Saturday 21 April 2012

SOUTH CLUANIE RIDGE-DAY ONE

The skies clear and lovely views
The summit of Sgurr an Doire Leathaid
and the view the to the west with Sgurr an Lochain
The only other living being we saw today! Well and the usual skylark, meadow pipit, raven...........
Last Munro summit today coming up, Maol  Chin Dearg
Rachel, a regular client, is out with me for two days in Glen Shiel. An avid Munro bagger and this weekend she was wanting to walk along the South Cluanie Ridge which has 7 Munro's along it! We decided to take it easy and do the ridge over two days to enjoy and appreciate it more. WE went against the guide books and started at the western end of the ridge. I guess all the guidebooks go east to west because of the 200 and odd metre advantage by going that way! The day started unpromising with light rain and cloud on the tops but by mid morning the cloud lifted and we had great views all day. There were a few very brief snow flurries but most of the showers seemed to be further north and east. We saw no one all day!

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