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Winter Walking Record

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Date : 14/12/2019

Duration : 3-5 hours

Style : Solo

Type : Quality Mountain Day (QMD)

Weather : Light snow - poor visibility

Wind : Moderate wind

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Nights Camping :

Mountains : Creag Pitridh Geal Charn

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Description

Geal Charn & Creag Pitridh

Long slog from car to snow-line at 400m. Steady amble up to Geal Charn ridge in deep, soft snow with >50m visibility. Kept to East side of ridge to avoid large wind drift snow deposits. Blustery on top and windslab beginning to form. Brief moment of sun from summit allowing the second summit of Creag Pitridh to be spied before snow and reduced visibility >20m. Approached second summit from Southerly aspect and left Eastwards.

Area : Creag Meagaidh Loch Lochy To Loch Laggan)

This area includes the famous Creag Meagaidh Range and surrounding peaks of at least 600m. It stretches east of the A82 between Spean Bridge and Invergarry, and north of the A86 as far east as Stob Coire Dubh. There are a large number of impressive winter climbs in Coire Ardair and endless navigation opportunities on and around the high central plateau of Creag Meagaidh itself. The mountains to the north and east of this range are under East Highlands, Monaliadth Mountains.

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Time Taken : 06:03:04 Distance : 23.22 km Ascent : 1233.8 m Descent : -1235.2 m Avg Speed : 3.81 kmph Moving Speed : 3.81 kmph

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