Glen Tilt and the River Dee are the natural boundaries to this area whose eastern edge is the A924/A93 road from Pitlochry to Braemar. Eleven Munros and a large number of other peaks above 600m are in the mountains list, with the tallest being Carn nan Gabhar at 1121m, part of the Beinn a’Ghlo massif. This area is the western Peaks to the west of Glen Tilt are listed in the Glen Tromie to Glen Tilt area.
A cracking day. The road up to the start was an ice rink but the car managed it well (without snow tyres). We parked at Loch Moraig at NN907672 and took the good track up onto the moorland. Passed a hut on the left where the track came down from Carn Liath. We skirted around to the South on the landrover track and started following an unmarked track around the Top (Beinn Bhreag). This brought us up and around the Top following the Allt Bealach an Fhiodha. However the ground was tussocky and the path by this point easily lost. So I decided to head straight up the SW ridge of Airglod Bheinn, a subsiduary top of Carn nan Gabhar. The weather was a mixture of snow showers and clearer spells and we were rewarded with a magnificant sunset coming down off Carl Liath. This was an interesting day for me as I was leading entirely and exploring different ways to take on a big round of hills. I also provided some navigation training to a friend who wanted to learn more. This gave me the opportunity to do some teaching!
