At the sunrise I started scaling the north-east ridge of Geal Charn – or I thought so. I realised my mistake too high and too late – I’d been climbing Creagan Mor, the northern neighbouring hill. Between me and Geal Charn was a very steep and narrow gorge of Allt Beul an Sporran; returning to the bottom of the hill…

Featureless hills and spells of bad weather; not much more can be said about this route. However, I climbed two Munros and fortunately I will not have to return there. And I field-tested my brand new rucksack. So, over all not a bad day off. [googlemaps https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/embed?mid=1WfrYY6puXO1dUfNTkN-aku3JOYY&w=100%&h=600]

What to do with several hours on a sunny day? Climbing a Munro was my answer. This one is perfect for a longer walk; it’s not particularly demanding, it’s easily accessible from the A9, return climbing took exactly 4 hours. Supposedly there’s a great view of southern Cairngorms  from the top; the haze obscured the views completely. [googlemaps https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/embed?mid=1eQ8Abf_LJSpKNga0YJuc6PUbifQ&w=100%&h=600]

The weather was surprisingly good, however the wind up the hills was strong and very cold. The hike was quite exhausting, as it started with quite a steep climb, with a deep descend from Carn Liath, then a long and tiring climb to the top of Braigh Coire Chruinn-bhalgain, a very steep descend from Carn nan Gabhar, and finally a long return mostly…

Quite unexpectedly I managed to go to the Far North on Friday. It was pretty risky affair, as I left the car park at 1:30pm, unusually late for me. Generally the hike was not complicated or particularly difficult till I reached the ridge leading directly to the summit of Conival – the wind was strong; it became dangerous on the…