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Walking Record

Details

Date : 03/02/2014

Duration : 5-8 hours

Style : Equals

Type : Quality Mountain Day (QMD)

Weather : Overcast

Wind : Moderate Wind

Camping Type :

Nights Camping : 0

Mountains : Ben Vuirich Ben Vuirich - Carn Dubh

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Description

A days walking in the hills northwest of Pitlochry:
Left the A924 at Tarvie and hiked up taking in Creag an t-Sithein, Creag Chliabhain and Bad an Tuirc. Navigated towards south-west flank of Ben Vuirich and took in both it and Carn Dubh. Returned to Tarvie via Druim Mor and Ben Skievie
Some snow under foot but mainly wet, occasional clag during the walk. Some challenging navigation in flatter terrain.

Area : Pitlochry to Braemar & Blairgowrie (Beinn a'Ghlo)

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.

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