The landscape had changed and the plateau was vast, almost lunar looking. Coming from the south, it looks as though it “stands on its own” but it’s actually a subsidiary peak of Cairn Toul.After about 3 miles after passing the Pools of Dee we branched right and crossed a bridge over the River Dee.

Munros: Braeriach, Cairn Toul, Sgor an Lochain Uaine, The Devil’s Point. We headed left and followed the path up the glen and into the most famous of all Scottish hill passes – the Lairig Ghru.The Lairig Ghru climbs through the Cairngorms to an altitude of 858 metres.

The Route. An impressive gulf, Tim was braver than I was going right up to the edge.

At some point I see the path on the opposite side of the burn so I cross over to it and continue on my way. So I threw a quick plan together which involved walking through the Chalamain Gap, walk the 4 munros on the west of the Lairig Ghru and return along the Lairig Ghru and Chalamian Gap.So up at 0300 and on the road at 0345 on the way to Aviemore. In windy conditions it can become more challenging.

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I take the time to change my soaking inner garments. I arrive at the parking area on the first bend of the road heading up to the ski centre. Website Design by Colin Lamont aka.Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. I loose the path here and there and end up having to traverse back across the slope for 100m or so. Starting at the Sugar Bowl car park, a walk through the Chalamain Gap picking up the Lairig Ghru heading south before climbing onto the edge of the Cairngorm plateau and taking in four Munros, The DevilÕs point, Cairn Toul, Sgor an Lochain Uaine and Braeriach as we circle back round to our starting point. There were a large number of climbers in the gap. She seemed confident and was kitted out quite well so I am sure she knows what she is doing. of 9 people staying one night. Not nice hahaha. As we headed back up the road, we could see a signpost further up and just around the corner. I walk around the coire again for 1km to the spot height of 1213m and then its simply a 2km walk south east down to the Beallach and then up to the summit on a pretty good path. All Rights Reserved.

I followed the path into the forest which then heads down to the impressive bridge across the river. Unusually for a bothy, ones I have seen so far anyway, Corrour bothy has a composting toilet of some kind. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. At this point the path disappears and I have to cross the boulder fields.

Grade and Experience This trip is challenging and is suited for those with experience of hill walking. Fortunately it had melted over the path section.Once at the top, we took off our rucksacks and made a slight detour off the path to bag our first munro of the day – the 1,004m Devil’s Point. Its now simply a matter of heading down to the bothy and walking the 15km back to the car hahaha.So I head down to the beallach and look for the path down to the bothy. However, I dig in and I am soon on the summit.

I can’t remember if there was a boulder field here but there is on the next two munros so there must have been which makes the going more difficult and the path appears and disappears as I climb higher.

Must have been cosy. Its housed in the small extension to the bothy. This can be approached either from the Linn of Dee to the south leaving a very long return, or via the …