Phil's Hiking Resources

We spent February Half-term at Kingussie and did some hill bagging around the Cairngorm area.

• Geal-charn (917m) & A’Mharconaich (975m) from Balsporan in a 60mph gale.
• Stob a’Choire Mheadhoin (1105m) & Stob Coire Easain (1115m)
• A rest day where we walked to a small trigpoint, and popped in to Coire an t-Sneachda to have a look at the conditions.
• A Corbett: The Sow of Atholl (Meall an Dobharchain) (803m) in really foul weather!
• Back to Coire an t-Sneachda to climb Aladdin’s Mirror (Grade 1*), then down the Goat Track, to climb back up Jackob’s Ladder (Grade 1*).

Coire an t-Sneachda: Jakob’s Ladder, Aladdin’s Mirror & Goat Track

• A final bleak day on the foothills of Sgor Gaoith

Author: Phil Newby

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