively easy Munros(Carn Gorm,Meall Garbh,Carn Mairg,Meall nan Aighean) starting from Invervar car park.Take the A9 as far as the turn off for Aberfeldy.From Aberfeldy head for Ivervar via Fortingall. On arriving at Invervar look out for a phone box on the lhs,where there is a free car park just below it.
Along the road(west) is a gate with a sign pointing you up the first hill(Carn Gorm).A few green and orange markers guide you up though the forestry,and another sign points you onto the start of the Carn Gorm ridge,where its pretty obvious where to go from there.Options once you reach the summit are go back down the same way if 1 is enough,or carry on along the ridge East,where the other 3 hills roll out beyond,and return back to the car park
Some great views to Glencoe,Ben Nevis.The hills around here and the Trossachs are some of the best for inversions
Cluanie 4 - A notch or 2 above the Invervar 4, for steepness and exposure.This route includes Am Bathach(Corbett),Ciste Dubh,Aonach Mheadhoin,and Sgurr A Bhealach Dheirg(Munros).Route starts at the Cluanie Inn car park on the road from Invermoriston to Glen Sheil.Am Bathach starts almost immediately from the car park to the right,and heads quickly,steeply up.A few ups and downs to the summit at the far end.Its a good introduction to the area and can be done as a single by dropping down at the far end, to the dip(Bealach a Choinich on the OSmap) between Am Bathach and Ciste Dubh,and turning right to join a track between Am Bathach and A Chralaig(an Caorann Mor),and back to the car park.
If carrying on,head from the dip,up to Ciste Dubh,return back down to the dip,then up to Sgurr an Fhuarail,over to Aonach Mheadhoin(some steep and exposed bits en route),across to Sgurr a Bhealach Dheirg and return to the car park via Meall a Charra,the East edge of the forestry below,cross the burn and follow the road back to the car park.
Great days walking in prime Scottish hill country