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| Camping at 540m on Sunday |
Sometimes the weather just dictates what we do in the hills. I had a group of 3 lovely folk out on Sunday for a 2 day Camping trip. It was planned as a Cairngorms 4000ft summit round. 2 days to tackle the big hills in the Cairngorms with overnight camp. Cairn Gorm, Ben Macdui, Cairn Toul, Sgor an Lochain Uaine & Braeriach. On Sunday it was gusting 65mph on the Cairngorm plateau. We decided to cjange plan and walk into Loch Einich, Camping at a lower altitude. The aim on Monday was Braeriach and Sgor an Lochain Uaine. The 40mph + winds eased by midnight, replaced with heavy rain all morning. This put paid to any hope of a decent day so we walked out. My group learnt a lot about Cairngorm weather conditions and camping in strong winds/ heavy rain, even at 540m. No pics from this morning, it was so wet. Snowfall on the high Cairngorms today. They'll be back. Some pics from a nice sunny and windy walk up Glen Einich. It was very wet on the walk out.
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| The team |
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| Windy clouds |
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| Looking for a sheltered campspot |
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| Sgurr Gaothie |
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| Glen Einich |
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| Braeriach |
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| The joy of no midges! |
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