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Walking Record

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Date : 07/05/1998

Duration : 2 Days

Style : Group Member

Type : Quality Mountain Day (QMD)

Weather : Cloudy - Poor Visibility

Wind : Gentle Breeze

Camping Type : Wild camp

Nights Camping : 2

Mountains : Maoile Lunndaidh Maoile Lunndaidh - Carn nam Fiaclan Maoile Lunndaidh - Creag Toll a'Choin Sgurr a'Chaorachain Sgurr a'Chaorachain - Bidean an Eoin Deirg

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Summer ML Assessmnt expedition with (Irish) John assessing and me and two others being assessed. Minibus to Glen Carron. Track up through forest to Glenuaig Lodge where we met the only other two people of the whole trip. Fuar Tholl Mor (excellent corrie) up to Maoile Lunndaidh. Traverse summit plateau over Creag Toll a' Choin and Carn nam Fiaclan. Down to Drochaid Mhuilich. Camped. Assessor in one tent, the other three in the other.
Next morning up steep slopes to Bidean an Eoin Dearg. Summit traverse (in thick cloud) to Sgurr a' Chaorachain, Sgurr Choinnich and steep down to Bealach Bhearnais. In raion, reascent to Sgurr na Feartaig. Picked up stalkers path down via na Meallanan Buidhe to footbridge over Allt a' Chonais. Descended track. As the expedition was meant to include two overnights, we camped beside the track. Continued down next morning.

Area : Glen Cannich to Glen Carron

This area covers the peaks north of Loch Mullardoch and south of the A890/A832 Strathcarron to Garve road. The fourteen Munros in the area are handily split into two ridges either side of Glen Strathfarrar and a cluster of five to the north and west of Loch Monar. Sgurr na Lapaich (1150m) and An Riabhachan (1129) are the highest peaks on the southern side while Sgurr a’ Choire Ghlais (1083m) is the tallest on the northern side. Mountains in the list are all about 900m. The area to the south of this is Glen Affric and Kintail.

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