A few facts, figures, thoughts and photographs Dave Hewitt, Editor of The Angry Corrie Thursday 18 March 2010, After the AGM (starts 7.00 pm) Glen Moray Distillery Visitors Centre Dave Hewitt discusses the list of Munroists – the various clerks of the list, people who have completed multiple rounds, unlisted Munroists (of which there have been many), Doppelmunroists (people in the list twice), and out-of-sequence Munroists. Also some statistics on which Munros have hosted the most, or fewest, completions. Dave Hewitt is editor of The Angry Corrie, and outdoors correspondent at caledonianmercury.com
March 2010 Bus Meet: Blair Atholl
Blair Atholl – Sunday, 21 March 2010 O.S.Map(s): 43 Est. time of arrival: 9.30am Time of departure: 17.30pm Leave Elgin: 7.00am We haven’t been to the Blair Atholl area for years (2001 perhaps?), so this will be a new destination for many folk. The main attraction here is Beinn a’Ghlo, more a range of hills than a single peak. Beinn a’Ghlo has three Munro summits giving a full-on day. The summits may be rounded, but the steep sides and sculpted form makes this a memorable outing. It is also possible to get off the bus early and tackle some of the Drumochter hills, either on foot or on skis if…
February 2010 Bus Meet Report: Fannaichs
Sunday, 21 February 2010 This meet took place on an amazingly beautiful winter’s day, with spectacular views in perfect visibility and on a calm windless sunny day. 26 people were lucky enough to share the experience and some may have been fortunate enough to capture the perfect photo suitable for use in the forthcoming Club calendar! Graeme Bartlett was the first to get off the Bus at the Glascarnoch Dam to make his way on nordic skis to the Munro, Am Faochagach. He met a strange chap who took a dislike to Graeme, saying that he’d rather he wasn’t there so that he could have the hill to himself!! Alan,…
March 2010 Weekend Meet: Killin
6-7 March 2010 OS 51 Accommodation: Braveheart Backpackers, Cost: £17.50 pppn Facilities: All the usual stuff for a posh hostel…bedding, kitchen etc Braveheart Backpackers is located next to the Killin Hotel in a small courtyard behind the church. There is very little parking at the hostel, so please use the car park at the Village Hall. Do not use the Killin Hotel car park. This is hillwalkers’ and (ski mountaineers’) paradise: Ben Lawers (1210 m), Bein Ghlas and the Tarmachan Ridge are on the doorstep, and there are numerous Munros within a 20 mile radius. The hills of Glen Dochart, Glen Lochay and Glen Lyon are all within striking distance.…
Ceilidh!
Friday, 26th February 2010, Elgin Town Hall Supper Room, 8.00pm – midnight. £8 including stovies! Our toes are tappin’ already! We thought it was about time we had another Club ceilidh. We have a fantastic band, Inverness-based Champin’ at the Bit lined up. We need this to be a great success, so please tell all your friends and bring everyone along for a great evening of dancing and crack. Tickets available from Committee members and at the forthcoming Bus and Weekend meets. Graham Milton (Email Graham)
Feb 2010 Weekend Meet Report: Kinlochleven
Sat 6 – Sun 7 Feb 2010 Fourteen members and guests made it to the Blackwater Bunkhouse at Kinlochleven. As usual, the weekend started off on Friday night with a few drinks…but wait, what’s the matter…it was tea not whisky! There will have to be changes next time! Alcohol, or no alcohol, Fiona was in full flow on the fiddle. Everyone was up early on Saturday morning. Ali Erginsoy , Bob MacDonald, Graeme Morrison and Simon Jacyna headed for some downhill sliding action at Glen Coe. The snow conditions were great, but the visibility above about 900m was not quite so good. Ali (aka “fog puppy”!?) led the way off…
J Alister Sword Memorial Photography Awards 2010: The Winners
A very good turnout and some really high quality submissions in this year’s competition, held on Thursday, 21 Jan at Glen Moray. Congratulations to Elliott Harbottle and Dave Whitelock for the winning entries. The event was judged by Bob Bruce, Chief Photographer of the Northern Scot. All the submissions will be uploaded onto the Flickr page in due course, but meantime here are the winning entries: Winner: JAS Awards 2010 – Scottish and overall winner Winner, JAS Awards 2010 – Intenational
February 2010 Bus Meet: Fannaichs
Fannaichs – Sunday, 21 February 2010 O.S.Map(s): 21 Bus Stop: Loch a’Bhraoin Est. time of arrival: 9.30am Time of departure: 16.30pm Leave Elgin: 7.00am The popular Fannaichs area has a splendid wilderness quality to it despite the proximity to the Garve/Ullapool road. The numerous options allow shorter days searching out the Corbetts of Beinn a! Chaisteal, Beinn Laith Mhor a! Ghiubhais Li, Beinn Enaiglair and Creag Rainich, which can be reached from the Lochavroan Bothy. Then there are the Beinn Dearg group of Munros with Am Faochagach on the east side of Loch Glascarnoch and another group of 4 Munros on the west side including the prominant Sgurr Mor. From…
February 2010 Weekend Meet: Kinclochleven
Sat 6th – Sun 7th 2010 O.S.Map(s): 41 Accommodation: Blackwater Hostel, Lab Rd Cost: £14 pppn Facilities: Fully equipped kitchen, showers etc., linen, luxury Hey ho, back to Glen Coe (nearish anyway) and beautiful Kinlochleven. From here, the Mamores, the Glen Coe hills and the Nevis range are all easily accessible. The hostel is situated just behind the Ice Factor, so if you fancy having a go at the ice wall, this is your chance. Or if the snow stays in condition you can just go for the real thing! Book with Dan Moysey by email
Cairngorm Bus Meet CANCELLED
The Cairngorm Bus Meet on Sunday 17th Jan has been cancelled due to the horrendous conditions. The mountain has been stormbound all week and road clearing crews failed today (Thursday) to get through the 15′ drifts that have built up in places. More high winds are forecast for Friday and Saturday, possibly reaching 100mph, so further redistribution of the snowpack is inevitable, and on a southerly, in the wrong place! Even if it were possible to get up there, which it is not, the avalanche risk on many aspects will be high. We did consider the possibility of a low level walk, but felt this would be unfair on folk…