Winter Walking Record

Details

Date : 31/01/2025

Duration : 5-8 hours

Style : Leader / Supervisor

Type : Quality Mountain Day (QMD)

Weather : Clear - sunny - good visibility

Wind : Moderate wind

Camping Type : Bothy/Shelter

Nights Camping : 1

Mountains : Suilven - Caisteal Liath

Flagged :

Description

Early night nav in to Suilven to catch the sunrise. Shallow snow but lots of ice so spikes were necessary to avoid falling! A bit of coaching and encouragement needed for Holly who is new to winter conditions! Previous night in Suileag Bothy.

Area : Coigach to Cape Wrath

This area is situated on the north-western tip of Scotland and contains 4 Munros (from biggest to smallest); Ben More Assynt (998m), Conival (987m), Ben Klibreck (962m) and Ben Hope (927m). Also included in the mountains list are all of the peaks above 700m. The southern boundary is the road which joins Ullapool to Lairg and then to the A9.

Map

Time Taken : 06:16:01 Distance : 16.85 km Ascent : 973.8 m Descent : -1054.5 m Avg Speed : 3.07 kmph Moving Speed : 3.85 kmph