It was a ‘warm-up’ before a new season of hill-walking. Surprisingly easy despite pretty strong wind and snow covering the upper part. Seemingly hordes of people walked there a day before as the snow was well compacted all along the path. [map style=”width: auto; height:600px; margin:20px 0px 20px 0px; border: 1px solid black;” maptype=”HYBRID” traffic=”yes” kml=”http://www.turski.me/wp-content/uploads/BenRinnes.kml” download=”no”]
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Usually Christmas is a time when people meet and spend a lot of time together. This year a cold I had contracted just a couple of days before Christmas, with muted voice and running nose, didn’t make me a party-goer. I had to turn down the invitation from my friends to spend Christmas afternoon with them, and instead I went…
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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…
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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]
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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]