Reports from
this autumn are starting to sound a bit familiar with another dodgy
forecast and another bunch of members heading off on a meet to see
what could be salvaged. In the end it turned out OK, the forecast on
Saturday being overall better than forecast and Sunday was fairly
pleasant for November. What did make this meet unusual was the large
number of new members attending, almost half the meet. Luckily they
didn’t seem too put off by the rest of us and soon joined in with
the route planning for Saturday’s outings.
The
interesting hill party selected an unusual route up The Far via the
rocky cleft of the Dirc Mhor, which provided plenty of botanical and
geological diversions for Denis, Malcolm and Jane.
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| Dirc Mhor |
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| Dirc Mhor |
Linda B
fancied a crack at Creag Meagaidh and was accompanied by Naomi, Lai
Yan, Greg and Roger. Despite rumours of a navigational “wobble”
around Mad Meg’s Cairn I’m assured they did reach the actual
summit, then carried on round the corrie over the other two Munros.
(see Ann & John’s ski round of this route here)
Rod and Bob
went for a bit of a yomp over most of the West Drumochter Munros and
as expected were easily back in time for tea and cake, as was
Giancarlo who bagged the solitary Meall Cuaich. Another solitary
effort was put in by Roddy who went on a mission to bag one of the
Corbetts above Glen Roy.
That just
left John & Ann to tackle the biggest outing of the day, the
traverse of the three Munros south of Loch Laggan. Despite being a
big day a lot is on landy tracks so the going was quite fast, except
for the direct descent north from the summit of Beinn a Chlachair,
which has little to recommend it. Like the Creag Meagaidh group, the
promised clearance from the west never really happened although a few
good views were had.
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| Brief break in the clouds near Creag Pitridh |
Saturday
night as usual brought out the culinary flair in members, with an
excellent three-course communal meal well up to the high AMC
standards.
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| Most of the group ready to face Sunday |
I’m a bit
less sure of what went on on Sunday, which was a much better day in
terms of weather – cold and clear with some fresh snow on the
higher tops. The Creag Meagaidh five went up The Fara, John & Ann
did the East Drumochters, Jane & Bob went for a bike-assisted bag
of Beinn Mheadhonach from Glen Tilt.
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| West Drumochters from the east |
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| West to The Fara |
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