This area includes the mountains in the Cairngorms National Park which lie between Glen Tromie in the west and Glen Tilt in the south of the park. The northern boundary is the River Feshie and to the south, the A9. There are four Munros in the area, the tallest being Beinn Dearg at 1008m, and the area is typically made up of peaty plateaux with the occasional pointy peak.
Winter solstice so time is short. Early start from home to park at Bridge of Tilt, then stormed up Glen Tilt at 6km/hr with the rain setting in towards Marble Lodge. Then up the ridge on a better than expected track, into mist at 650m. Left track for a path at 780m & was afterwards glad to have put extra clothes on here. Reaching the plateau at 850m i was getting battered by big wet flakes on a strong wind (but nothing like the 50 - 65mph predicted by MWIS). As always, that last kilometre seemed further & i was happy to touch the cairn & flee, anxiously tracing my prints. Racing down the ridge and back along the valley track, I was back at the car in 5hr 45m compared to a published time of 7 to 9 hr. It was only later that I realized this had taken a lot out of me.
