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.
Started later than I had planned. Left in good weather conditions in the Glen. Had prepared checking forecasts and the time of sunset and packing accordingly. It was a long walk out on the 4wd track for the actual climb up to the munro. The weather conditions closer to the top were the exact opposite of the warm sunny weather in the glen on the walk out. I set bearings and navigated short legs due to the increasing poor visibility and under foot conditions (frozen ice and snow). Also the wind picked up and it felt like a cold blizzard, I did feel unsure and slightly out of my comfort zone for a short while whilst there. I had to relocate many times to ensure I was on track to the munro cairn. I got it wrong and had to assess and start again once I had relocated myself. At the time I was only a few hundred meters from the cairn but successfully made it to the top using timing walking on the bearing I had taken. For the ascend I used a similar approach. The poor visibility changed the lower I got and it was back to good again. The walk back was after sunset so i had to use my torch. I was very straight forward as it was a matter of following the very long 4wd track back to the car park.
