The next meet is to the western Cairngorms/Monadliath area staying at the Strathspey Hostel in Newtonmore. http://www.strathspeymountainhostel.com/ This is for the weekend of 1st-3rd February. This venue is ideal for walking with a good range of hills nearby and also for ski-touring if the snow comes. In view of low numbers for recent meets I have only reserved 10 bunks but the hostel sleeps up to 18. Bookings to me as soon as possible please. Prices in the order of £40 for the weekend but possibly less if we can fill the hut. Some options for private rooms too. The following meet is to the Loch Ossian Youth Hostel at…
Christmas Meal Bus Meet to Newtonmore – 16th December 2018
We will be having our meal at the Balavil Hotel, Main Street, Newtonmore. The meal will served from 16:00 and I would anticipate that we would be leaving the hotel by 19:00 at the latest. If you are going by car then there is a car park immediately opposite the Hotel, and hopefully, the coach will be parked there too. The two likely walks for the day are: The Wildcat Trail and Creag Dubh. I’ve attached maps and likely routes for these 2 walks below. However, you are of course free to do whatever you like – just make sure that you are at the hotel by 15:45. The pickup…
Hogmanay Meet 30th December -2nd January 2019 (three nights)
The New Year meet this year is based at the Kintail Outdoor Centre, owned, by the National Trust at Inverinate in Kintail. This is a comfortable, spacious and well equipped bunkhouse and we have stayed there before for several New Year meets. It is conveniently located for many Munros and also offers a choice of low level walks, cycle routes and wet weather alternatives, including the Falls of Glomach. We have booked 15 places for the meet and there are still a few not yet taken. For this meet we require a £40 deposit. Cost for the meet to be confirmed as the Club traditionally subsidises the cost but it…
Inchnadamph Meet Report
Inchnadamph Meet Report, November 2018 David Treagus and Alistair Jeffs (Mr I.M.L.) left their respective homes on Thursday and spent the night at the bunkhouse near Inverlael to get an early start on “Beinn Dearg and the other three”. (Editor’s note – presumably these are Cona Meall, Meall nan Ceapraichan and Eididh nan Clach Geala). Fresh snow lay on the ground and David wisely decided to let Mr Trainee International Mountain Leader break trail through the snow all day. They enjoyed a good, but long and arduous, day out, which was clear most of the day and were well satisfied to get four hills in before the arrival of…
Car Meet to Ben Wyvis
Date: 18 November 2018 Destination: Ben Wyvis Meeting Point: Car park on the A835 at 09:30 (Grid Reference NH 410671) Map: OS 20, OS (Explorer) 437 Transport: Private cars (no bus) This is a car meet to one of our closest Munros – Ben Wyvis. We attempted this meet in January 2018 – however, the weather defeated us. So, here is another chance to get accustomed to some wintry conditions. The “normal” route to the summit is not too long (7km, 3/3.5hours), which makes this ideal for a short winter’s day. Don’t forget that this is winter, so ice axe/crampons etc are likely to be required. Some equipment is available…
Inchnadamph 2-4 November
The next meet is to the ever popular Inchnadamph Lodge, probably the largest and most comfortable of the venues each year. The Lodge has been refurbished so we are back after an absence of two years. For those who haven’t been there before there is a great range of activities. The Assynt hills are well known but there is also kayaking and climbing available near by and most years see some caving activity too. This weekend also has a slight reputation for the annual Halloween fancy dress party. This year’s theme is Masquerade so you can embarrass yourself as much as you like and no-one need know who you are.…
Bus Meet to Torridon – 21st October 2018
Destination: Beinn Eighe car park Pickup points: Elgin 7:00, Forres 7:20, Inverness 8:00 Map(s): OS Map 19,25 (and 24) Arrive: 9:30 Depart: 17:30 The plan for this bus meet is to undertake a traverse from the Beinn Eighe car park (OS 25) and traverse through Torridon and Flowerdale aiming for the Red Barn car park (OS 19). The main options on this traverse are i) Beinn Dearg (Corbett), ii) Baosbheinn (Corbett) or iii) Beinn an Eoin (Corbett). It is also possible to undertake a traverse via Beinn a’Chearcaill (Graham) finishing at the Loch Maree road. The other main option is a traverse of Beinn Eighe (2 Munros) from…
Bus Meet 16th September 2018 to Loch Muick
Destination: Glen Muick car park Pickup points: Elgin 7:00, Forres 7:20, Grantown 7:50 Map(s): OS Map 44 Arrive: 9:45 Depart: 18:00 Leaving Elgin at 7:00, the bus will go to Forres (7:20) and then onto Grantown (7:50). So, the Inverness contingency will either have to drive to Grantown or just drive to Loch Muick. We should arrive at the Glen Muick car park at approximately 9:45/10:00, where the bus will stay for the day. If you are going by car/van then note that there is a charge for parking here (£4 the last time I was there). We would need to leave the car park at 18:00 at the latest…
August 2018 Bus Meet
Location: Kintail/Glen Shiel Date: 19th August 2018 OS Map: 33 Pick up: Elgin 7:00; Forres 7:20; Nairn 7:40; Inverness 8:00 The bus will be leaving Elgin at 7:00, with the normal en-route stops, and should arrive at Loch Cluanie by 9:30. There are plenty of drop off and pick up points for this area. However, you may wish to take into account that the planned pub stop will be at the Cluanie Inn. We will need to leave Cluanie Inn by 19:00. This means that the latest pick up time from the north west end of Glen Shiel would be 18:00. There are just so many Munros, Corbetts, Grahams and…
Car Meet – July 2018
Car Meet Date: 15th July 2018 Location: Spean Bridge OS 41 Normally there isn’t a bus meet during July – so we have a car meet instead! A car meet allows us to go to some of the locations that the bus cannot reach, either due to narrow roads or it is too far to allow the driver to get back in time. It also allows those with dogs to bring their canine friends along for a day in the hills! The options for this meet are: 1. the 2 Corbetts, Cruach Innse and Sgurr Innse 2. the Munro, Stob Ban 3. the Grey Corries (2 or 3 munros) The…