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Geal Charn Mor

We always have a week away in May with the hope of getting as many hills as we can done, weather permitting.  This year, our base is Aviemore and the target hills the Cairngorms with Kate and Rob joining us.

First up was the Corbett Geal Charn Mor, the southeastern most summit of the on the Monadh Liath plateau. This was to be a leg stretcher to loosen us up for the rest of the week and to hopefully see what the snow level was like on the Cairngorm plateau.  Yes that's right, SNOW - not what we had expected for our week away.

So we headed out up the Burma Road (route on Walk Highlands) where we met some hardy mountain bikers tackling the ever increasing gradient.  Once we were clear of the tree line we were soon getting blasted by the arctic wind.


We were on top within 2 hours and surveying the snowline on the vista opposite.  It was a lot lower and looked a lot more substantial than we wanted it to be.  Geal Charn Mor is a fantastic viewpoint even in the not so perfect conditions though the windchill limited the amount of time we spent on top.



Our descent route down to Ballinluig gave us plenty of opportunities to stop and admire the views across from us as we dropped back down into the valley.

Once back on the track we were back into beautiful spring woodlands.  Another new Corbett for us all and another hill we will no doubt revisit for its fantastic views.


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