Mark Brightwell - 92897

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Winter Walking Record

Details

Date : 03/03/2017

Duration : 8+ hours

Style : Equals

Type : Quality Mountain Day (QMD)

Weather : Clear - sunny - good visibility

Wind : Gentle breeze

Camping Type : N/A

Nights Camping : 0

Mountains : Ben Macdui

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Description

Calm morning.
Left at 0830hrs with Ben.
Took in Creagan a Choire Etchachan and then followed the edge until above Lochan Uaine. Beautiful!
Ben Macdui summit was busy - a strange culture shock.
Physically tough plod across the plateau and down via .1083m to ski centre. A third consecutive 9hr day - and this one with full pack weight throughout.

Area : The Cairngorms

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.

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