The Cairngorms are ‘a little piece of the arctic in Scotland’ according to the SMC Munros Guide and the area contains many of the tallest peaks in the East Highlands. Ben Macdui (1309m), Cairn Gorm (1244m) and Braeriach (1296) are probably three of the better known and the whole area is full of steep corries and high plateaux. Access to the mountains is typically from Aviemore or Braemar.
Walked low level to the Corrour bothy where we followed the path into core oldhar and up to the devils point. We planned to continue to Stob Coire an t-saigdeir but the wind made walking almost impossible and we retreated back to corrour. From here we walked up the larrig ghru to camp about 2km south of the pools of dee
