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Some of the hills above Glen Feshie.

A Few of the Sgorans range of hills above Glen Feshie.


First hillwalking trip after the halt on account of the Virus. An area of the Cairngorms on the Western fringe of the National Park well the part of the Park that contains what we know of as the Cairngorm hills. I left my motor at the Allt Ruadh parking area just managing to Squeeze in beside another twelve vehicles.
Using the good path up from the area I left the path just before the ford crossing of the Allt Coire na Cloiche and headed up to the high point on pleasant vegetation. Although there was the possibility of coming across at least 25 or so folks on the hills in fact in such a large expanse of terrain during the day humanity became just specs on the distant paths with only occasional meetings with folks on the same itinerary as me but doing the walking in the reverse direction.

                                                             The Sgorans.

 The summit area of  Geal-charn, one of the several de-frocked former Munros, with a bit of Loch Insh and the Monadhliath Hills in the distance.
A few slots/channels with paths between the hills. 
Two folks approaching Geal Charn ....me looking back from my traverse.
The summit cairn of Meall Buidhe
Path probably made by deer travelling into the coire.
Now on the path from Sgoran Dubh Mor to Sgor Gaoith skirting the vast Eanaich trough looking out towards the Coire Dhondail path, with access to the area of Braeriach and Carn Toul, left of the twin water slides.
Loch Eanaich from the summit area of Sgor Gaoith..
Approaching Sgor Gaoith with a walker from one of the many alternative ways of reaching the summit.
I chose a direct descent into the shallow coire of Gorm a'Chrom Alltain in order to reach the path that nowadays seems to be the way that most folks use to reach Gaoith?
Not the best of zooms but there are two paths out from outflow from this coire....the one that I used can be seen heading across the flanks of  Meall Tionail a path that just ends but below this point the lower path, the one out to the allt Ruadh can be easily reached.
The Lower path in from the Allt Ruadh has now over the years, since the de-frocking of the Munros took place, has now ploughed a way up to the area between Carn Ban Mor and Sgor Gaoith over laying a very feint old possibly stalkers track.
My version of the 1;25,000 O.S. Map does not show the all of the paths and extensions to paths.
When descending in the coire a little clump of white Calluna.  There were several patches of  Cloudberry that were past there best.
Off road bikers on the lower track when I was descending to get onto the allt Ruadh path.
Quite glad to get onto this path and just kind-of just shuffle out along the path to the parking area....the long period of not being out on the hills was taking its toll on my legs and this despite being out on my off-road bike frequently during the past few months.



On the way up to Creag Ghiuthsachan

Cairn at .737 below Lochan nam Bo.











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