May Bank Weekend we took a flight to Inverness and walked into Glen Affric for two nights at the remote Allt Beithe Youth Hostel. From there we bagged; An Socach (921m), Sgurr nan Ceathreamhnan (1151m), Mullach na Dheiragain (982m) – we used this route Mam Sodhail (1181m), Carn Eige (Carn Eighe) (1183m), Beinn Fhionnlaidh (1005m) then on to Tom a’Choinich (1112m) and Toll Creagach (1054m) – we used this route
Weather was a bit mixed with white out blizzards, so we didn’t take any photos.
We did however get some good bagging in…
A fab winters day out bagging; Aonach Beag (1116m) Aonach Mor (1221m) by easy gully, which was really quite steep at the top and not at all easy.
The Petersgrat Glacier is a huge plateau of ice a few hundred meters higher than the Mutthorn Hut (and around a mile or so to the south of it). It forms the end of the south west ridge of the Tschingelhorn. We hired crampons and harnesses in Wengen. We’d brought our own ropes, ice axes, slings, prussics and » read more »
This year we went back to complete the other half of the Swiss Alpine Passes Route which closely follows the Via Alpina (our previous trip is detailed here Swiss Alpine Passes Route part 1). Day 0: To Caux (1050m) above Montreux We flew to Geneva and took the train to Caux Accommodation: Hostellerie de Caux Day » read more »
Author: Phil Newby