08.30 - 17.00, 14.5km, 750m.
Freezing level 650m, strong winds on tops, snow showers in afternoon becoming more frequent. 6 Reaseheath students. Car Park Glen Banchor, track/path east side of Allt a Chaorainn to snow field below Carn Sgulain (GR 690053) where we snow holed. Carn Sgulain, A Chailleach, Red Bothy, bridge GR 691013, car park. Went looking for suitable snowfields to build snow holes and also do a ‘real’ mountain day without the advantages of a ski road! Good conditions for navigation with a mixture of blue skies with scudding clouds, and spells of heavy snow showers creating near white out conditions.
Area :
Monadhliath Mountains (Carn Dearg)
Monadhliath Mountains means "grey mountains". Running in a northeast to southwest direction, the mountains lie on the western side of Strathspey, to the west of the Cairngorms and to the south east of Loch Ness. The mountains are within the Highland council area, and the south and east fringes are within the Cairngorms National Park. The high point of the range is Càrn Dearg, at 945 m/3100ft, located 24 km south of Inverness.
