GM/CS-005: Wot, No Winter Bonus?

If you can spot a mountain in the distance, it’s probably Schiehallion.” Certainly easier than “indiscriminate mound in amongst several other indiscriminate mounds” of Carn na Caim.

I was nicely surprised when you came back straight away, I was trying to make a contact with Fraser, @MM0EFI, who was on the high pass on his drive south (perhaps trying to avoid adventures like last easter holidays), but we never managed.

Storm Dave was just a bit of wind in Aberdeen but when I looked at the A9 webcams, and saw snow on the ground, I thought I’d better pack the snow shoes. This turned out to be a good decision as everyone I overtook was huffing and puffing potholing their ways along. They certainly made for a regular topic of conversation.

There were a few snow mobiles out, who seemed to come from all directions to meet on the hillside. None offered lifts.

I did the important SOTA summit first, which seemed to be the opposite of everyone else, and then had a long walk to the other Munro, A’ Bhuidheanach Bheag, before heading back to the car. There’s a lot more up and down for this one, so maybe people do it first and save the flatter Munro walk for last. It also gets a trig point.

Today looks like another lovely day - through the office window. :frowning:

When I went, I setup HF away from the summit, near the edge of the AZ on the north side. Don’t remember exactly, but in this area:

Space to setup and keeps you out of the main line - most people didn’t seem to do the loop “path”.

There’s also a fun geocache to dig out too.

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