Date: Nights of Fri 6 & Sat 7 September 2019 Venue: Ling Hut, Torridon Location: Hut is located on the south side of Glen Torridon at gird ref NG958562 (it’s about 750m walk from the car park). Google Maps Facilities: Cooking and heating by propane gas. Solar powered electric lighting. Alpine-style bunks for twelve. According to the SMC’s website, there is even a drying room. I’ve not been for a few years, but it’s probably better to consider this as a room to hang up wet items. Cost: £25 per person for the weekend (price corrected 30 Aug) The Ling…
Bus Meet, Glen Quoich, 18 August 2019
When: Sunday 18 August 2019 Times and drop-offs: To be agreed with car-share companions Cost: A share of the fuel Maps: Ordnance Survey Landranger 33 This is popular area, and justifiably so, Loch Quoich has three Munros on its North side and one to its South. Gleouraich, with its good access path, can be combined with Spidean Mialach to give a fine day’s walking, while further west Sgurr a’Mhaoraich is normally ascended…
Bus Meet (Cars), Lochnagar, 21 July 2019
When: Sunday 21 july 2019 Times and drop-offs: To be agreed with car-share companions Cost: A share of the fuel Maps: Ordnance Survey Landranger 44 The Lochnagar area offers many opportunities for hill walking and climbing, including the classic munro circuit of Cac Carn Beag, Carn a’ Choire Boidheach, Carn an t-Sagairt Mor, Cairn Bannoch & Broad Carin, the Corbett Conachcraig or the classic climb, Eagle Ridge (250m, Severe). For anyone…
Weekend Meet Report, Scourie, July 2019
It was Scourie Gala weekend, which meant that the town folk, including the campsite staff, were mostly occupied with tractors, drinking and more tractors. Dan and Sheena were greeted at the campsite entrance with a rather gruff “you were supposed to be here before six o’clock… park wherever you want.” The rest of team MMC (Maurice, Iain, Jake, Sam, Andy and Becky) dissipated to the four corners of the campsite (or in Andy and Becky’s case, the local cemetery). Rumours of a lone cyclist on the Tour de France prologue turned out to be Malcolm, who had battled Scotrail all the way to Lairg, followed by 70km into a headwind,…
Weekend Meet: Lagangarbh, 2+3 August 2019
Date: Nights of Friday 2 and Saturday 3 August 2019 Venue: Lagangarbh Hut, Glen Coe Location: OS Grid Ref NN 221 560. There is a car park just off the A82, but you can carefully drive down a track to a second car park next to the river. From here it is just a short walk to the hut. Facilities: Heating and cooking are by propane gas and electricity, lighting is electric. The hut has drying room, toilets and a shower. Alpine bunks. No camping or fires allowed in the vicinity of the hut Cost: £10pppn What to do: There is…
MMC Calendar 2020 Needs Your Photos
The committee is still looking for photos for the 2020 MMC calendar. Landscape format in high resolution. Email your photos to moraymountaineeringclub@gmail.com
Weekend Meet Report: Glen Affric 8+9 June 2019
Part 1 – The Adventures of Adele and Alistair The Weekend Meet Report hasn’t yet made it off the printing press but Alistair Jeffs has kindly supplied a report of his and Adele’s wanderings on the weekend meet. Months ago Adele planned to bag the Glen Affric Munros with some with wild camping thrown in. As the day approached the weather continued to look persistently bad but having considered various options we stuck to our guns. In the end, I’m all for bad weather, low confidence forecasts as they serve to keep the less committed away and we mostly enjoyed the fine weather of the Affric Hills to ourselves. We…
Membership Due for 2019-2020
Membership fees are due by the end of July. The annual membership fee is £30, which includes Mountaineering Scotland affiliated membership. [If you are already an individual member of Mountaineering Scotland, then it is £13.75] Club Membership affords many benefits, including discounts at various outdoor shops, civil liability insurance, access to the Club library, access to Club equipment, access to Club Facebook Group and primarily the ability to attend Club Meets (see membership benefits). Lapsed members are not permitted to attend meets (so says the Club Constitution), so please get renewing to continue to enjoy Club Bus Meets, Weekend Meets, Climbing Meets and Social Meets. The preferred method of payment…
Weekend Meet: Scourie, 6+7 July
Date: Nights of Friday 5 and Saturday 6 July 2019 Venue: Scourie Campsite Location: Scourie, Grid Ref: NC 154 447 (Google Maps) Facilities: All the usual campsite facilities. WiFi. Cost: Prices as advised on Scourie Campsite’s website. What to do: Assynt is packed with fantastic hills and coastline. Some of the best hills include Foinaven, Arkle and Ben Stack. For those seeking more adventurous routes, there is at least one good scramble on the northeast face of Foinaven. Handa Island , with its spectacular sea cliffs and sea bird colonies, is also very close by (Check ferry times…
Bus Meet: Fannichs, 16 June 2019
When: Sunday 16 June 2019 Bus Stop: Loch a’ Bhraoin (NH 162 760) Pick up times: Elgin (07:00); Forres (07:20); Nairn (7:40); Inverness (08:00) Est. time of arrival: 09:30 Time of departure: 17:30 Cost: £15.00 pp The Fannichs lie between Loch Fannich and the A835 Garve to Ullapool road. There are plenty of Munros, Corbetts and Grahams in the area, so there is plenty of choice for all abilities. There is even the Corrieshalloch Gorge,…