ROUTE: From Aberarder car park via The Window, return by the same route.
MEMBERS OF PARTY: With my wife Marion and our old friends Tim and Alice Simons - celebrating Tim's retirement.
CONDITIONS: A lovely clear blue sky day. Plenty of spring snow from the Lochan a' Choire Ardair upwards, plateau still snow covered.
DURATION: About 6 hours car to car
SKILLS PRACTISED: Deliberately planned to give a relaxed, longish outing without stress. No problems encountered with navigation or route-finding even in the snow, which was easily dealt with without using axes, ski-poles providing good stability. A few steps kicked on the steepest sections up to The Window.
MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT: Meagaidh and Coire Ardair are always impressive environments to be in - possibly at their best in Spring as you progress through the fresh green of the birch woods up through the montane grasslands and heath to the sparkling snow of the plateau
KEY LEARNING POINTS/CONTRIBUTION TO EXPERIENCE : A memorable day, celebrating shared time in the mountains over more than 30 years!
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.
