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…
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,…
Bus Meet: Glenfeshie, 26 April 2019
When: Sunday 26 May 2019 Bus Stop: Auchlean (NN 850 985) *** UPDATED **** 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 Glenfeshie is a wonderful glen, especially at this time of year when the wildlife will be out and about. The obvious big hills are Mullach Clach a’ Blair and Sgor Gaoith with its lofty summit sitting high…
Bus Meet: Glen Affric, 21 April 2019
When: Sunday 21 April 2019 Main O.S.Map(s): 25 Bus Stop: Grid Ref NH 215 242 (Circa 1 mile prior to the main car park) Pick up times: Elgin (7:00); Forres (7:20); Nairn (7:40); Inverness (8:00) Est. time of arrival: 09:30 Time of departure: 17:30 This Bus Meet is to the picturesque Glen Affric, which has a fantastic range of high and low level routes to explore. On the north side of the glen are 5 Munros, with at least 4 that could be done by fit walkers in…
Bus Meet: Drumochter, 17th March 2019
Drumochter – Sunday, 17th March 2019 O.S.Map: 42 Bus Stop: Balsporran and/or Dalnaspidal Est. time of arrival: 9.30/9:45 Time of departure: 17.00/17:30 Pick up points: Elgin (7:00); Forres (7:20); Nairn (7:40); Inverness (8:00) Since there was no winter skills at Cairngorms on the last bus meet then, with the prospect of cold weather and snow returning, this bus meet should give you the chance to tackle some of the most accessible munros and get some practice at navigation and ice-axe/crampon use. The bus will go down the A9 to Drumochter and will try to park at Balsporran Cottages. If the car park is full, then we will continue down to…
Bus meet: Cairngorms – 17 February 2019
The bus will be leaving Elgin at 7:00, with the normal en-route stops at Forres (7:20), Nairn (7:40) and Inverness (8:00) and should arrive at the Cairngorm car park by 9:30/9:45. Hopefully there will be plenty of snow about, and this will be an opportunity to practice your winter skills in the company of some of the more experienced members (Ray and Heavy) of the Club. A number of topics will be covered including the use of ice axe and crampons, and some navigation. You will need to bring all your winter gear. If you would like to take advantage of this sharing of knowledge and experience, then please mention…
Bus Meet January 2019: Loch Laggan
When: Sunday 20th January 2019 Where: Creag Meaghaidh / Luiblea Pickup points: Elgin (7:00); Forres (7:20); Nairn (7:40); Inverness (8:00) Est. time of Arrival: 9:45/10:00 Time of departure: 17:00 (from Luiblea) Cost: £15 First of all, a Happy New Year to everyone in the MMC. Our first bus meet of the New Year, will take us to Loch Laggan. The main options for the day: 1. getting off at the Creag Meaghaidh car park and taking the classic route via the “window” to Creag Meaghaidh. There should also be plenty of good winter climbing opportunities on Creag Meaghaidh. The circuit of Carn Liath and Stob Poite Coire Adair is also…
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…
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…
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…