
Day 3 of a 5-day Introduction to Winter Mountaineering, working for the Adventurous Training Foundation Wing in Inverness. From Braemore junction navigated around the NW flank of Meall Doire Faid before ascending to its summit via the Northern side. We ventured through broken ground practicing the use of crampons and axes on rocky terrain. TPS were covered in further detail on this day as only transceivers had been discussed so far
Area :
Cuillin and Torridon (Liathach)
This area is on the west coast of Scotland and its most well-known mountains are probably Beinn Eighe (1010m) and Liathach (1055m). The area is bordered by Loch Maree and the A832 to the north and Glen Carron and the A890 to the south. It should not to be confused with The Cuillin which is on Skye and listed in the Western Isles region. The mountains list contains all peaks above 800m.