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Tag Archives: Cairn Toul
Covid Dreams 18: Traverse of the Gods
It’s one of the most magnificent panoramas and one of the finest walks in Scotland, from Cairn Toul round to Braeriach. Six kilometres of almost continuous cliff runs between the two summits, broken by only a handful of routes where … Continue reading
Covid Dreams 10: A sense of scale
As ever, in the Cairngorms, where the glens splitting the great plateaux can become almost invisible, it’s the sense of space and of scale that overwhelms. This was the day I did the five four-thousand feet mountains of the Cairngorms. … Continue reading
Posted in Stravaiging, Topography
Tagged ben macdui, braeriach, Cairn Gorm, Cairn Toul, Sgorr an Lochain Uaine
4 Comments
The five Cairngorm four-thousanders
What a day! From the wind-battered, closed-in isolation of the morning to the wide open afternoon with its views right out to the horizon and the cool, blue-sky evening cradled between the mountains, it was quality mountain day all the … Continue reading
Posted in Stravaiging
Tagged Angel's Peak, ben macdui, braeriach, Cairn Toul, Cairngorm, Corrour Bothy, Garbh Choire, Lairig Ghru, plateau, sgurr an lochan uaine
10 Comments
Refuting the case for destruction of Garbh Choire Refuge
I received a rather longer than usual response to the Garbh Choire Refuge page from George Allan, a member of the North East Mountain Trust. Rather cheekily, he includes a case for removing the refuge, presumably mistaking this for an impartial … Continue reading
Posted in Bothies
Tagged bothy, braeriach, Cairn Toul, Garbh Choire, Garbh Choire Mhor, Garbh Choire Refuge
5 Comments
Cairn Toul – straight up
Haven’t been up to much recently, so I’ll use it as an excuse to tell you about a favourite wee route up a big hill. There’s no reason to avoid the ‘voie normale’ up Cairn Toul, up the back of … Continue reading
Garbh Choire memories
Talking about the Garbh Choire Refuge the other day brought to mind other days in the Cairngorms’ most impressive choire complex. Depending on how you count them, there are maybe five or six choires in the great cirque between Braeriach … Continue reading
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