April in Torridon, always a gamble. It could be full winter conditions on Liathach or shorts and T shirt rock climbing on Beinne Eighe. It might be hot and hazy, with a day wandering the hills interspersed with welcome dips in burns and lochans, or that wander may be more reminiscent of Scott’s last expedition. This weekend was not unusual. It was quite wet, but not a washout. There were views, but not many. And there was snow, but not much. The club stayed at the classic mountaineering hut, the Ling Hut. The hut was found easily by most, despite being shyly tucked away from the road on the far…
June 2014 Weekend Meet: Durness
Date: 7th/8th June 2014 Venue: Sango Sands Campsite, Durness Location: click here for further detail Facilities: The campsite is open from April through to the end of October. There are fifty eight electric hook ups points, some hard standing and some on grass. For tents and those of you who don’t require electric hook up there is ample space, and you only need to book if you require electric hook up. Site facilities include toilet and shower blocks. There is also waste disposal, dishwashing and laundry facilities. For those in tents, a camper’s kitchen is available with free gas. Pets kept under control are welcome, and are free. There is also a restaurant and…
May 2014 Bus Meet: Dundonnell
Sunday 18th May 2014 O.S.Map(s): 19/20 Est. time of arrival: 09.40 Time of departure: 18.00 Leave Elgin: 07.00 Another popular venue in the Northwest Highlands. The big objective here is An Teallach, comprised of two Munros, Bidean a’ Ghlas Thuill and Sgurr Fiona (and lots of Munro tops). There are several routes of ascent: One directly from Dundonnell and another from Corrie Hallie up to Ghlas Thuill are straightforward; a longer route from Corrie Hallie via Sail Liath offers enjoyable but exposed scrambling. Worthwhile alternatives to An Teallach in the Dundonell area are Sail Mhor, an ascent of Beinn nam Ban (Marilyn) or a low-ish level walk into Shenavall bothy and…
From Honorary Secretary of Aberdeen Mountain Rescue Team: I am writing to you on behalf of the Aberdeen Mountain Rescue Team to let you know about our annual sponsored walk which will be taking place in Glen Tanar on Saturday 7th June. I would greatly appreciate it if you can pass on the information to your club members in case they would be interested in supporting our fundraising efforts this year. Click here for a sponsored walk entry form.
MMC Glass Lantern Slides
ADDITIONAL LANTERN SLIDES NOW ADDED TO INDEX BELOW During the past year, an archive has been created on the Club website containing a number of historical Club documents and journals. This archive now contains: – Digitised Club Journals from 1935, 1936, 1950, 1968, 1971 and 1981 – Information about the formation of the Club – A number of newspaper articles about the Club – A list of Club Achievements – An MMC Song Book As well as the above, Moray Mountaineering Club Glass Lantern Slides have now been digitised. An index of these digitised slides can be downloaded here. We hope to arrange a Slideshow Night in the near future…
March 2014 Weekend Meet Report: Lagangarbh
This winter we have seen some highs and lows. High winds, low clouds; high teas, low level walks; high spirits (some over 60% abv), low expectations. Now it is March, the birds are tweeting, the spring bulbs are flowering and the the earth is slowly wakening up and some of us wonder what has become of the winter when there has been so little snow low down but so much high up that it has been difficult to get out, what with immensely deep snow drifts, dangerous avalanche conditions and hurricane force winds. One might even be forgiven for wondering what the second “M” in MMC stands for when the…
April 2014 Bus Meet Report – Assynt
Natacha, Tansy, Chris and David enjoyed a superb day out on Conival and Ben More Assynt. Dry and sunny weather allowed for a pleasant walk along the river Traligill which was followed by a decidedly sweaty climb to the bealach. From there, they followed the rocky ridge to the summit of Conival where they had a quick snack before making their way to Ben More Assynt. A soaring eagle was spotted; they enjoyed uninterrupted views to Ben Loyal, the Beinn Dearg group, Assynt hills, Fannichs… We arrived back to Inchnadamph with over an half an hour to spare and finished our sandwiches by the river Traligill, while being serenaded with…
Share the pleasure of Scotland’s finest hills
If you have spotted the above article in today’s Active Outdoors supplement of the Northern Scot, Inverness Courier, Ross-shire Journal, Northern Times, John O’Groat Journal or Strathspey & Badenoch Herald and are interested in joining our Club, you can find more information here. For all enquiries about becoming a member please contact Malcolm Campbell at mcampbell078@hotmail.com
J Alister Sword Photo Competition 2014: Winning Photos
A fine selection of member’s photographs were displayed at the Moray Mountaineering Club AGM. Thanks to all members who submitted photographs to the competition. The following two photographs were declared the winners. Click on the photographs to see larger versions Category: ScottishBeinn Talaidh, Mull Photographer: John Henderson Category: Non-Scottish Himalaya Photographer: Dan Moysey Runners up were: Trotternish, Skye Photographer: Kat Mitchell View from Stok Kangri, Ladakh Photographer: Andy Lawson
March 2014 Bus Meet Report: Spittal of Glenshee
After picking up members (and guests) in Elgin and Forres we deviated from our normal pick-up route, via Nairn and Inverness, to instead pick up members in Grantown on Spey and Tomintoul. As well as being very scenic, the drive over the Lecht road and along the road from Corgarff to Crathie was ‘interesting’ in a large bus, especially the crossing of the bridge at Gairnshiel. On reaching Deeside we continued on to Braemar where we dropped off George before continuing onto the Glenshee Ski Centre. To quote Heavy, “with really bright sunshine and lots of the snow gone, the moors and Cairngorms in the distance looked magic. We were…